East Hampton, New York
In the Hoffman House, an ordinary site allowed a certain freedom of design. Viewed from the road, the house appears as a three-dimensional abstraction of interlocking geometries. Two sets of double squares make up the plan: one set orthogonal, the other rotated 45 degrees at the entry point. This produces two interlocking forms, one parallel to the road, and the other diagonal to it.
The intersecting wall planes facing the road serve as an opaque screen, concealing the living space from passing traffic. To the west, the fireplace with its freestanding chimney is pulled out from the glazed corner of the house. The living room is a triangular space defined by columns supporting a balcony, which acts as a canopy over the main seating area. Light enters this space from three sources: the main glazing and two clerestory windows set above the second-story bedrooms.
All of the major spaces take on a dynamic quality, a complex spatiality within a discrete envelope. The site’s unremarkable views and topography, a flat property fronting a public road, presented a challenge. Unlike the Smith House, where the compelling landscape determined an open architecture, the spatial dynamics of the Hoffman House are almost entirely inward-focused and private, with the site dependent on the house as an animating force.
霍夫曼住宅是理查德·迈耶在1966年至1967年期间设计的住宅，位于美国纽约州东汉普顿。房屋采用了独特的交错几何形态，由两组双正方形构成平面，一组正交，另一组在入口处旋转45度。客厅是一个由柱子定义的三角形空间，阳台作为主座位区域的遮蔽物。所有主要空间都具有复杂的空间性。该住宅将其内向和私密的空间动态完美地融入到了整个场地之中。霍夫曼住宅是一座充满艺术和思想的杰出建筑，对现代建筑设计具有重要的启示作用。
