Westview住宅：在自然秘境中栖居对话
A West Austin house invites you to commune with nature

由专筑网Yinglin，小R编译

Alterstudio建筑事务所打造的Westview住宅，坐落于葱郁林木之间，以全景落地窗与露天平台构建出一方绿意盎然的栖居秘境。

Westview Residence by Alterstudio, a West Austin house among trees, makes the most of large windows and open-air decks in a verdant setting


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这片绿荫环抱的场地深刻影响着Westview住宅的设计演进。由本土建筑事务所Alterstudio为四口之家量身打造的该项目，既试图回应美国战后郊区无序扩张的城市病症，又巧妙捕捉场地自然禀赋的独特魅力。

This West Austin house's leafy environs were critical in its design development. Titled Westview Residence and created by local architecture practice Alterstudio for a tight-knit family of four, the project seeks to address the case of the sprawling post-war suburbs that are ubiquitous to so many contemporary US cities, its architects explain, while taking its cues from the natural environment and the many opportunities for character and distinction that it poses.


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住宅坐落于静谧死胡同的最后一处空地，周边密布着面积约5000-8000平方英尺的传统两层住宅。高耸的橡木、低伏的灌木与季节性溪流交织成诗意的场地基底。设计方案通过通透的玻璃幕墙、舒展的挑檐与婉转的动线，让建筑在既有植被间优雅穿行。

Tour this West Austin house by Alterstudio
The house sits on the last remaining plot on a discreet cul-de-sac lined with 5-8000 sq ft, two-storey traditional homes. Surrounded by tall oak trees, low green foliage and a wet-weather creek, the site is nothing if not idyllic. The residence's design opens towards this setting, drawing on modernist architecture references of glazed façades and low-slung, pronounced roof overhangs, and meandering elegantly around existing mature plants.


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“设计灵感源于设计师对在地空间深入浅出的解读——既要为四口之家构筑私密绿洲，又需谨慎处理地形肌理、既有植被与邻里关系。建筑如游鱼般穿梭于传统活橡树林立之间，严格避让树木根区，轻盈跨越贯穿场地的季节性溪流。”

'The design arose from working directly with the nuances of this particular property and the desire to create a private oasis for this family of four. The contours, trees, neighbouring properties and potential views were carefully mapped, and the building slips in between a large collection of Heritage Live Oak trees, assiduously avoiding their critical root zones (no trees were cut down for this project) and bridging across the wet weather waterway that runs through the centre of the property,' the studio writes.


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“访客自平地缓步而入，渐次登临悬浮于中央花园之上的居所。悬浮式主厅在两株古橡木间轻盈舒展，可完全向户外敞开的设计，将视线引向这片新定义的自然圣所及其更远处的景致。”

'One enters on grade, removed from what is to come, and arrives into the house floating above a beautiful garden around which the whole house revolves. Slipping between two significant Live Oaks, the floating great room of the house opens entirely to the out-of-doors and is positioned for the most magnificent views into and beyond this newly defined natural sanctuary.'


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Westview住宅以石砌体量如风车状错落排布：一翼承载主要起居空间；穿过主车库可见健身房与办公区域；场地后方两栋体量则容纳卧室区，主卧套房自成一方天地。

Westview Residence is structured as a pinwheeling collection of grounded, masonry volumes. One contains the main living spaces; another a gym and office space, beyond the main garage; and two volumes at the rear of the plot host bedrooms (the primary suite designed as its own little universe).


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卧室区的大型定制落地窗引发使用者与自然的深度对话，所有卧室环绕露台与泳池布局，俯瞰苍翠景致。葱郁植被与精心设计的石砌墙体片段，亦悄然构筑起私密屏障。

Large, custom site-glazed windows in the sleeping quarters encourage communion with the outdoors, while all bedrooms are arranged around a deck and swimming pool overlooking the verdant landscape. This foliage and carefully planned sections of masonry walls ensure privacy too.


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建筑师总结道：“我们着迷于住宅对居住者生活方式不着痕迹的承载——家的气质源自特定环境与使用方式的共同塑造。抽象手法的运用既塑造了空间的框架，亦引导着视线的焦点。

The architects conclude: 'We love the ease with which this house supports its inhabitants’ lifestyle, and that the character of the home is largely determined by the contingent qualities of its circumstance and use. Its use of abstraction serves as both frame and focus.


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与其凸显建筑本体，不如让它成为生活的素朴画布，让材质肌理、光影变幻与自然景致共同谱写居住的诗章。”

'Rather than highlighting its figure, per se, the house presents a modernism that serves as a primed canvas for the life lived within it, and the richness of materials, light, shadow, and the natural environment.'


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