位置：HOUSES · BETHESDA, UNITED STATES

设计公司：Robert M. Gurney Architect

年份：2011

Located in Glen Echo, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC this new house is sited on a sloping, wooded lot with distant views of the Potomac River. The house is positioned to preserve a majority of mature trees and is oriented toward the river views and south facing slope. The house is organized into two volumes connected with glass bridges that span a reflecting pool which separates the volumes. Secondary volumes intersect and overlap the two larger structures rendering the composition more dynamic. Material changes in the various elements intensify the relationships. Expanses of glass open to a terrace organized around a swimming pool with two “infinity” edges reinforcing the connectivity to the wooded landscape.

The interiors are painted with light. Walls constructed with slender, steel window frames composed in “Mondrian” inspired patterns combine with translucent panels, wenge and white oak millwork and Pompeii Scarpaletto stone to define interior spaces. White terrazzo flooring juxtaposes the black window frames and unifies the volumes on the main floor.

This house is designed to provide spaces which are organized to integrate its inherently picturesque site in a way that the architecture becomes subservient to the landscape that surrounds it.

新住宅位于马里兰州的Glen Echo，就在华盛顿特区外，坐落在一片斜坡上，树木繁茂，可以远眺波托马克河。房子的位置是为了保护大部分的成熟树木，朝向河流景观和朝南的斜坡。住宅被组织成两个体量，两个体量之间由玻璃桥连接，玻璃桥跨越一个倒影池，将两个体量分隔开来。次要体量与两个较大的结构相互交叉和重叠，使构图更加动态。各种要素的物质变化强化了这种关系。广阔的玻璃敞向围绕游泳池的露台，泳池有两个“无限”的边缘，加强了与树木景观的联系。

室内用灯光装饰。墙体由纤细的钢窗框构成，采用“蒙德里安”(Mondrian)风格的图案，与半透明的面板、wenge和白橡木木制品以及庞贝Scarpaletto石材相结合，定义了室内空间。白色水磨石地板与黑色窗框并置，统一了主要楼层的体量。

该住宅旨在提供空间，组织起来整合其固有的风景如画的场地，使建筑成为周围景观的附属。