美國洛杉磯　MU77住宅

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MU77, Los Angeles, United States

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阿沙建築師事務所

Arshia Architects

The two-story single-family residence was designed in compliance with the Mulholland Design Guidelines and environmentally sensitive design measures. The building is split into two levels, organized along an east-west axis to maximize solar orientation, views and submission to the natural topography. Regulations directed the mass to a low profile and landform shape that became an extension of the landscape and minimized visual impact from street side. Environmentally sensitive landscaping was implemented to reduce water use and create shade, leaving more than 60% permeable land and surfaces on site. A matrix of complex parameters was identified early in the process of design as the programmatic needs, budgetary requirements, code regulations, environmental constraints and formal aspirations gradually converged. These parameters superimposed forces on the raw mass of the project that developed the final form through an evolutionary iterative process. The house on the cusp of a fold in the Hollywood Hills identifies the differential complexity of the steep hillside as its functional and formal generator. The stark, rigid appearance enters a dialogue with the landscape, defining itself as a real object through the process of submitting to its context the same way a rock formation identifies itself through unearthing. The design also adhered to the owner’s intentions for an open spatial flow, with an arrangement of heights that inscribe transitions from compression to dramatic openness. It also registered the need for elements of Universal Accessible Design foreseeing aging occupants, with the implementation of the elevator, open floor plan and mechanically operated cabinetry. The lighting was kept intentionally ambient and indirect, affording the favorable North facing design an great advantage in the Southern California climate.

這棟兩層樓的住宅建築，依循穆荷蘭設計準則同時保有環境敏感措施。建築分割為兩層樓，沿東西軸線設置，以善佳利用陽光、景觀和自然地形；法規要求建築低調化，使外型成為地景的延伸，期望從街道看過去時景觀不被破壞，而環境敏感措施運用於園藝施作上，以減少用水量並創造陰涼處，保留建築基地超過60%的可滲透土和表面。隨著設計需求、預算、法規、環境限制和渴望達到的目標逐漸聚焦，初期即認知到本案會在各種複雜因素的條件下執行設計，這些決定因素在計畫的原始條件下疊加成助力，經過不斷重複的進化發展成最終樣貌。這棟建築座落於好萊塢山頂，設計將陡峭山坡的高低落差錯綜性轉化為機能，透過鮮明、俐落的外觀與地景衍生對話，透過順應環境的過程，定義自身為真實的物體，亦如同岩石結構必須經由挖掘來供人辨識那般。整體設計依循業主對開放空間流動性的期待，高度的安排刻畫出從濃縮到戲劇性開展的轉化；隨著電梯、開放式平面和機械操作櫥櫃的設置，它也為年長的居住者預備了通用無障礙設施；照明刻意維持環境友善和間接光源，以面北的設計善用了南加州的天氣優勢。