设计挑战：

DESIGN CHALLENGE:

 Courtesy of Kariouk Associates

Kariouk Associates提供

这个家的地点是一个狭窄的地段在市中心附近，这与它的广泛的代码限制在侧窗。另一项挑战是就相邻两个地块之间的等级差异进行谈判：一个已经陡峭的坡地，西边的邻居们把他们的后院再抬高了1.5米，最终造成了邻近地段大约2.5米的高度差异。

The site for this home was a narrow lot in a downtown neighborhood, which carried with it extensive code limitations on side windows. A further challenge was negotiating the difference in grade between the two neighbouring lots:an already steeply sloping site, the neighbours to the West raised their rear yard an additional 1.5m, ultimately creating a difference in neighbouring lot heights of approximately 2.5m

设计回应：

DESIGN RESPONSE:

 Courtesy of Kariouk Associates

Kariouk Associates提供

房子的设计是围绕着一个两层高的、光线充足的花园庭院而设计的.花园“咬”出紧凑型建筑面积，但它允许大量玻璃，否则，由于限制建筑法规的要求，将是不可能的。庭院的地段线侧保持开放，而它的三个内部边充满了窗户，并将自然的光进入到住宅的中心，在两层居住的楼层。庭院里充满了装饰性的植物，虽然它起到了“日光磁铁”的作用，但它也作为一个郁郁葱葱的，视觉焦点的每一个主要居住空间的住宅。

The design of the home revolves around a two storey, light-filled raised garden courtyard. The garden takes a “bite” out of the tight, permissible building area, however it allowed for an extensive amount of glass that otherwise, due to restrictive building code requirements, would not be possible. The courtyard’s lot-line side remains open, while its three interior sides are filled with windows and bring natural light into the heart of the home on both living floors. The courtyard is filled with ornamental plantings, and while it serves as a “daylight-magnet,” it also serves as a lush, visual focus for each of the primary living spaces of the home.

 Courtesy of Kariouk Associates

Kariouk Associates提供

一踏进门厅，人们马上就会看到一系列相互关联的观点，这些观点将家庭的最前面和财产的最后面联系在一起。室内门厅的对岸墙完全是玻璃的，展示了外部的、高耸的花园庭院；这种视野贯穿庭院，与正式餐厅的内部相连；然后，这种视野延伸到后花园下部的一座外部花园桥上，最终在视觉上连接到一个设置在后院的三季读书亭的内部。

Upon stepping into the foyer, one is immediately presented with a series of linked views that unite the very front of the home to the very back of the property. The opposing wall of the interior foyer is entirely glass and shows the exterior, raised garden courtyard; this view continues through the courtyard and joins the interior of the formal dining room; this view then extends to an exterior garden bridge over the lower rear yard that ultimately joins visually to the interior of a three-season reading pavilion set in the rear yard.

 Ground Floor Plan

人们创造了一种隐私感，尽管实现了无数的大窗户，因为主要的起居区开始在街道以上的水平上进行全面的飞行；一块石板和玻璃入口楼梯和人行道为游客创造了一个慷慨的到达点。同样，入口楼梯/门厅的容积用白色砖石覆盖，以便视觉上向前推进，欢迎游客来到人行道上(而容纳主要居住空间的体积以及下面的车库则覆盖着黑色的隔板，以便从人行道上退去)。一个连续的视觉和空间的缺口，完全切断了房屋之间的光明和黑暗的体积；一个开放的上升楼梯插入到这一空白，设置在花园庭院的背景下。

A sense of privacy is created, despite the numerous and large windows that were achieved, as the main living areas begin a full-flight above street level;a slate and glass entry stair and walkway create a generous arrival point for visitors. Likewise, the entry stair/foyer volume is clad in white masonry in order to visually advance and welcome visitors towards the walkway (while the volume housing primary living spaces as well as the garage below is clad in black clapboard in order to recede from the sidewalk). A continuous visual and spatial gap cuts entirely through the home between the light and dark volumes; an open-riser stair is inserted into that void, set against the backdrop of the garden courtyard.