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架构师提供的文本描述。劳伦斯·麦克艾萨克(LawrenceMac萨克)回忆起他的曾祖父用这块房子教儿子们如何圈套兔子的故事，而他的曾祖母通常用小瀑布底部的“洗衣石”来洗衣服。由于峡谷的两边极其陡峭，很难在土地上做任何事情，包括采伐树木，所以它只能野生生长。

Text description provided by the architects. Lawrence MacIsaac recalls stories of his great grandfather using the property to teach his sons how to snare rabbits, while his great grandmother commonly used the ‘laundry stone’ at the bottom of a small waterfall to wash clothing. With the extremely steep sides of the gorge it was difficult to do anything with the land, including the harvesting of trees, so it was left to grow wild.

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在有一个地点之前，有一个想法，一个小木屋的性质。随着东北沿海的城市化，客户渴望逃到更荒芜的土地上。到达布雷顿角后，他们发现美国不再普遍存在一种文化和偏远的地方。

Before there was a site, there was an idea of a cabin in nature. As the Northeastern seaboard urbanized, the client longed for an escape to a wilder land. Arriving in Cape Breton, they found a culture and remoteness no longer common to the United States.

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为了充分利用周围的景观，房子会展示室外环境，鼓励居住者出去探索地形。在新斯科舍的一次旅行中，凯文·布里迪和设计基地8开始对该地区的建筑类型着迷。

To leverage the surrounding landscape, the home would put the outdoor environment on display and encourage the occupants to get out and explore the terrain. On a trip to Nova Scotia, Kevin Briody and Design Base 8 became fascinated with the built typologies of the region.

在通过多次设计迭代与客户紧密合作之后，位于纽约的设计集体设计基地8(Design Base 8)与哈利法克斯(Halifax)的奥马尔·甘地(Omar Gandhi)建筑师进行了接触，就最终的设计、细节和施工过程进行了合作。

After working closely with the client through numerous design iterations, Design Base 8, a design collective based in NYC, reached out to Omar Gandhi Architect of Halifax to collaborate on the final design, detailing, and construction process.

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兔子峡谷的小屋就是结果。这是隐藏在神秘景观中的三座类似生物的小建筑中的第一座。

The cabin at Rabbit Snare Gorge is the result. It is the first of three small creature-like structures hidden in the mysterious landscape.

这个小木屋是位于布雷顿角郊区崎岖的海岸线上的一块46英亩的土地上的主要住所。小木屋是一座经过轻柔改造的山墙塔，它可以到达林冠上方，有两个主要的观景台，一个是直接面向海洋的，另一个是沿着汇合性溪谷的长度。

The cabin is the primary dwelling on a 46 acre parcel of land found on the rugged wooded coastline of rural Cape Breton. The cabin is a gently adapted gabled tower which allows it to reach above the forest canopy with two major viewing platforms, one oriented directly towards the ocean and the other along the length of the convergent brook valley.

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兔子峡谷的景观由布雷顿角高地陡峭的山坡、阿卡迪亚森林、由潺潺溪流切割的深峡谷和诺森伯兰海峡的岩石悬崖组成。该地点的高架位置允许对整个财产的长期，广泛的看法，包括向海洋的峡谷的顶端。从这片崎岖的风景进入小木屋的队伍，首先是一楼的入口和卧室，二楼的双高厨房和餐厅，最后是三楼的居住空间，最后可以看到整个物业的全景。

The landscape of Rabbit Snare Gorge is defined by the steep slopes of the Cape Breton Highlands, Acadian forest, deep gorges cut by a babbling brook, and the rocky cliffs of the Northumberland Strait. The elevated position of the site allows for a long, wide view of the entire property including the head of the gorge leading towards the ocean. The procession from this rough landscape into the cabin begins with the entry and bedrooms on the ground floor, a double height kitchen and dining room on the second floor, and lastly the living space on the third floor with the final lookout view of the entire property.

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这种结构与当地的方言有许多形式上的联系。典型的山墙和棚屋的形式结合起来，打开视野，沿着太阳的道路，强调主要的内部空间，并强调了塔的垂直性，同时有效地降雪和降雨。传统的、局部的木板覆盖层是在机舱的外部使用的。船舱的钢制入口环是由布雷顿角和纽芬兰海岸社区特有的入口防风林形成的。

The structure is linked to the local vernacular by a number of formal elements. The archetypal gable and shed forms of the cabin are combined to open views and follow the path of the sun, emphasize the major interior spaces, and accentuate the verticality of the tower, while efficiently shedding snow and rain. Traditional, local wood board cladding is used on the exterior of the cabin. The cabin’s steel entry hoop takes its shape from the entry windbreaks unique to the Cape Breton and Newfoundland coastal communities.

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轻在陆地上，沉重的迎风

Light on the land, heavy against the wind

客户是一个热衷于户外活动和爱好植树造林的人，对自然景观有着真诚的尊重。因此，对立地和生态保护的敏感性是一个早期和主要的设计参数。塔楼类型的小屋提供高耸的视野和充足的规划在一个最小的足迹。然而，这一倾斜地区的暴露意味着它经受住了猛烈的大西洋暴雨、冬季或冬季的风暴、猛烈的膨胀产生的腐蚀性盐雾、以及加速沿着高地悬崖以200公里/小时的速度下降的当地东南风的全面冲击。

The client, an avid outdoorsman and hobby arborist, has a sincere respect for the natural landscape. Therefore, sensitivity to site and ecological preservation was an early and major design parameter. The tower typology of the cabin offers elevated views and ample programming within a minimal footprint. However, the exposure of the sloped site means it endures the full brunt of heavy Atlantic rainstorms, winter Nor’easters, corrosive salt-spray from crashing swell, and strong suetes winds—local south-easterlies which accelerate down the Highland escarpment to reach speeds of over 200km/h.

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强大的局部结构需要一个强大的结构系统来承受主要的横向和上行荷载。高大的舱室通过多余的护套对抗这些大风-每一个固体平面，包括内部隔墙，贡献作为剪力墙，隔膜和堆叠压缩环。防风玻璃用焊接的耐候钢建造，然后悬挂在框架上。

The strong, local suetes demand a robust structural system to withstand major lateral and uplift loads. The tall cabin combats these high winds through redundant sheathing—every solid plane, including the interior partition wall, contribute as shear walls, diaphragms and stacked compression rings. The windbreak, constructed out of welded weathering steel, is then hung from the framing. 

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Architects Omar Gandhi Architect, Design Base 8

Location Inverness, Canada

Category Houses

Project Year 2015

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