架构师提供的文本描述。这座朴素的房子宽12英尺，长110英尺，在自然景观和文化景观中都扮演着说教的角色。它坐落在一片四英亩的土地上，四周是大海，三面是：东到驯养的渔湾，西到附近的野外，开阔的海洋，南到海湾的近岸。它的‘粗糙和准备’包装是符合狗补丁一样的文化景观背景。

Text description provided by the architects. The modest house is a 12 foot wide, 110 foot long wall playing a didactic role within both the natural and cultural landscapes. It sits on a four acre field surrounded by the sea on three sides: east to a domesticated fishing cove, west to the nearby wild, open ocean, and south to the immediate shore of a bay. Its ‘rough-and-ready’ wrapper is in keeping with the dog-patch-like cultural landscape context. 

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詹姆斯·斯蒂夫斯

外皮标准，工业，瓦楞纸。提出了该地基的混凝土顶线，表达了在寒冷气候条件下从地面上出来，形成水平基准面相对于地面和屋顶的相对较高的成本。一个沉重的，混凝土的楼梯颠簸是一种保护姿态，防止盛行的西风从海上吹来。

 The exterior skin is standard, industrial, corrugated galvalume. The top-of-concrete line of the foundation is raised, expressing the relatively high cost of getting out of the ground in cold climates and forming a horizontal datum against the opposing slopes of land and roof. A heavy, concrete stair bump is a protective gesture against the prevailing westerly winds coming off of the sea.

 © James Steeves

詹姆斯·斯蒂夫斯

整体的，单一的屋顶爬向南方和水覆盖一个连续的，畅通无阻的生活空间，从车库，进入法院，厨房，生活和悬臂甲板。这条管子上点缀着图腾元素，这些元素影响着它，并提供了舒适和空间布置(桥梁、井、壁炉、桁架、南窗)。混凝土基础的空间读数在主体居住区形成了护壁基座。

The monolithic, monopitch roof climbs to the south and the water covering one continuous, unobstructed living space progressing from garage, to entry court, to kitchen, living and cantilevered deck. This tube is punctuated by totemic elements which inflect it and provide comfort and place-making (bridge, well, hearth, truss, south window). The spatial reading of the concrete foundation makes a wainscoting sill in the main living area. 

 © James Steeves

詹姆斯·斯蒂夫斯

三间卧室占较低层，而主卧室/书房占二楼阁楼。脱层墙和天花板暴露了传统的平台框架。这所房子利用一种被动的环境方式来取暖和通风。这是一篇关于形式与生活方式的关系的文章，它清楚地说明了景观中12英尺宽的墙可以提供现代生活的空间和功能需求。

 Three bedrooms occupy the lower level, while a master bedroom/study occupies a second floor loft. De-laminated walls and ceiling expose conventional platform framing. The house exploits a passive environmental approach to heating and ventilation. It is an essay on the relationship between form and lifestyle which clearly demonstrates that a 12’ wide wall in the landscape can provide the spatial and functional requirements of modern living.

 © James Steeves

詹姆斯·斯蒂夫斯

其结果是一个坚韧而非多愁善感的建筑。它的极简主义与米斯·范德洛(Mies Van Der Rohe)的关系不大，更多的是与白话的实用主义中所发现的零有关。和白话一样，它是当代的，因为它使用了它的时代和地点的普通建筑惯例。

The result is a tough rather than sentimental architecture. Its minimalism has less to do with Mies van der Rohe, and more to do with the zeroness found in the pragmatism of the vernacular. Like the vernacular, it is contemporary by its use of the ordinary building conventions of its time and place.