架构师提供的文本描述。这个项目坐落在一个小囊，创造了一个锥形的地段，与一个小的前院，与广阔的后方庭院，打开峡谷和城市的看法。房子变成了一个过度的门廊与一个离散的入口和故意进入序列，以揭示的意见。从后院，房子被视为水平层，似乎从景观，而在入口处的存在是明显更城市和垂直。

Text description provided by the architects. This project is sited on a cul-de-sac that creates a tapered lot, with a small front yard that contrasts with an expansive rear yard that opens to the canyon and city views.  The house becomes an overscaled porch with a discrete entrance and deliberate entry sequence that reveals the views.  From the rear yard, the house is seen as horizontal layers that seem to emerge from the landscape, while the presence at the entrance of the house is distinctly more urban and vertical.

 Courtesy of Tim Street-Porter

提姆街-波特

低调的街道存在和后院的开放性之间的二分法增强了在进入住宅时在生活空间中找到广阔视野的叙事体验。这一门槛是由两个垂直的墙壁，折叠成屋顶表面，以创造一个背景，锚定水平性质的地形。当进入主起居空间时，从墙到后院的伸缩门消失了，把起居室变成门廊内的第二个门廊，门廊是封闭的，但与湖畔相连。与客厅相邻，由一堵消失的玻璃墙连接，有一个有盖的门廊，与室外保持这种平衡。有盖的门廊是在底层和第二层平面之间移动几何学的结果，为房子创造了一个开阔的角落。门廊和起居室的水平被巧妙地从地面上提升，创造了一层梯田，将景观的地形变化延伸到房子里。外部甲板和景观也作为上升地形的延伸，沿着场地边缘有一个圈池，作为另一层梯田。(鼓掌)

The dichotomy between the understated street presence and the openness of the backyard enhances the narrative experience of finding the vast view in the living spaces upon entry to the house.   This threshold is enhanced by the articulation of two vertical walls that fold into roof surfaces to create a backdrop that anchors the horizontal qualities of the terrain. Upon entry to the main living space, telescoping doors that form the wall to the backyard disappear, transforming the living room into a secondary porch within a porch, enclosed but engaged with the lansdcape.  Adjacent to the living room, connected by one of the disappearing glass walls is a covered porch that similarly maintains this balance between enclosure and immersion with the outdoors.  The covered porch is a result of the shifting geometry between the ground floor and second level plans that creates an open corner for the house. The porch and living room level is subtly lifted from the groundplane, creating a layer of terracing that extends the topographic shifts of the landscape into the house. The exterior deck and landscape also serve as extensions of the rising topography, with a lap pool along the site edge that serves as another layer of terracing.  

 Courtesy of Tim Street-Porter

提姆街-波特

在地面和第二层，开放的玻璃外墙和门廊面向东南，创造了良好的采光条件。大门廊在夏季保护室内空间不受刺眼的阳光照射，同时允许冬季光线延伸到室内进行被动取暖。上层是由一个开放的庭院分开，把主卧室和孩子的卧室分开，同时加入一层二楼的甲板，将两卷书都包裹起来。在房子的拐角处，主卧室的角落消失了，最大限度地看到峡谷和城市景观。这个上层，明显的水平，创造了另一个层，延伸了下面的提升景观。

On both the ground and second level, the open glazed facade and porches face southeast yielding excellent daylighting conditions.  The large porches protect the interior spaces from harsh sunlight in the summer while allowing winter light to extend into the house for passive heating.  The upper level is bisected by an open court that separates the master bedroom from the children’s bedrooms while joining a second floor deck that wraps both volumes.  Cantilevering at the corner of the house, the corner of the master bedroom disappears to maximize views both up the canyon and towards the city vista.  This upper level, distinctly horizontal, creates another layer that extends the lifting landscape below.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图