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Alexander Gorlin 小楼设计
作者:leon 日期:2007-03-13
This house was conceived of as both critique of the architectural style that has developed at Seaside, Florida and as an affirmation of the city’s urban code. The abstract yet detailed house confronts Seaside’s predominantly post-Victorian-cottage style as well as the classicism of the townhouses on Ruskin Place, a pedestrian square on axis with the center of Seaside. However, the structure also conforms to the building code, which includes height restrictions and requires a balcony. The ground floor can be rented as a retail space or offices for arts-related activities.
The 2,000 square foot house is on a corner of Ruskin Place and faces a small public park. The open stair leading to the second-floor living area recalls both the open loggias of Italian houses on a piazza and the traditional brownstone stoop, a place for casual public interaction. The double-height glass cube of the living area frames a view of the square and mediates between the public space outside and the private interior. Behind the living room, the master bedroom opens to a terrace facing west.
Circulation elements thread through the house, crossing from one side to the other, activating spaces through an ascending promenade architecturale. Like a ziggurat or Buddhist stupa, this structure has staircases that decrease in size as they rise upward. The stairs emerge on the roof deck, spiraling up to a “crow’s nest” from which to view the Gulf of Mexico.
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