Project: Headmaster’s House Architects: Jobe Corral Architects Location: Austin, Texas, United States Area 129.0 m2 Project Year 2016 Photographer: Casey Woods

Overlooking downtown Austin, the Headmaster’s House sits within view of the castle on the hill that was once the Texas Military Institute. The historic portion of the home is a modest, single wythe walled stone structure built in 1871 and was originally occupied by the headmaster of the Institute.

在奥斯丁市中心，总部位于曾是德克萨斯州军事学院的山上城堡的视野中。该房屋的历史部分是一个中等的、单一的、壁的石头结构，建造于1871年，最初被学院校长占据。

As a private residence, many owners have adapted the simple building to better suit their needs. Our work is a renovation of the original historic structure and the breakfast room and three-story addition built in the 1970’s, nearly one hundred years after the original.

作为一个私人住宅，许多业主已经改造了简单的建筑物，以更好地满足他们的需要。我们的工作是对原有的历史建筑和早餐室进行改造，并在70年代建造三层楼，比原来的建筑近百年。

The goal was to strip away as much additive material as possible and recreate the relationship between the historic house and the additions. Working completely within the confines of the building as presented, we reassembled the materials and details in such a way to quiet the chaos of 150 years of complicated adaptations.

我们的目标是尽可能去除更多的附加材料，重新建立历史建筑和添加物之间的关系。我们完全在建筑物的范围内工作，我们重新组装了材料和细节，以平息150年复杂适应的混乱。

As we began working on the design, it became clear that the house had so much potential to be a really great synthesis of historic and modern architecture. Our work involved a reimagining of the upstairs spaces throughout the upper levels of the historic portion of the house, allowing for better natural light and connection to the more modern addition volume. It was a constant balance of what to keep and what to remove, with so many previous modifications to the original structure.

当我们开始进行设计的时候，很明显，这座房子有很大的潜力成为历史和现代建筑的一个伟大的综合体。我们的工作包括重新想象楼上的空间，整个高层的历史部分的房子，允许更好的自然光和连接到更现代的加法卷。这是一个不断的平衡，什么要保留，什么要删除，有这么多以前的修改，原来的结构。

When our client bought the home, the 1970’s addition had a handful of problems that were adversely affecting the historic house as well as the general living conditions of the entire home. The garage level was at the low point of the site and flooded with any significant rain fall. The link from the addition to the historic house created a space in the roofs that was ideal for raccoon habitation and leaf and branch collection. Large steel “stilts” had been retrofitted onto the historic house to hold up the link, as it was not able to support this addition as it was originally built. None of the three floors in the addition were connected to each other.

当我们的客户买下这套房子时，1970年代增加的一些问题对历史建筑以及整个住宅的总体生活条件都产生了不利影响。车库的水位在工地的最低点，任何一场大雨都淹没在那里。从添加到历史房屋的链接创造了一个空间，在屋顶，是理想的浣熊聚居地和树叶和树枝收集。大型钢“高跷”已被改造到历史上的房子，以保持联系，因为它无法支持这一补充，因为它是最初建造的。增建的三层楼中没有一层是连在一起的。

As we began the deconstruction process, we discovered more rot than previously estimated and virtually rebuilt the addition and it’s link to the historic house. That allowed us to completely re-evaluate window placement, balconies, structural strategies and interior configurations.

当我们开始解构的过程时，我们发现了比先前估计的更多的腐烂，并且实际上重建了加法和它与历史建筑的联系。这使我们能够完全重新评估窗户的布置，阳台，结构策略和内部配置。

The additions are now detailed to be separate and supporting spaces, allowing the original historic structure to both keep it’s identity and provide a more modern way of living. The thick stone historic walls sit in contrast to the addition’s smooth troweled stucco and steel panel exterior finishes. Original woodwork and trim at the interior of the house were cleaned and left in place, holding the historic pallet of details and materials in place. Clean and quieter finished and details round out the additions to provide that quiet backdrop needed to allow the two building to exist harmoniously.

现在，这些增加的空间被详细划分为独立的和支撑的空间，使得原始的历史结构既保持了它的特性，又提供了一种更现代的生活方式。厚厚的石材历史墙与加注的光滑的灰泥和钢板外墙形成鲜明对比。房子内部的原始木制品和装饰被清理并留在原处，存放着历史上由细节和材料组成的托盘。干净，安静，完成和细节周围的补充，以提供安静的背景，以使这两座建筑和谐地存在。