House of Horns

California, USA

House of Horns 住宅项目坐落于美国加州洛斯阿图斯山丘（Los Altos Hills），由建筑事务所 WOJR设计。项目地处圣克鲁斯山脉（Santa Cruz Mountains）东麓山脚，俯瞰旧金山湾，其设计以一处未完工的“西班牙风格”住宅遗址为起点。这并非一场推倒重来的建造，而是一次对原有结构的回应与再诠释，旨在重新组织空间秩序与构造语言，使建筑在自然语境与历史记忆之间展开一种张力的对话。

The House of Horns residential project is located in Los Altos Hills, California, USA, and was designed by the architectural firm WOJR. The project is located at the foot of the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains, overlooking San Francisco Bay. Its design starts from the site of an unfinished "Spanish-style" residence. This is not a construction that starts from scratch, but a response and reinterpretation of the original structure, aiming to reorganize the spatial order and structural language, enabling the building to engage in a tense dialogue between the natural context and historical memory.

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项目名称“角”（horns）并不意在模拟某种具象形式，而是蕴含一种观念隐喻：如同角笛在乐曲中引导节奏，建筑也被视为一种“调音装置”的抽象原型——它通过设计被“调谐”，从而感应四季更迭与日夜变化，捕捉湾区雾气在山谷之间的起伏流动。

The project name "horns" is not intended to simulate any concrete form, but rather to convey a conceptual metaphor: just as the horn flute guides the rhythm in a piece of music, the building is also regarded as an abstract prototype of a "tuning device" - it is "tuned" through design to sense the changing of the seasons and the variation of day and night, capturing the undulating flow of the Bay Area mist between the valleys.

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设计的起点，是对原始地貌的还原，将建筑下层巧妙地嵌入山体之中，由此划分出两个清晰的空间层级：地面之上，是环绕山丘、结构完整的单层体量。内部空间通透且连贯，为起居、聚会、饮食和烹饪等活动提供开敞场所。其天花以一系列反转椭圆穹顶构成，通过天窗与高侧窗引入自然光，每一处开口均具明确的朝向与光线指向性，使光影随着时间流动在室内上演一场静默的仪式。空间的轴线上，屹立着由佛蒙特州丹比（Danby）整块大理石雕刻而成的壁炉，不仅为视觉焦点，也为整个空间赋予了秩序与温度。

The starting point of the design is the restoration of the original landform, ingeniously embedding the lower level of the building into the mountain, thereby dividing it into two clear spatial levels: above the ground, there is a single-story volume with a complete structure surrounding the hill. The interior space is transparent and continuous, providing open Spaces for activities such as living, gatherings, dining and cooking. Its ceiling is composed of a series of inverted elliptical domes. Natural light is introduced through skylights and high side Windows. Each opening has a clear orientation and light directionality, allowing the light and shadow to flow over time and perform a silent ritual inside the room. On the axis of the space stands a fireplace carved from a single block of marble in Danby, Vermont. It not only serves as a visual focal point but also endows the entire space with order and warmth.

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而埋于地下的空间，则呈现出完全不同的体验。一系列具洞穴感的内向房间围绕核心布置，最深处是一间沐浴空间，其中央支撑起天花的是一根椭圆形整石石柱。这些低调私密的空间通过下沉式庭院与外部自然产生有选择的联结，在封闭与开放之间营造出一种亲密却不失通透的自然边界。

The space buried underground, however, offers a completely different experience. A series of introverted rooms with a cave-like feel are arranged around the core. At the deepest point is a bathing space, with an oval-shaped solid stone column supporting the ceiling in the center. These understated and private Spaces selectively connect with the external nature through sunken courtyards, creating an intimate yet transparent natural boundary between enclosure and openness.

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建筑四周的景观也同样回归在地性：低需水草地、多年生植物、灌木与加州本地的橡树交织出一个层次分明的生态草甸。这片“野化”的风景并非随意生长，而如建筑本身一般，作为一种“被调律的感知仪器”，与自然节奏同频共鸣。

The landscape around the building also returns to its local nature: low-water-requirement meadows, perennial plants, shrubs and Californias native oaks interweave to form a well-defined ecological meadow. This "wild" landscape does not grow randomly; rather, like the buildings themselves, it serves as a "tuned perceptual instrument", resonating in harmony with the natural rhythm.

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