Old Westbury, New York
Although only an hour’s drive from New York City, the Long Island site of this house is secluded and rural, situated at the top of a meadow deep into the wooded property. The land slopes gently down across the meadow to a pond on the western edge of the site, and through the dense barrier of trees to the public road beyond. The house is oriented to allow morning sunlight into the bedrooms, and to provide a pastoral view across the landscape. Invisible from the road, the house is approached obliquely via a driveway. The program for this house, for a family with six children, included an unusually large number of bedrooms and bathrooms. At the same time, the design required a clearly defined relationship of public to private space.
The circulation system became the major organizing element in the design. A freestanding steel column, adjacent to a small gatehouse, is a signpost indicating the beginning of pedestrian movement. From here, the front façade screens the bulk of the house from view, while a glazed cutout around the doorway allows a glimpse through the house along the axis of the circulation spine.
This spine finds expression in a ramp that unfolds into the upper levels of the house. A third-floor skylight admits a column of natural light that bisects the axis of the circulation spine. This motif establishes a theme of light infiltration from various directions.
这座住宅由知名建筑师理查德·迈耶设计，位于纽约州的Old Westbury。住宅的设计旨在将公共空间和私人空间明确分开，并为大家庭提供丰富的卧室和浴室。建筑的流线型设计和倾斜的屋顶使其融入周围的自然环境。中央的通道系统成为设计的主要组成部分，悬浮的钢柱和斜坡的运用增加了立体感。建筑的立面和门廊使用了玻璃和混凝土，这些元素与周围的景观相呼应。总之，这座住宅在设计和建筑上都充满了现代感和创造力，是一座令人印象深刻的建筑。
