Three-dimensional shapes are cut out from areas of this artist residence in Upstate New York by Steven Holl Architects, which claims the house can sleep five guests despite having "zero bedrooms".
The geometry of the 918-square-foot property comprises a series of spheres that intersect the main trapezoid volumes.
这些削减的木材体量形成了戏剧性的入口空间和上层一角的大面积开窗。
这个项目是斯蒂芬•霍尔“‘IN’探索”研究和开发的项目之一。
These carved-out wooden shapes form a dramatic entrance hall and a large feature window on one corner of the upper floor.
Named Ex of In House, the project was created as a manifestation of Steven Holl Architects' research and development work titled Explorations of "IN".
"The house serves as an alternative to modernist suburban houses that 'sprawl in the landscape'," said the firm. "Instead, the Ex of In is a house of compression and inner voids."
Holl frequently sculpts geometric voids – known as boolean voids – into his buildings, creating unusual facades and internal spaces across more simple base structures. He has used the technique in designs for a new wing for Mumbai City Museum and a pair of institutions in Tianjin.
The New York residence sits on 28 acres (11.3 hectares) of forested land in Rhinebeck, which was slated for five plots but has been joined to preserve the rural landscape as much as possible.
On entering the building, the first "orb of wood carved out of the house" is encountered. This small hall leads to a slightly sunken living room, which has a double-height ceiling that features a semi-circular skylight.
Behind the central staircase is a dining and cooking area, which opens onto a stone patio beside a reflecting pool.
Up the stairs is an open space marked as a bedroom on the plans. Behind a small bathroom is a hidden nook, where the back of the entrance sphere is expressed as a series of curved wooden steps.
屋顶平台也设计成潜在的睡眠空间,尽管建筑师说将顶层空间作为卧室只是一个建议。
“虽然住宅没有明确分隔卧室的空间,但是住宅可以供五个人居住,”公司说。
A platform at the top is also designated as a potential place for a mattress, although the architects stated that the use of these upper-floor spaces for sleeping is merely a suggestion.
"There are zero bedrooms, yet the house can sleep five," said the firm.
The timber-framed house was made almost entirely from raw materials, which craft solid mahogany window and door frames, a mahogany stair and birch plywood walls.
Light fixtures were 3D-printed in PLA cornstarch-based bioplastic. The exterior is made from a recycled glass product called Poraver, which acts as lightweight insulating stucco.
住宅的供热和电力都由连接到一个电池的太阳能板供应,这也意味住宅在能源上可以完全独立。
摄影:Paul Warchol
The home is heated geothermally and powered using solar panels connected to a battery, meaning it is entirely energy independent.
Photography is by Paul Warchol.
项目概况:
建筑设计: Steven Holl Architects – Steven Holl (设计建筑师); Dimitra Tsachrelia (设计建筑师,项目建筑师); Yuliya Savelyeva, Ruoyu Wei (项目团队)
结构工程: Robert Silman Associates
气候工程: Transsolar
承包商: JLP Home Improvement Javier Gomez
Project credits:
Architect: Steven Holl Architects – Steven Holl (design architect); Dimitra Tsachrelia (design architect, project architect); Yuliya Savelyeva, Ruoyu Wei (project team)
Structural engineer: Robert Silman Associates
Climate engineers: Transsolar
Contractor: JLP Home Improvement Javier Gomez