Underhill Bates Masi Architects

2017-07-21 09:00

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迈克尔·莫兰/奥托

架构师提供的文本描述。在社会和职业上，一对夫妇渴望生活在城市环境中。然而，当他们接近上学年龄时，生活在城市里的孩子们却买不起他们想要的生活方式。为了在靠近城市的同时抚养他们的家人，他们搬到了郊区。他们的目标是在财产四面八方的近邻的环境中创造一种强烈的定位感。他们选择的社区的历史，早期的贵格会聚居地，启发了这个解决方案。基于朴素、谦逊和内心专注的贵格会租户，这座房子被打破成一系列朴素的门廊结构，每一座都集中在自己的花园庭院里，而不是向周围的邻居们走去。

Text description provided by the architects. Socially and professionally a couple desired to live in an urban environment. However, living in the city didn’t afford the lifestyle they wanted for their children as they approached school age. To compromise between remaining close to the city while raising their family, they relocated to the suburbs. Their goal was to create a strong sense of place in an environment with close neighbors on all sides of their property. The history of the community they chose, an early Quaker settlement, inspired the solution. Based on the Quaker tenants of simplicity, humility, and inner focus, the house is broken into a series of modest gabled structures, each one focused inward on its own garden courtyard instead of out to the surrounding neighbors.

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 Floor Plan

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每个庭院的简朴，提炼了大自然的经验，鼓励人们欣赏它的微妙之处。每一个内部空间都与两边的外部空间相连。从外部到内部到庭院的空间分层会破坏它们之间的边界。从选定的优势点，人们可以看到跨越多个空间和庭院，框架的观点以外。每一卷都有一个雕刻的屋顶，将光线和空气输送到结构的中心。

The simplicity of each courtyard distills the experience of nature, encouraging one to appreciate its subtleties. Every interior space is connected to the exterior on two sides. The layering of spaces from exterior to interior to courtyard collapses the boundaries between them. From selected vantage points, one may see across multiple spaces and courtyards to framed views beyond. Each volume has a sculpted roof that funnels light and air into the center of the structure.

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迈克尔·莫兰/奥托

材料的细节突出了中央庭院。橡木地板和风化橡木天花板都从中心向外辐射。地板和天花板是定制的切割宽度和人造板，以跟踪连续和集中地围绕着庭院。天花板上的风化金属带子进一步强调了这种几何形状，并作为一种装置来组织整个房子的照明和视听设备。

The detailing of materials accentuates the central courtyard. The oak floor and weathered oak ceiling boards both radiate outwards from the center. The floor and ceiling boards are custom cut in width and mitered to trace continuously and concentrically around the courtyard. Weathered metal straps on the ceiling further emphasize this geometry and act as a device to organize lighting and audiovisual equipment throughout the house.