富丽堂皇的风景可以超越静态景观的作用，就像马来西亚吉隆坡的乡村高地达曼萨拉单身家庭所能证明的那样。位于达曼萨拉几个选定住宅区之一的一个温和小丘上的一块地块，激发设计师们设想出一种综合的建筑方法，即房子实际上是它所居住的自然环境的一个分支。

 Luxuriant scenery can transcend the role of a static vista, as the single-family home – Country Heights Damansara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – by LOOK Architects can attest to. A land parcel located on a gentle hillock within one of the several select residential districts in Damansara incited the designers to conceive of an integrative architectural approach where the house is virtually an offshoot of the natural setting it is nestled in.

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斜坡地貌的现有坡度被解释为支撑一个高架级联池，它宣布从正门到达的感觉。瀑布式水池的边缘，披着土生土长的苏卡布米石，坐落在一个由高跷支撑的平台上，与周围的树叶形成一个微妙的界面，让观众印象深刻的是，这座房子正灵活地躺在景观的褶皱中。一个螺旋楼梯连接游泳池甲板到较低层次的放松空间，一个舒适的角落刷羽毛的绿叶尖端，提供与大自然最坦率的接触。一个豪华的悬臂玻璃天篷表示一个透明的过渡空间，将广阔的户外与一个响亮的画廊结合在一起，包括联锁的生活/餐厅和半开放式厨房。

The existing gradient of the sloping landform is construed to underpin an elevated cascading pool that announces a sense of arrival from the main entrance. The lip of the cascading pool, clad in the indigenous Sukabumi stone, sits on a stilt-supported platform to create a delicate interface with the surrounding foliage, impressing upon the viewer that the house is nimbly reclining in the fold of the landscape. A spiral staircase connects the pool deck to a lower tier of relaxation space, a snug corner brushing the feathery tips of greenery that offers the most candid contact with nature. A lavishly cantilevered glass canopy denotes a transparent transitional space uniting the expansive outdoors with a sonorous gallery comprising of the interlocking living/dining room and semi-open kitchen.

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(埃米尔苏丹)

建筑体积的上半部分被一个连续的铝制封套包裹着，其明亮的香槟酒色的光泽与周围的自然扩张形成了鲜明的对比。然而，这种显眼的屋顶背后的原理是在热带地区的本土建筑技术中进行的，尽管给出了当代的解释，但空气动力屋顶剖面的曲率有效地收集并通过房子的主要部分输送了盛行的西南风。这一环境控制机制通过发生在反光池表面上的蒸发冷却而得到显著加强，反射池位于内部循环楼梯下面的战略位置，从而产生了一种可持续的解决办法，可作为机械冷却手段的原型替代。

The upper half of the building volume is swathed in a continuous aluminum envelop, whose lustrous champagne-colored sheen resoundingly contrasts with the surrounding sprawl of nature. However, the rationale behind this prominently shaped roof is steeped in the homegrown know-how of construction in the tropics, albeit given a contemporary interpretation – the curvature of the aerodynamic roof profile effectively collects and channels the prevailing south-west breeze through the main mass of the house. This environmental control mechanism is significantly enhanced by evaporative cooling occurring over the surface of a reflective pool that is strategically situated underneath the interior circulation staircase, resulting in a sustainable solution that can serve as a prototypical substitution for mechanical means of cooling.

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(埃米尔苏丹)

穿过室内楼梯的通道首先会受到外部附属物的空间压缩，外部附属物被小心地嵌在东北部的外墙上，当这个回响的前厅打开通往二层4间卧室的通风走廊时，紧张局势很快得到了解决。在这条过道的两端都出现了柔软的木丝网，补充了上面屋顶上光滑、无装饰的浮雕。不仅阐明弯曲的铝质屋顶侧面，木材屏风的引入，进一步为居民提供了丰富的触觉在他们的日常生活经验。

The passage through the interior staircase is devised to first undergo a spatial compression generated by the enclosure of an exterior appendage prudently wedged on the north-eastern façade, and tension is quickly resolved as this reverberating vestibule opens out to an airy hallway giving access to 4 bedrooms on the second storey. The supple grain of merbau timber screen materializes at either end of this aisle, complementing the sleek unembellished aplomb of the roof above. Not only articulating the flanks of the bent aluminum roof profile, the introduction of the timber screens further furnishes the residents with a sumptuous sense of tactility in their daily experience of the habitat.

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(埃米尔苏丹)