架构师提供的文本描述。盖尔布住宅于1949年启用，由最初的家族拥有60年，是昆西·琼斯互助住房协会(A.Quincy Jones‘s MutualHomeAssociation)中修改最少的房子之一，这是洛杉矶战后住房领域的一项雄心勃勃的试验。每一个建筑元素和细节都是以非凡的经济和优雅来设计和执行的。后梁框架是横向加强，明智地放置红木-碎屑剪力墙和暴露混凝土砌块元素。外窗和门框被集成到结构中，在任何地方都没有多余的移动。主要材料包括混凝土，混凝土块，红木覆层，道格拉斯杉木柱，梁和胶合板。

Text description provided by the architects. Commissioned in 1949 and owned by the original family for 60 years, the Gelb House was one of the least modified in A. Quincy Jones’ Mutual Housing Association, an ambitious experiment in Los Angeles post-war housing. Each architectural element and detail was designed and executed with extraordinary economy and elegance. The post-and-beam frame is laterally reinforced with judiciously placed redwood-cladshear walls and exposed concrete block elements. Exterior window and door jambs are integrated into the structure, without a redundant move anywhere. Principal materials consist of concrete, concrete block, redwood cladding, and douglas fir posts, beams and plywood.

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布鲁斯·诺留斯工作室

我们的康复哲学是一只轻巧的手。在开始任何设计工作之前，我们首先对每个关节进行素描和理解。一开始，人们就决定，无论是后梁框架还是壳体，都不会有任何改变。相反，我们通过更新系统，在可能的情况下修复完工，或者在必要时用类似的材料来使房子恢复活力。浴室和厨房已全部更换，使用了与原来简单调色板相似的部件和材料，尽管墙壁、门或窗户没有被移动。

Our rehabilitation philosophy has been one of a light hand. We began by sketching and understanding each joint before any design work commenced. Early on, it was decided that nothing of the post-and-beam frame or of the shell would be altered. Instead, we coaxed the house back to vigor by updating systems, rehabilitating finishes where possible or replacing them with similar materials when necessary. Bathrooms and kitchen have been replaced in entirety, using components and materials sympathetic to the original simple palette, although no walls, doors or windows were moved.

 Courtesy of Bruce Norelius Studio

布鲁斯·诺留斯工作室

我们的第一个目标是尊重原来的房子并保持它的精神。然而，当我们进行干预时，我们的目标是以独立于1949年结构的方式-悄悄地-来表达它们。厨房橱柜是涂了油的钢，看起来几乎是黑色；照明装置挂在电缆上，并提供间接光。景观策略从最初的亚热带概念(可能是当时的典型概念)转向无水的，主要是本土和干燥的气候景观。每一项设计决策都是有意作出的，但有一项理解，即在未来，当对保护和修复采取不同的态度将占主导地位时，它可能会被逆转。

Our first aim was to respect the original house and to maintain its spirit. However, when we have made interventions, our goal was to express them—quietly—as independent from the 1949 fabric. Kitchen cabinetry is oiled steel and appears almost black; lighting fixtures hang on cables and provide indirect light. The landscape strategy moved away from the original semi-tropical concept, probably typical of its time, to a no-water, mostly native and dry-climate landscape. Each design decision has been made deliberately and with the understanding it could be reversed in the future when, no doubt, a different attitude toward preservation and rehabilitation will predominate.

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