架构师提供的文本描述。该地块占地200英亩，位于圣达菲以北，位于一条山脊线的北坡上，东侧是圣克里斯托山，西边是杰梅兹山脉和洛斯阿拉莫斯市，北面是圣安东尼奥峰，靠近新墨西哥州和科罗拉多州的边界。

Text description provided by the architects. The site is a compelling 200-acre parcel located north of Santa Fe.  The building is situated on the north slope of a ridgeline, with vistas of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the east, the Jemez Mountains and the city of Los Alamos to the west, and San Antonio Peak, near the border of New Mexico and Colorado, to the north. 

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艺术空间位于建筑的中心，形成了连接所有主要生活区的通道，从南部受保护的入口到北部主要生活区的全玻璃墙。东边和西边的房间可以俯瞰山上的日出和日落。

The art space is located in the center of the building and forms the path that connects all of the main living areas, from the protected entrance on the south to the fully glazed wall of the main living area on the north. The rooms to the east and west are open to views of the sunrise and sunset over the mountains.

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对该地区历史建筑背景的探索导致了新墨西哥州北部的查科峡谷，特别是由阿纳萨齐人在公元1030年至1079年之间建造的普埃布洛·博尼托(Pueblo Bonito)。阿纳萨齐人没有留下任何文字，但他们的建筑语言、岩石艺术雕塑和阳光标记仍然存在。在普埃布洛·博尼托(Pueblo Bonito)，阿纳萨齐的建筑带有承重墙，两边都覆盖着粗糙、扁平的石芯，表面镶有易碎的砂岩铲。这些材料，以及阿纳萨齐人利用阳光作为指标，通过挑出夏至和马蹄形来标记季节的做法，都是卡萨·瓦勒·埃斯坎迪多的灵感所在。

The search for the historic architectural context of the region led to Northern New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon and particularly Pueblo Bonito, built by the Anasazi between A.D.  1030 and 1079.  The Anasazi left no written language, but the language of their architecture, rock art carvings and sunlight markings still remain.  At Pueblo Bonito, the Anasazi’s built with load-bearing walls which have cores of rough, flat stones covered on both sides with a veneer of friable sandstone spalls. These materials, and the Anasazi’s use of using sunlight as an indicator to mark the seasons by singling out the solstices and equinoxes, was inspiration for the Casa Valle Escondido.

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为了在中午安排太阳的路径，使之精确地沿着卡萨瓦莱埃斯坎迪多号的中心落下，这座房子的位置正是通过在夜间看到北极星和太阳正午的太阳而精确地定位的。中央天窗两侧的挡板允许一束16英寸宽的光束在中午击中地板中心。太阳从东向西移动时，光线在接近墙壁底部时变窄到一条细线。没有直接的阳光照射墙壁，也没有直接的阳光照射艺术品。

To arrange the sun’s path at noon to fall exactly down the center of the Casa Valle Escondido, the house was precisely located by transit sighting to the North Star Polaris at night and the Sun at solar noon. The baffles at each side of the central skylight allow a beam of light sixteen inches wide to strike the center of the floor at noon.  As the sun moves east to west, the beam narrows to a thin line as it approaches the base of the wall.  No direct sunlight strikes the wall and thus the artwork.

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由于自然光是观赏艺术最理想的方法，因此在艺术空间的两侧开发了一套天窗系统，将漫射的阳光反射到墙壁和艺术上。在现场建造了一个全尺寸的横截面模型，以形成一种能阻挡直接阳光的布置，它具有破坏性的紫外线射线，同时提供反射光，最适合观看艺术，到墙面。

Because natural light is the most desirable for viewing art, along the sides of the art space a system of skylights was developed which reflects diffuse sunlight onto the walls and art.  A full-scale cross-section mockup was built at the site to produce an arrangement that would block direct sunlight, with its damaging ultra violet rays, while at the same time deliver reflected light, optimal  for viewing art, to the wall surfaces.

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这些建筑材料受当地历史建筑的启发，被选择与自然环境融为一体。砖砌的墙板是“苔藓岩”，也就是被剥落的佩科斯砂岩。从圣克里斯托山北面斜坡的底部收集而来。天然的、长着苔藓的未切割面被设置为一种无坡度的Ledgerock图案，在石头后面设置了砂浆，以干燥的方式堆放。带有圆管柱的裸露的风化钢结构让人想起古代的普埃布洛用去皮的松木作为柱子。外甲板的护栏是由耐候钢格栅制成的，与自然景观相比几乎是透明的。墙壁和天花板是灰泥，颜色与石灰石地板相匹配。

The building materials, inspired by the historical architecture of the region, were selected to blend into the natural environment.  The masonry bearing wall veneer is “moss rock” or spalled Pecos sandstone, gathered from the base of the north facing slopes of the Sangre De Cristo mountains.  The natural uncut face with lichen growth is set in an uncoursed ledgerock pattern with mortar set behind the stone for a dry-stacked appearance.  The exposed weathering steel structure with round tube columns recalls the ancient pueblo’s use of peeled pine timber as columns. The guard rails of the exterior deck are made of weathering steel grating that becomes nearly transparent against the natural landscape. Walls and ceilings are plaster, tinted to match the limestone flooring.

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