场地面积:5400平方英尺(约合501.68平方米) Project Area: 5,400 sq ft 这个住宅的设计灵感来源于周边种植的树木,同时还汲取了当地的建筑技巧。设计融入宽大屋顶,叠加的环形结构等元素,最终实现的效果是使房屋具有漂浮感,如同树叶穹顶一般,为下面的土地提供遮荫。 Wedged into a tight lot along Lake Candlewood in New Fairfield, Connecticut, this new home’s form and structure was derived from observations of trees and an adaptation of local building techniques. The project began with studies of leaf canopies, accumulated ring structures, and the dappled light that filters through groups of trees. Multiple study models in several media (concrete, acrylic, wood, plaster), investigated how light flows through perforations in these various materials. We used these models to observe, secondarily, how certain materials would be suited to creating a stable, discrete, but minimal structure. During the formative process we were interested in designing a house that seemed in large part to float and protect, much like the tree canopies on the site shelter the ground beneath them.