Artist Residence Heliotrope Architects

2017-02-13 17:00

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架构师提供的文本描述。当一对年轻的夫妇走近“太阳神建筑师”，要求他们设计一个有一个艺术工作室的房子时，所有的人都坐在桌子旁，提出了一些非典型的想法。这对夫妇是一名艺术家和一名工程师，列举了他们新家的几个额外标准：现代风格，但与国会山社区的其他地方并不格格不入；与街道的视觉联系与隐私相平衡；室内与外部的紧密关系；大量自然光线；室内带有艺术画廊的感觉，以适应他们不断增长的艺术收藏；还有一个单独的客服区。

Text description provided by the architects. When a young couple approached Heliotrope Architects and asked them to design a home with an art studio inside, all parties sat around the table contributing ideas – some atypical. The couple, an artist and an engineer, listed several additional criteria for their new home: a contemporary style, but not out of place with the rest of the Capitol Hill neighborhood; a visual connection to the street balanced with privacy; a strong relationship between the interior and exterior; lots of natural light; an interior with an art-gallery-feel to accommodate their growing art collection; and a separate guest wing.

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所得到的布局让人想起棋盘图案，在内部和外部空间之间交替。主要生活和用餐区从前进入庭院延伸到后庭院庭院，允许从后院到前庭院和街道的视觉渗透。由于家庭的主要楼层高于等级，所以它允许居住者观察街道，但仍然是私人的，在密集的城市环境中创造一种前景和避难的感觉。

The resulting layout is reminiscent of a checker-board pattern, alternating between interior and exterior spaces. The main living and dining areas extend from the front entry courtyard to the rear patio courtyard, allowing for visual penetration from the backyard through to the front yard and street. Because the main floor of the home is elevated above grade, it allows for occupants to observe the street but remain private, creating a sense of prospect and refuge in a dense urban setting.

 Main Floor Plan

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这个艺术工作室占据了一个双高的空间和一个大教堂的天花板，毗邻主要的生活区，但下沉了一半的水平，以帮助建立一个分离。建筑师迈克·莫拉(MikeMora)说：“这里的目标是保持两个主要居住者之间的联系，因为他们在家里生活。”这成为了整个房子的主题，创造了一个视觉连接从房子的一个点到另一个点，通常通过一个框架的景观。从主套房可以透过窗户看到日本的花园和厨房。

The art studio, which occupies a double height space with a cathedral ceiling, is adjacent to the main living area, but sunk a half level to help establish a separation. “The goal here,” says architect Mike Mora, “is to maintain a connection between the two primary occupants as they live their lives in the home.” This became a theme for the entire house, creating a visual connection from one point in the house to another point, often through a framed view of the landscape. From the master suite one can look through windows onto a Japanese garden and the kitchen beyond.

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“我们希望这座建筑看起来像一座房子，而不是一个盒子，”莫拉解释道。客户希望成为好邻居，因此街道上其他房屋的物理特性影响了新设计的大小、形状和结构。山墙屋顶与周围的住宅相匹配。平顶上有一个花园。房子被分散在场地上，部分原因是它允许更多的内部和外部连接，但它也保持了整体的存在结构更低，更符合周围的住宅。

“We wanted the structure to look like a house, not a box,” explains Mora. “And the clients wanted to be good neighbors, so the physical characteristics of the other houses on the street influenced the size, shape, and construction of the new design.” The gable roof matches the surrounding residences. The flat roof has a garden on top. The house is spread out over the site, in part because that allows for more interior and exterior connections, but it also keeps the overall presence of the structure lower and more congruent with surrounding homes.

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这座新的3，953平方英尺的住宅由Dovetail建造，包括定制窗户、带有胡桃木台面的定制厨房和定制的书架，其中有一个与客厅长度相当的书架。定制的浴室橱柜是由西方红雪松制成的，而日本的浸泡浴缸是用传统的细木工方法建造的。地板是抛光混凝土、瓷砖和桃木的组合。门面上覆盖着斑驳的雪松。

The new 3,953 square foot residence, built by Dovetail, includes custom windows, a custom kitchen with walnut countertops, and custom bookshelves, one running the length of the living room. The custom bathroom cabinets are made of Western Red cedar, as is the ofuro, the Japanese soaking tub, built with traditional joinery methods. The flooring is a combination of polished concrete, tile, and myrtle wood. The façade is clad in stained cedar.

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可持续的特色包括一个环保的流体应用防水屏障，地板辐射采暖，绿色屋顶多汁，和后院雨水花园吸收很大一部分雨水径流从屋顶。

Sustainable features include an eco-friendly fluid-applied waterproofing barrier, radiant floor heating, a green roof of succulents, and a backyard rain garden that absorbs a large portion of the rainwater runoff from the roof.

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这些客户常常发现自己在艺术工作室里并肩工作，一人创作博彩夺目的混合媒体绘画，还有一家建筑网站。最终，这座住宅以一种简单、优雅、低自我的设计-作为一个框架，而不是一个主题-迎合了居住者的有趣生活。

The clients often find themselves working side-by-side in the art studio, one creating encaustic and mixed-media paintings, and one building websites. Ultimately, the residence defers to the interesting lives of its occupants with a simple, elegant, low-ego design – a house as a frame, not a subject.

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产品描述。也许与该项目的建筑相关的主要材料是白漆石膏板。这有两个特别的原因：一是客户是一位艺术收藏越来越多的艺术家，而白色墙面是展示艺术的最佳方式。第二，这个项目是预算驱动的，白色的彩绘床单是一种经济的材料，所以这个选择给了我们想要的目标，也给了我们所需的资源。

Product Description. Perhaps the principal material relevant to the project’s architecture is white painted gypsum wall board.  This is the case for two reasons in particular: one is the client is an artist with a growing collection of art and the white wall surface is the best way to display the art, and two the project was budget-driven and white painted sheetrock is an economy material.  So the choice gave us both what we wanted for purpose and needed for resources available.