架构师提供的文本描述。这座房子主要是为一个有三个具体要求的人设计的：(1)她想要“戏剧性的东西”；(2)她想要感觉“就像我住在树上一样；“(3)她希望这所房子完全没有不必要的装饰，以至于她可以看到建筑的痕迹，从裸露的螺栓到”未完成的“天花板结构。该遗址是一个陡峭的，面向北面的悬崖，上面80英尺的克拉布树溪，阴影下有一片有150年历史的山毛榉和橡树林。这条小溪已经雕刻了数百万年的悬崖，这立刻表明了一个具有极大生态敏感性的遗址。我们知道我们必须谨慎地在此基础上发展。

Text description provided by the architects. The house was designed primarily for one person who had three specific requirements: (1) she wanted “something dramatic;” (2) She wanted to feel “as if I’m living in the trees;” and (3) she wanted the house to be utterly devoid of unnecessary ornamentation to the point that she could see the marks of construction, from exposed bolts to the “unfinished” ceiling structure. The site is a steep, north-facing escarpment 80 feet above Crabtree Creek, shaded by a then-150-year-old beech and oak forest. The creek has carved this escarpment for millions of years, which immediately suggested a site of great ecological sensitivity. We knew we had to build upon it carefully.

 © Jeffery Jacobs

C.Jeffery Jacobs

为了给主人一个在敏感的地方轻轻踩下的避难所，我们把房子安放在九根宽肩木桁架上，没有砍下一棵大树。桁架允许空气和水在房子下面流动，保护了悬崖的水文。我们建造了一个非常大的蝴蝶形屋顶，向北向小溪开阔视野，并将雨水排入南侧的收集系统。这座房子的入口处是一座从山顶延伸到桥对面的阳台门厅，在那里，外面景色的戏剧性通过两层楼到天花板的北面玻璃墙充满了室内。从阳台上，一个优雅的钢楼梯与木制踏板从玻璃(实质上，通过树木)下降到戏剧性的，两层清晰的主客厅，这反过来，打开了一个阳光明媚，部分与世隔绝的南面露台在桥下。

To give the owner a shelter that treads lightly on the sensitive site, we perched the house on nine, broad-shouldered wood trusses without cutting a single major tree. The trusses permit air and water to flow under the house, preserving the hydrology of the escarpment. We created a very large, butterfly-shaped roof to open views northwards to the creek and to funnel rainwater into a collection system on the south side. The entrance to the house is a progression from the top of the hill, across a bridge, and into a balcony foyer, at which point the drama of the scenery outside fills the interior through two-story, floor-to-ceiling, north-facing glass walls. From the balcony, a graceful steel staircase with wooden treads descends past the glass (in essence, through the trees) to the dramatic, two-story-clear main living floor, which, in turn, opens onto a sunny and partially secluded south-facing terrace below the bridge.

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蒂姆·赫斯利

在一天中的任何时候，房子都充满了大自然的景色，白天，点缀着亮光。深屋顶悬垂延伸到外面的视觉链接和遮荫玻璃。层叠木柱和横梁，明显地放在括号内，加强了自然的存在，为室内增添了一种温暖的元素，并在远处回荡着树木。屋顶的横梁像树枝一样伸向天空。

At all times of the day, the house is filled with a view of nature and, by day, dappled light. Deep roof overhangs extend a visual link to the outside and shade the glass. Laminated wood columns and beams, plainly bracketed, strengthen the presence of nature, add an element of warmth to the interior, and echo the trees beyond. The roof beams reach out to the sky like tree limbs.

 © Jeffery Jacobs

C.Jeffery Jacobs

仔细安排玻璃，即使是在更私人的，面向街道的高地，保持了透明和微妙的感觉。这在整个室内是一致的：房间之间的隔墙不能到达暴露的地方-木材天花板和空间之间的口袋门在鞋面屏风的精神中采用了“结霜”的中央面板。阳台层包括主卧室套房。主楼层包括起居/用餐空间/厨房空间(彼此开放)、另一个完整的浴室和一个额外的舒适的“卧室”空间，业主将其用作媒体室。

Careful arrangement of glazing, even on the more private, street-facing elevation, maintains a sense of transparency and delicacy. This is consistent throughout the interior: Partition walls between rooms stop short of reaching the exposed-wood ceiling and pocket doors between spaces feature “frosted” central panels in the spirit of shoji screens. The balcony-level floor includes the master bedroom suite. The main floor includes the living/dining space/kitchen space (open to each other), another full bathroom, and an additional cozy “bedroom” space that the owner uses as a media room.

 © Jeffery Jacobs

C.Jeffery Jacobs

木材结构的强度与环境的微妙性形成对比，构成了大自然的广阔空间，并与房子的亲密无间形成了鲜明的对比。房子的结构是平行的木材，保护森林资源。所有的框架和修剪是当地收获，南方黄松。从外面到晚上，房子看起来像一个脆弱的，发光的帐篷挂在森林里。

The strength of the wood structure contrasts with the delicacy of the environment, framing the expanse of nature and contrasting it with the intimacy of the house. The structure of the house is parallel strand lumber, conserving forest resources. All framing and trim is locally harvested, southern yellow pine. From outside at night, the house appears as a fragile, luminous tent cradled by the forest.

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