架构师提供的文本描述。在德克萨斯州奥斯汀西湖山庄的一个密林覆盖的遗址上，斯佩克特哈普曼承担着修缮和扩建一座70年代普通房子的任务。最初的内部结构大部分保持不变，但这些改动试图抹掉原来房子的所有可见痕迹。

Text description provided by the architects. On a densely tree-covered site in the Austin, Texas exurb of West Lake Hills, Specht Harpman was tasked with the renovation and expansion of a modest 1970's house. Much of the original internal structure was maintained, but the alterations sought to erase all visible traces of the original house.

 © Casey Dunn

凯西·邓恩

新的翻修和扩建的主要目标是保护所有的大型扭转活橡树，同时创造一个新的开放的家园，包括景观和编织自己周围的现有树木。

The primary goal of the new renovation and expansion was to preserve all of the site’s large twisting Live Oak trees while creating a new and open home that embraces the landscape and weaves itself around the existing trees.

 © Scott Specht

斯科特·斯佩克特

房子的主要质量是从地面上被提升，创造了一系列的砖石墙，延伸到现场，形成内部和外部的房间，框架与活橡树的视野更远。墙壁在较低的层次上定义家庭空间，同时支持一个由卧室和私人空间组成的“浮动盒子”。

The primary mass of the house was lifted off the ground plane by creating a series of masonry walls that extend across the site to form interior and exterior rooms that frame views with the Live Oak trees beyond. The walls define family spaces on the lower level, while supporting a “floating box” of bedroom and private spaces above.

 © Taggart Sorensen

Taggart Sorensen

现有房屋的天花板很低。对于扩建空间，吊顶平面得到了维护，但地板被降下，以与场地的轮廓保持一致，创造了一种梯田式的室内景观，给房间带来了高度，同时保持了适度的外部表现。

Ceilings of the existing house were low. For the expansion spaces, the ceiling plane was maintained, but the floor was lowered to follow the contours of the site, creating a terraced interior landscape that gives height to rooms while maintaining a modest exterior expression.