在加利福尼亚的沙漠上，一座房子悬挂在纵横交错的柱子上，I Stiffen Thee工作室设计
A forest of columns suspends the kerplunk house over the Californian desert, by I Stiffen Thee

由专筑网李佳琪，李韧编译

由Neal Lucas Hitch的家人和朋友们所创建的设计工作室“I Stiffen Thee”，在加州的Ocotilo建造了这座房子，他们将它作为探索空间和建造空间之间的桥梁。为了建立一个不仅仅是类似自然，其存在本身也是自然的建筑，这座房子精心设计为结构不稳定，使其得到了一种与生俱来的原始舒适，这通常只有在大自然中才能找到。多功能生活和工作空间是沙漠传播中心的第一个基础设施，随着时间的推移，植物将被种植和移植以覆盖周围环境。

Design studio ‘I Stiffen Thee’, founded by Neal Lucas Hitch‘s family and friends, has built the Kerplunk House in Ocotilo, California, as a bridge between found space and built space. Looking to establish an architecture that not only resembles nature, but is nature, the house’s carefully designed structural precariousness lends itself to an innate primal comfort normally only found in nature. The multipurpose living and working space is the first piece of infrastructure in the desert propagation center, where, over time, flora will be planted and transplanted to cover its surroundings.


Photos by Breyden Anderson

I Stiffen Thee工作室首先将房子想象成一片圆柱森林，然后把它们周围的墙壁、地板和天花板都锁在了一起，而非从设计过程一开始就想出一个典型的墙壁和柱子的设计方案。设计的结果是两个长方体，封闭的空间被悬挂在半空中，窗户和门在柱子周围和中间被剪开。灰泥和裸露的结构——木材的细节回应了传统殖民西班牙地区的设计，其中的建筑体现了外部-内部关系的和谐。该设计旨在鼓励人们通过探索和适应与空间互动。建筑师们解释道：“在这座房子中，我们创造了一种新颖的生活体验，唤起了一种原始的空间感；仿佛整个森林被缩小了，塞进了一个8×8平方英尺的房间里。”这座临时建筑物质疑了建筑的本质，并暗示建筑师的首要任务或许是为人们创造空间来探索。

Instead of starting off the design process by coming up with a typical plan of walls and columns, I Stiffen Thee conceived the house as a forest of columns, which were then locked into place by building walls, floors, and ceilings around them. The result is two cuboid, enclosed spaces suspended in midair, with windows and doors cut out around and in between the columns. Stucco and exposed structural-wood details recall the traditional colonial Spanish design of the area, while the inside of the building reflects the integrated exterior-to-interior relationship. The design aims at encouraging people to interact with the space primarily through exploration and adaptation. ‘With the Kerplunk House, we have created a novel living experience that evokes a primal spatial sense; as if an entire forest was shrunk and stuffed inside an 8×8 square foot room,’ the architects explain, ‘the pavilion questions the very nature of architecture and suggests that perhaps the primary role of the architect is to create spaces for people to find.’


建筑东侧效果／Eastern view of house


建筑鸟瞰效果／Aerial view of house


大立方体内部空间／Interior of large cube


内部空间中开花的仙人掌／Interior shot with blooming prickly pear cactus


小立方体中的内部空间／Interior of small cube


裸露木质树干的外部细节拍摄／Exterior detail shot of exposed wooden trunks


内部细节拍摄／Interior detail shot


外部细节拍摄／Exterior detail shot


外部夜景拍摄／Exterior view of house at night


室内草图／Interior sketch


剖透视／Section perspective

项目信息：
名称： Kerplunk House
建筑师：I Stiffen Thee工作室
设计团队：Neal Lucas Hitch, Neal v Hitch, Kristina Fisher, Martin Hitch, Paul Herman, Davis Hitch
位置：Ocotillo, California

Project info:
Name: Kerplunk House
Architect: I Stiffen Thee
Team: Neal Lucas Hitch, Neal v Hitch, Kristina Fisher, Martin Hitch, Paul Herman, Davis Hitch
Location: Ocotillo, California