架构师提供的文本描述。弗格斯山谷的房子，一个2000多年的国家避风港，坐落在尼亚加拉悬崖的长坡上，俯瞰格鲁吉亚湾。这里是一片被山楂和乡土草本植物覆盖的被侵蚀的粘土山丘和保护分水岭，不是风景如画，而是坚韧而不可逾越的。

Text description provided by the architects. The House in Frogs Hollow, a 2000sf country retreat, is located on a long slope of the Niagara Escarpment overlooking Georgian Bay. The property is a collection of eroded clay hills and protected watershed zones blanketed with a dense field of hawthorn and native grasses.  It is not picturesque, but tough and impenetrable.

客户一年到头都会聚集在这里，他们都是热衷于骑自行车的人，他们花了几个月的时间在这座占地100英亩的房产上，然后修建了一条谨慎的山地车小径，并了解了马匹和雪地摩托在四季从社区出现时的路径。由于它们与景观的联系，一种主要的选址策略是抵制在山顶上建造房屋的倾向，在那里人们可以对整个房产进行勘测，而是在山坡底部开辟一个建筑区域。这座房子不是最终的目的地，而是他们活动网络中的一个停留点。

The clients, who gather at the property throughout the year, are avid cyclists who spent months on the 100 acre property prior to construction cutting in discreet mountain biking trails and learning the paths of the horses and snowmobiles as they emerge from the community over the seasons.  Because of their connection to the landscape, a primary site strategy was to resist the inclination to build on top of the hills where one could survey the property in its entirety and instead carve out a building area at the base of the hillside.  The house is not the final destination, but a stopping place within their network of activity.

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雕刻在景观，肌肉构造的长混凝土墙象征性地清除了场地建设，同时架设自然环境和锻炼环境。混凝土的防御性能反映景观，抵御冬季盛行的风。在夏季的几个月里，墙提供了露台的阴影，形成了凉爽的空气池，被动地穿过房子。

Carved into the landscape, the muscular tectonic of the long concrete wall figuratively clears the site for building while bridging the natural and tempered environments. The concrete has a toughness that mirrors the landscape, providing protection from the prevailing winter winds.  During the summer months the wall provides patio shade, creating pools of cooler air that are passively drawn through the house.

入口在混凝土墙的西端，并进入一个服务酒吧，内有楼梯、厨房、办公室、自行车车间、储藏室和机械室。这个功能区作为客厅玻璃的背景，从三面打开，可以看到滚动的景观。

Entry is at the west end of the concrete wall and into a service bar containing the stair, kitchen, office, bike workshop, storage room, and mechanical room.  This functional zone serves as a backdrop to the glassed in living area that opens on three sides to an extended view of the rolling landscape.

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第二层位于混凝土墙和起居空间之上。它包含卧室、浴室和家庭房间，并由定制的船板壁板组成。薄板坯的设计是一种不同宽度的起伏节奏，采用数控铣削至浅深度，而较宽的木板则用深条纹进行碾磨，在太阳在房子周围移动时，投射出跟踪太阳的长长的阴影。墙板被亚麻油基氧化铁颜料染色，每15年只需要再涂一次。

The second level hovers above the concrete wall and living space.  It contains the bedrooms, bathrooms, and family room in a tight wrapper of customized shiplap siding.  Designed as an undulating rhythm of varying widths, thin boards are CNC milled to a shallow depth while wider boards are milled with deep striations, casting long shadows that track the sun as it moves around the house. The siding is stained with a linseed oil based iron oxide pigment that requires reapplication only once every 15 years. 

第一层和第二层是由一个有外形的楼梯外壳连接起来的。这个数字制造的元件被设计成从上面的牧师空间中过滤光线。在底层，它会雕刻到其上端下方的区域，以便在入口处聚集更多的空间，并允许有一个座位区。

The first and second floors are connected by a figured stair enclosure.  This digitally fabricated element is designed to filter light from the clerestory volume above.  At the ground floor it carves into the area below its upper run to gather more space at the entry and allow for a seating area.

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房屋与土地的连接不仅在建筑形式上得到了加强，而且在环境足迹方面也得到了加强。房子的供暖采用辐射地板环，以补充从南面窗户获得的被动冬季热量。此外，没有机械冷却。取而代之的是，楼梯塔和可操作的窗户可以促进被动通风，将冷空气从遮荫的外部区域吸引进来。整个过程中都使用了天然材料和颜料，并保持了一小部分面积，以进一步降低建筑成本，并将未来的能源消耗降至最低。

The house’s connection to the land is reinforced not only in its architectural form, but also in its environmental footprint.  The house is heated with radiant floor loops that supplement the passive winter heat gain from south facing windows.  In addition, there is no mechanical cooling.  Instead, the stair tower and operable windows facilitate passive ventilation that draws cool air through the house from shaded exterior areas.  Natural materials and pigments were used throughout and a small square footage was maintained to further reduce construction costs and keep future energy consumption to a minimum.

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