Harding Township, New Jersey
Sited near the top of a seven-acre sloped clearing framed by forest, this house features public spaces with spectacular views to the landscape while the more private rooms look to the insular woods at rear. Two perpendicular axes extend from the center of the house to distant locations, thereby extending the interior volumes into the landscape and according the house a locus within an otherwise ill-defined site.
Designed for a couple that collects native crafts, the house is structured around a central cylindrical double-height space, which is alternately partially absorbed by and erodes the orthogonal corpus to which it is attached. The overlaps and gaps in this geometric relationship are manifest in multiple levels, which further define the living areas and places for the exhibit of objects while maintaining an open, expansive flow of space.
A covered passage connects the garage to the house, bisecting it in plan and shearing it in section. Immediately upon entry, a perpendicular sky-lit staircase connecting the two floors establishes a countervailing axis that leads to a passerelle outside to the upper garden. The house is thus anchored to its site; and the site is, in turn, made a place of character by such a strong, geometric intervention.
纯粹的几何形状和精湛的构图重新定义了原始林地的特征。
这座房子位于森林环绕的七英亩倾斜空地的顶部附近，是为一对收集本土工艺品的夫妇设计的。内部平衡了用于展示其藏品的空间与可欣赏壮丽景观的空间。设计的几何形状创建了两条从房屋中心向外延伸的垂直轴，从而将内部空间与景观联系起来，并根据房屋在场地开阔范围内的轨迹。
房子围绕着一个中央圆柱形双高空间组成，它与周围体积的正交几何形状相互作用。这种几何关系中的重叠和空隙在多个层面上表现出来，它们既定义了房子的起居区，也定义了展示业主收藏品的地方，同时保持了广阔的开放空间流动。
位于主入口内，一个垂直的天窗楼梯连接着房子的两层楼，建立了一个强大的轴线，通向外面的一个 passerelle 到上层花园，并将房子固定在它的田园场地上。
