架构师提供的文本描述。Sforza Seilern建筑师是Seilern建筑师工作室和Muzia Sforza的艺术合作伙伴，他们完成了他们的第一个非洲项目：一座岩石上的房子。这座1500平方米的建筑坐落在花岗岩岩石上，俯瞰着一座巨大的人造水坝，或者是为周围广阔的农田蓄水的水库。至少可以说，这个地区令人叹为观止，令人敬畏，值得拥有同样令人敬畏的建筑。

Text description provided by the architects. Sforza Seilern Architects, an artistic collaboration between Studio Seilern Architects and Muzia Sforza, completed their first African project:  a house on a rock.  The 1’500sm building is situated atop a granite rock overlooking a large man-made dam, or reservoir for the extensive surrounding farmland. The area is, to say the least, breathtaking and awe-inspiring, and deserved a piece of architecture that is equally awe-inspiring.

花岗岩悬崖跌入大坝的景色和戏剧性是这一概念的灵感所在，在这个概念中，超大的悬臂屋顶和宽阔的露台构成了非洲垂直太阳的视野和遮蔽处。

The views and the drama of the granite cliff plunging into the dam were the inspiration for the concept, where oversized cantilevered roofs and extensive terraces frame the views and shelter from the vertical African sun.

 © Bruce Rowlands

(C)布鲁斯·罗兰

房子由三个基本要素组成

The house consists of three basic elements

-两个花岗岩块，包围卧室和支撑空间，将建筑物固定在岩石中，并成为周围地形的一部分。

- Two granite blocks, enclosing bedrooms and support spaces, anchor the building into the rock, and become part of the surrounding topography.

-一个超大的木材平台和一个悬臂屋顶框架，外部空间和全景。这些设计的目的是将目光聚焦到地平线上，同时为居住和就餐区域创造阴凉的外部空间。

- An oversized timber platform and a cantilevering roof frame the exterior spaces and the panoramic views. These are designed to focus the eye to the horizon, while creating shaded exterior spaces for living and dining areas. 

-最后，两个玻璃盒子横跨在甲板和屋顶之间，以及天然花岗岩地形之间。它们包括上层的冬季起居区和下层的主卧室套房。它们是透明的外壳，再次强调景观和生活在周围环境中的感觉。在较低层的一个小的水平池在视觉上把大坝水库和房子的较低层结合在一起。

- Finally two glass boxes span between the deck and roof, and the natural granite topography. These enclose the winter living areas at the upper level and the master bedroom suite at the lower level. They are transparent enclosures that again emphasise the views and the feeling of living within the surrounding landscape. A small horizon pool at the lower level visually integrates the dam reservoir with the lower levels of the house.

 © Angela Geddes

c.Angela Geddes

所有元素都以这样的方式定位，以便在需要时创建物理邻接和视觉隐私。

All elements are orientated in such a manner as to create physical adjacencies and visual privacy where required. 

悬臂、屋顶和伸展的露台使房子看起来像轻轻地漂浮在岩石上。屋顶保护地板到天花板的玻璃免受直接的太阳辐射。(鼓掌)

The cantilevers roofs and stretched terraces give the house the appearance of being gently floating above the rock.  The roofs protect the floor-to-ceiling glass from direct sun radiation.  

 © Angela Geddes

c.Angela Geddes

该项目必须处理高通胀和缺乏可用材料的问题。所有材料都是在当地采购的，但玻璃和屋顶防水等专门物品除外。用来覆盖两个锚定块的花岗岩是从花岗岩挖掘而来的“结壳”切割物。炸药钻孔仍然很明显，并将建筑物与开挖区域联系在一起。使用现场的花岗岩也保证了建筑与周围环境的和谐融合。

The project had to deal with issues of hyper-inflation and lack of available material. All materials were sourced locally, except for specialist items such as the glass and the roof waterproofing. The granite used to clad the two anchor blocks were the ‘crusts’ cut-off that came from the granite excavation. The dynamite drill holes are still apparent and tie the building to the area of excavation. Using the granite from the site also insured that the building blended harmoniously with its surroundings. 

受当地丰富的编织篮子文化的启发，设计了一个车库盖，使用不同大小的钢筋，并编织成一个遮阳罩盖在汽车上。这是由简单的I梁支撑在一边，并锚定在另一边一个现有的大生物岩石。攀援开花爬树覆盖整个冠层，软化绿色的钢编织。作为一名音乐家，业主需要一个地方来退休，创作/录制她的音乐。再一次，在房子上方的天然花岗岩悬崖上，我们决定在悬崖底部茂密的绿色丛林中间，赠送一个花岗岩立方体。从战略上放置窗户，在花岗岩立方体上创建角落和带子，可以看到悬崖和下面的丛林。

Inspired by the rich local culture of basket weaving, a garage cover was devised using different sized rebars and weaved to form a sun-shading canopy over cars. This canoly is supported by simple I-beams on one side and anchored to a large existing bioulder on the other side.  Climbing flowering creepers are envisioned to cover the whole canopy, softening greening the steel weave. The owner being a musician required a place to retire and compose/record her music.  Again taking inspiration in the natural granite cliff overhanging the house, we decided to hand a granite cube in the middle of the dense green jungle at the base of the cliff.  Strategically placed windows, creating corners and band cuts into the granite cube offer dramatic views of the cliff and the jungle below.