架构师提供的文本描述。陡坡

Text description provided by the architects. Steep Slope

塔楼坐落在从康奈尔路(NW Cornell Road)向下坡的陡峭地形上的一个小架子上。它轻轻地触及地面，而不是被建起来。这座房子由一座薄薄的钢质人行桥连接，与房子的中间层-餐厅和中心-相接。该网站隐藏了足够的街道正面，以访问该网站。

The Tower House is perched on a small shelf along steep topography downhill from NW Cornell Road.  It touches the ground lightly and is built up rather than out.  The house is accessed by a thin steel pedestrian bridge that meets the house at its mid level, the dining room and hub of the house. The site is tucked away with just enough street frontage to access the site.  

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这座高楼的上坡部分坐落在附近森林公园特有的道格拉斯杉木和松树的展台上。下坡一侧可以俯瞰整个城市和其他山区的全景。就像一座中世纪的塔楼一样，这座塔屋每层有一间主房，并将支撑空间纳入建筑周边。

The uphill side of the site is nestled into a stand of douglas fir and pine trees characteristic of nearby Forest Park.  The downhill side drops off with undisturbed panoramic views of the city and mountains beyond.  Like a medieval tower house, this tower house has one primary room per floor with support spaces incorporated into the building perimeter. 

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三居室

Three Rooms

塔楼被设想为三个主要房间(起居室、餐厅和卧室)，松散地漂浮在管状建筑的表皮或“袖子”中。这些是房子的主要房间。它们是高而宽敞的空间，用磨油的四分之一锯成白色橡木。它们很简单，安静的房间带有一种来自真实性和工艺的奢华感。白橡木味觉仅限于这些空间，在室内和室外之间形成了一个强大的门槛，增强了人们被控制和控制的感觉。

The Tower House is conceived as 3 main rooms (LIVING, DINING and BEDROOM) floating loosely in a tubular shaped building skin or “sleeve.”  These are the dominant rooms of the house.  They are tall, generous volumes of space finished with oil rubbed quarter sawn white oak.  They are simple, quiet rooms with a sense of luxury that comes from authenticity and craft.  The white oak palate is limited to these spaces creating a strong threshold between inside the room and out, heightening ones sense of being held and contained.

 © Lara Swimmer

劳拉游泳运动员

房子的包层被视为袖子，仿佛是一件可伸缩的衣服，紧紧地拉在结构上。它是由黑色垂直波纹钢制成，圆角不需要装饰。它是一个连续的、不间断的表面，只有窗户的开口和门扇点缀着。(鼓掌)

The cladding of the house is seen as a sleeve, as if it were a stretchable garment pulled down tight over the structure.  It is made of black vertical corrugated steel with rounded corners eliminating the need for corner trim.  It is a continuous, uninterrupted surface punctuated only by the window openings and loggias.  

 © Lara Swimmer

劳拉游泳运动员

在三个主房和房子的外部套筒之间，空间呈蜂窝状结构，在提供的空间内进行调整以满足功能要求。楼梯、浴室和壁橱是这一间隙空间的基石。

Between the 3 main rooms and the exterior sleeve of the house, the spaces take on a cellular structure, adjusting to fit functional requirements while keeping within the space provided.  Stairs, bathrooms and closets are the building blocks of this interstitial space.  

 Floor Plans

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楼梯的内部和外部开口相距较远，在3英尺宽的范围内起到折射光线的作用，为主房间提供柔和、过滤的环境光。壁橱和浴室有一种私密的比例，有一种隐秘、隐秘和私密的感觉。

The stairway, with offset interior and exterior openings, acts as light loft refracting light within its 3 foot width and providing the main rooms with a soft, filtered ambient glow.  Closets and bathrooms have an intimate scale with a sense of being tucked away, hidden and private.