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架构师提供的文本描述。古登-纳霍德一家想在哥斯达黎加的太平洋海岸建立一个家，他们发现了一个可以俯瞰海洋的令人难以置信的地方。我们遇到的最大挑战是，他们的土地主要是由一个非常陡峭的斜坡组成的，而海景只能从场地的中上层看出来。我们认为这是一个机会，而不是一个约束，我们立即考虑了适合于这些条件的架构响应。

Text description provided by the architects. The Gooden-Nahome family wanted to create a home on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and they found an incredible site overlooking the ocean. The biggest challenge we encountered was that their plot of land was predominantly comprised of a very steep slope, and the view of the ocean could only be seen from the upper-mid portion of the site. We saw this as an opportunity rather than a constraint and immediately considered an architectural response that was appropriate for these conditions.

 © Garcia Lachner photography

加西亚·拉克纳摄影

最初，我们探索了建造大型挡土墙和减少土壤以安置房屋的可能性，这是一种通常用于附近建筑物的技术。最终，我们决定做完全相反的事情，因此允许斜坡、土地、植被、水和动物在房子下面流动。我们基本上把房子举到了空中，在一系列的引航仪上，这给人的印象是它漂浮在山坡上。通过这样做，我们节省了在场地周围建造土壤保持墙的巨大成本。这一常识的解决方案使我们能够创造一个非常微妙的干预，一个让地形呼吸，同时提供壮观的景观，从海洋的关键位置的网站。

Originally, we explored possibilities of creating large retaining walls and cutting back the soil in order to place the house, a technique typically employed for nearby buildings. Ultimately, we decided to do the exact opposite and therefore allow the slope, the earth, the vegetation, water, and animals to flow underneath the house. We essentially lifted the house up into the air on a series of piloti which gives the impression that it is floating above the hillside. By doing this we saved the immense cost of creating soil retention walls around the site. This common sense solution allowed us to create a very delicate intervention, one that allows the terrain to breathe whilst providing spectacular views out towards the ocean from the key location on the site.

Architects Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture

Location Puntarenas Canton, Costa Rica

Category Houses

Area 300.0 sqm

Project Year 2013

Photographs Garcia Lachner photography