Architect: Waechter Architecture Project: Modern Vertical House – Tower House Location: Portland, OR, United States Photography: Lara Swimmer

建筑师：Waechter建筑项目：现代立式建筑-塔楼位置：波特兰，OR，美国摄影：劳拉游泳者

This modern vertical house is perched on a small shelf along steep topography downhill from NW Cornell Road, Portland. It touches the ground lightly and is built up rather than out. The house is accessed by a thin steel pedestrian bridge that meets the house at its mid level, the dining room and hub of the house. Like a medieval tower house, this modern vertical house has one primary room per floor with support spaces incorporated into the building perimeter.

这座现代化的垂直房屋坐落在一个小架子上，沿着陡峭的地形，从波特兰康奈尔路西北下坡。它轻轻地触到地面，是建立起来的，而不是伸出的。这座房子的入口是一座薄薄的钢质人行桥，它与房子的中间层、餐厅和房子的枢纽相接。就像中世纪的塔楼一样，这座现代化的立式房屋每层都有一间主房，并将支撑空间纳入建筑周边。

THREE ROOMS This tower house is conceived as 3 main rooms (living, dining and bedroom) floating loosely in a tubular shaped building skin or “sleeve.” These are the dominant rooms of the house. They are tall, generous volumes of space finished with oil rubbed quarter sawn white oak. The white oak palate is limited to these spaces creating a strong threshold between inside the room and out, heightening ones sense of being held and contained.

这座塔楼的三间房被设想为三个主要房间(起居室、餐厅和卧室)，松散地漂浮在管状建筑的表皮或“袖子”中。这些是房子的主要房间。他们是高大，宽敞的空间，完成了油磨四分之一锯白橡树。白橡木味觉仅限于这些空间，在室内和室外之间形成了一个强有力的门槛，提高了人们被控制和控制的感觉。

SLEEVE The cladding of the house is seen as a sleeve, as if it were a stretchable garment pulled down tight over the structure. It is made of black vertical corrugated steel with rounded corners eliminating the need for corner trim. It is a continuous, uninterrupted surface punctuated only by the window openings and loggias.

套筒它是由黑色垂直波纹钢与圆角，消除了角修剪的需要。它是一个连续的，不间断的表面，只有窗口开口和日志标点符号。

IN-BETWEEN Between the 3 main rooms and the exterior sleeve of the house, the spaces take on a cellular structure, adjusting to fit functional requirements while keeping within the space provided. Stairs, bathrooms and closets are the building blocks of this interstitial space. The stairway, with offset interior and exterior openings, acts as light loft refracting light within its 3 foot width and providing the main rooms with a soft, filtered ambient glow. Closets and bathrooms have an intimate scale with a sense of being tucked away, hidden and private.

在三个主房间和房子的外部套筒之间，空间采用蜂窝结构，调整以适应功能要求，同时保持在所提供的空间内。楼梯、浴室和壁橱是这个间隙空间的基石。楼梯，有偏移的内部和外部开口，作为光阁楼折射光在其3英尺宽，并为主要房间提供了柔和的，过滤的环境辉光。壁橱和浴室有一个亲密的比例，有一种被藏起来，隐藏和私人的感觉。