Project: Merkel Cooper Residence Architects: In Situ Studio Contractor: Kelly Custom Builders, Inc Structural engineer: Lysaght - Associates Structural Engineers Location: Troutman, North Carolina Area: 3,291 sf Year 2017 Photography: Keith Isaacs

项目：Merkel Cooper住宅建筑师：现场工作室承包商：Kelly CustomBuilders，Inc结构工程师：Lysaght

The Merkel Cooper Residence is set in a hill, just below the crest, overlooking a lake. The entry drive meanders through a hardwood forest and up the hill, approaching the house from the south. The first glimpse of the house is offered near the top of the drive, revealing the combined carport/entry and the service end of the main house volume. Public spaces are hidden on the north end of the house, opening to views of the lake and a deep valley filled with beech trees. A series of site walls negotiate between the steep slope and the simple house form.

默克尔库珀住宅坐落在一座小山上，就在山顶下面，俯瞰着一个湖泊。入口蜿蜒穿过一片硬木森林，爬上小山，从南面向房子靠近。房子的第一次一瞥是提供接近顶部的驱动器，揭示了组合的车库/入口和服务结束的主要房屋容量。公共空间隐藏在房子的北端，可以看到湖和一个充满山毛榉树的深谷。在陡峭的斜坡和简单的房屋形式之间，一系列的场地墙通过谈判。