架构师提供的文本描述。建立茶馆的想法产生于数年前，当时老板和他的小女儿探索了他们硅谷家周围的偏远山丘，在山脊下发现了一处田园诗般的场景，坐落在加州的一片大橡树林下。起初，这家人认为这种环境对树屋来说是完美的。几年后，在6000平方英尺的主楼被广泛改造后，这一愿景被实现为三个单独的茶馆，在那里人们可以简单地退居到大自然中去。

Text description provided by the architects. The idea for the tea houses originated years ago, when the owner and his young daughter explored the remote hills surrounding their Silicon Valley home, discovering an idyllic setting below a ridge, under a grove of large California Live Oak trees. At first, the family thought the setting would be perfect for a tree house. Years later, after the 6000 square foot main house was extensively remodeled, the vision was realized as three individual tea houses, places where one could simply retreat into nature.

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每个茶馆都被设计成透明的钢和玻璃亭，像灯笼一样盘旋在自然景观上。现浇混凝土核心构件锚定楼阁，支撑钢槽轮缘托梁，其中悬挑在核心外支撑楼板和屋顶平面。以其最小的足迹，设计轻踩在土地上，尽量减少分级和维护当地橡树的脆弱根系。

Each tea house is designed as a transparent steel and glass pavilion, hovering like a lantern over the natural landscape. Cast-in-place concrete core elements anchor the pavilions, supporting steel channel rim joists, which cantilever beyond the cores to support the floor and roof planes. With its minimal footprint, the design treads lightly on the land, minimizing grading and preserving the delicate root systems of the native oaks.

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这三个茶馆大小不一，各有其独特的用途。这座270平方英尺的“冥想”茶馆坐落在最大橡树的树冠下，是一个供个人沉思的地方。这座稍大一些的“熟睡”茶馆，面积约372平方英尺，是专为过夜而设计的。这个结构由一个天空照明的浴室核心连接起来，连接着最大的茶馆。在492平方英尺的“远景”茶馆是为了亲密的聚会和创造性思维。“安静简单”的概念自始至终都是一个一致的主题-在这些结构中没有电话、电视或音频系统。

The three tea houses vary in size, each with its own unique purpose. The 270 square foot ‘meditation’ tea house, nestled under the canopy of the largest oak tree, is a place for individual contemplation. The slightly larger ‘sleeping’ tea house, approximately 372 square feet, is a place designed for overnight stays. This structure is joined by a sky-lit bathroom core, which bridges to the largest tea house. At 492 square feet, the ‘visioning’ tea house is for intimate gatherings and creative thinking. The notion of ‘quiet simplicity’ is a consistent theme throughout – there are no phones, televisions or audio systems within these structures.

设计强调可持续性。钢制门框和遮阳窗提供出入和高-低通风，而定制改性铝框架滑动门，自定义钢插孔和固定的玻璃面板，在角落，消除了内部和外部之间的屏障。自然冷却是通过从战略位置的景观遮荫，包括常绿红木树和竹子，落叶枫树和银杏树。加热是由地板下面的辐射式水合系统提供的。电力是由安装在主房子屋顶上的光伏阵列现场产生的.

The design emphasizes sustainability. Steel framed doors and awning windows provide access and high – low ventilation, while custom-modified aluminum framed sliding doors, with custom steel interlockers and fixed glass panels, mitered at the corners, dissolve the barrier between inside and outside. Natural cooling is enhanced by shading from strategically placed landscaping, including evergreen redwood trees and bamboo, and deciduous maple and gingko trees. Heating is provided by a radiant hydronic system below the flooring. Electricity is produced on-site by a photovoltaic array mounted on the roof of the main house.

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内饰的执行与一个简单的调色板对比材料-简明扼要的详细钢材和玻璃，和更多的“有机”未完成的混凝土，形成板和电线刷暴露木纹，雪松板，回收的主要房子的改造。

The interiors are executed with a simple palette of contrasting materials – crisply detailed steel and glass, and more ‘organic’ unfinished concrete, board formed and wire brushed to expose the wood grain, and cedar boards, recycled from the remodeling of the main house.

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当阳光和阴影在山坡上移动时，茶馆呈现出不同的形式-日出时，茶馆的结构消失在长长的阴影中；午间阳光的柔和轮廓投射出玻璃的戏剧性反光；到了傍晚，茶馆就像花园里的灯笼一样发光。从远处看，或者从内部看，茶馆与它们所在的地点合而为一，与加州本土景观密不可分。

As the sunlight and shadows move across the hillside the tea houses take on different forms – at sunrise, the structures disappear into the long shadows; the soft silhouette of the midday sun casts dramatic reflections off the glass; and by evening, the structures glow like lanterns in a garden. Viewed from afar or viewed from within, the tea houses appear at one with their sites, inextricably connected to the native California landscape.

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