Architects: Pollen Architecture - Design Project: Balcones house / Case Study house rebuild Location: Austin, Texas, United States Architects in Charge: Elizabeth Alford, Michael Young Area: 2700.0 ft2 Photography: Patrick Wong, Whit Preston, Casey Dunn, Brent Humphreys

建筑师：花粉建筑

Balcones house is perched on the edge of a fractured limestone cliff, which is a part of the echelon of the Balcones fault. Rooms look either downhill into the tops of trees in the ravine below or uphill into the rock gardens behind the house. We rebuilt and reconceived a house originally on the site, designed in 1957 by Jonathan Bowman. We kept the site strategy of the original house, as well as its limestone rubble walls in order to maintain the modest Case-Study era scale. ∗The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts - Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers. The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966.∗

Balcones的房子坐落在一个破碎的石灰岩悬崖的边缘，这是Balcones断层梯级的一部分。房间可以从山下俯瞰峡谷的树梢，也可以俯瞰屋后的岩石花园。我们重建并调和了一座最初由乔纳森·鲍曼(JonathanBowman)于1957年设计的房屋。我们保留了原房屋的选址策略，以及石灰石瓦砾墙，以保持适度的案例研究时代规模。∗案例研究室是艺术赞助的美国住宅建筑实验

The Case Study house was redesigned and rebuilt with a steel structure and larger reconfigured window openings. Most of the windows slide completely away to one side, allowing direct connection to the outside. The airflow up the hill draws air through the house in most months. While keeping the proportion of the original, we added square footage tucked behind the house.

该案例研究室是重新设计和重建的钢结构和更大的重新配置窗口开口。大多数窗户完全滑到一边，允许与外部直接连接。在大多数的几个月里，山上的气流吸引着空气穿过房子。在保持原来的比例的同时，我们增加了房子后面的面积。

The new house on the old footprint has an intimate scale, and is lined in straight-grain pine. The new floor area is built out in plaster and has a higher roof that twists to respond to the cliff and cups to collect rainwater. A continuous clerestory window between the two roofs lets in southern light along the length of the bedrooms and allows views of treetops.

旧脚印上的新房子有一种亲密的规模，用直纹松树作衬里.新的建筑面积是用石膏砌成的，有一个更高的屋顶，可以扭转悬崖，用杯子收集雨水。两个屋顶之间的一个连续的牧师窗口，沿卧室的长度让南光照射，可以看到树梢。

We built the project acting as general contractor, with some support from a construction manager. This was a great way for us to get to know trades and craftspeople in Austin, and to try things we wouldn’t risk with a client. As designers making our own house, the question is really when to stop; it’s the proverbial labor of love. If I had to state a thesis about major details, it might be using metal plate against a variety of materials to make an edge. For example, a steel angle gives a sharp edge the concrete floor; steel I-beams are set into the wood ceiling as a groove; aluminum plates make a super-thin frame around aluminum windows; aluminum trims the slot diffusers set into wood and plaster.

在施工经理的支持下，我们建立了作为总承包商的项目。这对于我们来说是个很好的方法，让我们了解奥斯汀的行业和工匠，并尝试一些我们不会与客户一起冒险的事情。作为设计师们自己造房子的时候，问题真的是什么时候停止，这是爱的俗语劳动。如果我不得不说一篇关于主要细节的论文，它可能是用金属板对抗各种材料来做一个边缘。例如，角钢在混凝土地板上形成锐利的边缘；钢I梁作为凹槽设置在木天花板中；铝板在铝窗周围制作超薄框架；铝将设置的槽扩散器修剪为木材和石膏。

We like to use intense materials to bring tactility to our modern spaces. Many materials were designed and developed specifically for this project by our firm. For example, the quarter-sawn pine boards were sourced and milled locally; a gravel-cast concrete topping slab was developed as a warmer, less expensive version of terrazzo; and insulated tube skylights we fabricated. The concrete cladding at the front door was designed and molded onsite. Firm partner, Michael Young, had positives cut in plexiglass using CNC-milling, then made rubber molds from which multiple units were cast. The effect created amplifies light coming down from the skylight above.

我们喜欢用强烈的材料为我们的现代空间带来触觉。我公司专门为该项目设计和开发了许多材料。例如，四分之一锯木板是在当地采购和铣削的；砾石浇筑混凝土顶板是作为较暖、较便宜的水磨石版本开发的；以及我们制造的隔热管天窗。前门混凝土包层在现场设计成型。固定的合作伙伴MichaelYoung使用CNC铣削将有机玻璃切割成正片，然后制作出橡胶模具，从该模具中铸造多个单元。创建的效果会放大从上方天窗向下的灯光。

Product Description. A major emphasis of the firm’s work is the connection between indoor and outdoor spaces, and the introduction of “good light” to the interior. In the Balcones House, the selection of the windows and doors was important in making this connection. Larger slider doors along the main living space bring in ample natural light, and also allow the entire wall to disappear. When the doors are open, the room doubles in size as the outside patio and interior living space are joined. Additionally, doors were used in some places to achieve an oversized casement window, maximizing light and also allowing fresh air to be brought inside.

产品描述。公司工作的一个主要重点是将室内和室外空间连接起来，并在室内引入“好光”。在巴尔科内斯宫，窗户和门的选择对于建立这种联系是很重要的。更大的滑动门沿着主要的生活空间带来充足的自然光，还允许整个墙消失。当门打开时，房间的大小会加倍，因为外面的露台和室内的居住空间是连接在一起的。此外，在一些地方，门被用来实现一个超大的窗户，使光线最大化，并允许新鲜空气被带入。