架构师提供的文本描述。坐落在一个狭窄的地方，俯瞰波托马克河，这所房子的设计，以取代一个平原，普通的牧场主，被烧毁的火灾。虽然很悲惨，但这位客户认为这是一个机会，可以重新想象他们在周末的卑微静修。作为一名画家和艺术史学家，他们分别寻找了一个既温和又鼓舞人心的替代品，包括一个小画室、书房、大师套房、客厅、餐厅和厨房。最符合他们的规划需要是一个共同的愿望，房子连接和保存美丽的地点；允许自然渗透到家庭领域。

Text description provided by the architects. Perched on a narrow site overlooking the Potomac River, this home was designed to replace a plain, ordinary rancher that was destroyed by fire. Though tragic, the client saw this as an opportunity to re-imagine their humble weekend retreat. As a painter and art historian respectively, they sought a replacement that was modest yet inspiring, consisting of a small painting studio, study, master suite, living room, dining room and kitchen. Paramount to their programmatic needs was a shared aspiration for the house to connect and preserve the beauty of the site; permitting nature to permeate the domestic realm.

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这种强调扩大网站的细节导致的决策影响到设计的各个方面，包括其功能、形式和总体可持续性，往往同时解决这些问题。

This emphasis on amplifying the particulars of the site led to decisions which impacted every aspect of the design including its function, form, and overall sustainability, often resolving these issues simultaneously.

例如，这个计划概念-对阿巴拉契亚常见的乡土狗步屋的现代重新诠释-使山脊上的私人项目变得更加私密，创造了一个向东向西延伸的直线酒吧，优化了建筑物的长敞口。然后，公共部分将转向壮观的河流和伯克利泉景观。

For instance, the plan concept - a modern reinterpretation of the vernacular dog trot house found commonly in Appalachia - aligns the more private program along the ridge creating a linear bar running east-west optimizing the long exposures of the building. The public components are then shifted towards the spectacular view to the river and the Berkeley Springs & Potomac Railroad below. This singular move sponsors a formal overlap which subtly recalls the typical Edinburgh Limestone formations of the region - of which Seneca Rocks is an iconic example. The overlap itself allows for a passive solar solution, providing clerestory windows which draw light from the south into the living room. The material strategy uses standing seam metal roofing and locally sourced hemlock in opposed striations to subtly recall these rock outcroppings while reinforcing the overlap of the volumes.