架构师提供的文本描述。帕莱茨莫伊大厦的地点是一个三英亩，茂密的地点，北卡罗莱纳州达勒姆北部和杜克大学的校园。该遗址从最高点向北、向东倾斜，向西、向南逐渐倾斜。盛行的微风来自西南，全年提供凉风。各个方向的景色都很好，这意味着主要的考虑因素应该是光、太阳方向和冷却风。

Text description provided by the architects. The site for the Paletz Moi House is a three-acre, heavily wooded site north of Durham, North Carolina and the campus of Duke University. From its high point, the site slopes steeply to the north and east and gradually to the west and south. Prevailing breezes come from the southwest and provide cooling breezes throughout the year. Views are excellent in all directions, suggesting that primary consideration should be about the light, solar orientation, and cooling breezes.

 © James West

(詹姆斯·韦斯特)

基本程序要求有起居室、餐厅、厨房和三间卧室。由于房屋是一个非常简单的居住/工作空间，额外的需求包括两个办公室，每个办公室都有特定的空间需求，一个15至20人的小屏蔽室，以及多个白天光线不同的室外空间。客户要求的房子，将最大限度地自然光和微风，并给人的感觉，生活在周围的树木。

The basic program called for a living room, dining room, kitchen, and three bedrooms. Because the house is very simply a live/work space, additional requirements included two offices each with specific spatial needs, a small screening room for 15 to 20 people, and multiple outdoor spaces with different light conditions throughout the day. The clients requested a house that would maximize natural light and breezes and give the feeling of living in the surrounding trees.

 © James West

(詹姆斯·韦斯特)

房屋采用混凝土砌块基础和挡土墙，提供一个平台，以提高钢和玻璃结构的地面。通过仔细的放置和设计，这些墙将对现场的物理影响降到最低。房子的主体是一个在东西轴上的直线结构.这种线性组织几乎允许房子的所有空间有三次曝光。

The house employs concrete block foundations and retaining walls to provide a platform that raises the steel and glass structure off the ground. By careful placement and design, these walls minimize the physical impact on the site. The main body of the house is a linear construction oriented on an east-west axis. This linear organization allows almost all of the spaces of the house to have three exposures.

 © James West

(詹姆斯·韦斯特)

设计的线性性质使南北曝光最大化。虽然南面高度上的玻璃面积很大，但深毛色和致密的多层顶板提供了遮阳效果。低e玻璃是使用自始至终。一条直线的可操作窗口，沿南北海拔高度4英尺，从微风中提供自然的凉爽。在墙壁和屋顶的额外绝缘提供极好的绝缘。每平方英尺的取暖和制冷成本比业主以前的房子低40%。

The linear nature of the design maximizes the north/south exposures. Although the glass area on the south elevation is significant, deep mullions and a tight mullion pat¬tern provide sun shading. Low e glass is used throughout. A linear slot of operable windows, at a height of four feet along the southern and northern elevations, provides natural cool¬ing from breezes. Additional insulation in the walls and roof provide excellent insulation. Per-square-foot cost for heating and cooling is 40 percent less than the owners’ previous house.

 © James West

(詹姆斯·韦斯特)