R 住宅是一个度假屋,位于美丽的阿尔卑斯山附近,这里到处都是类似的度假住宅,但大多数时间这些度假屋都处于闲置状态,为解决这一问题,设计师在设计R住宅时别有用心:当闲置时,窗户和门都可以通过滑动木板进行关闭,进而形成一个巨型木头盒子,全封闭状态,用来储存干草等农用物。 House R is a weekend house, located in the idyllic Alpine area near the picturesque Bohinj lake.It stands in the protected conservation area, on the spot where an old house used to be, and – due to regulations-it strictly follows the contours of the preceding structure. This area around lake Bohinj is full of holiday homes dating back to the seventies, mostly designed as literal ‘copies’ of typical Slovenian Alpine architecture – steep pitched roofs and dark wooden cladding. The only difference between these and traditional houses of the area is that they stay unihabited for most of the year, waiting for their owners’ temporary occupation. Therefore the project tries to deal with this notion of temporary occupancy by merging the tradional model of the house with that of a ‘container’ – the new alpine wooden house looks, when unoccupied, like a large wooden box – a hay storage or a barn, devoid of windows and doors. Its elevation comprises of series of larch-wood panels, all done in pre-patinated silver gray stain that slide to ‘reveal’ the house as it becomes occupied on weekends or during holiday season.