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Octothorpe House, Oregon, United States

美國奧勒岡州　奧克索普之家

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Octothorpe House is the first American made and built CLT single-family residence.Mork-Ulnes capitalized on their experience in designing both mountain retreats and more permanent dwellings to develop the design for Octothorpe House. The outcome is a hybrid between a cabin and a house, possibly a new residential typology in an era when the relationship between Humans and their environment is being evaluated and redefined.

Encompassing 3,340 square feet (310 square meters), the single-floor dwelling reveals an ingenious plan layout. Four intersecting shed-roofed bars divide the plan into public and private areas, with a fully enclosed courtyard at the building's center and seven semi-enclosed ones at its perimeter to bring light and air into every room. There are no corridors, rather a fluid sequence of rooms following one and another. Inhabitants can move around the central courtyard, or cross it when doors are open. The criss-cross plan also lends itself to cross-ventilated air movement, providing relief from hot summer days. Also, it integrates operable concealed solar shades to protect the south facing rooms from the intense Oregon high-desert sun.

奧克索普之家是美國首個 CLT 獨棟住宅。設計師善用他們在規劃山間渡假小屋和永久性住宅方面的經驗來開發該案。其成果是一個介於小木屋和住宅之間的混合體，在人類與環境的關係正在被重新定義的時代，這或許是種新的住宅哲學。

該案佔地 310 平方公尺，並揭示一個巧妙的平面布局，四個相交的棚頂將平面劃分出公私領域，在建築的中心有一處完全封閉的庭院，而周邊七個半封閉的庭院則將光線和空氣引入室內。室內沒有既定的走廊，而是由一個接一個的房間組成的流動序列，居住者可以通過中央庭院移動，或者開關房門穿過，此外縱橫交錯的設計也有利於空氣流動，緩解酷暑帶來的炎熱，同時整合可調節的隱藏式遮陽板，以保護朝南的房間免受當地沙漠區的烈日照射。

Inspired by the hues and textures of the surrounding landscape, the house tunes in to the muted color palette of its high desert surroundings. Outside, the Shou Sugi Ban cedar board siding takes on a muted ashen color. The interior space is almost wholly homogenous, smooth cross laminated panels made of pine, spruce, and fir creating an intimate and cosy feel. The house's most striking, yet most ephemeral, quality is the immaterial sense of liberty. The central and the perimeter courtyards frame views of the sky, while bringing ample natural light inside and providing optimal ventilation. During spring, summer and autumn, the living space expands into the courtyards. When the sliding doors are open, the house is fully porous, filled with an uninterrupted flow of scents and sounds traveling through from the outside. During the winter passive heating travels through the floor-to-ceiling windows and, though sealed off from its surroundings, the residence enhances the feeling of being outdoors while inside.

受到周遭景觀的色調和紋理影響，這座住宅完全融入於沙漠環境的柔和色調。在室外的燒杉壁板呈現出柔和灰白色，內部空間則是由松木、雲杉和冷杉製成均勻且光滑的直交集成板（CLT），營造出親密和舒適的感覺。但最令人羨慕的是非物質的自由感，例如當庭院框住天空的景色，同時將充足的自然光引入室內，並提供絕佳的通風。在春、夏、秋三季，生活空間得以擴展到院子裡，當推拉門打開時，房子彷彿多孔隙般充滿了從外面傳來的氣味和聲音流動；到了冬季，被動式供暖系統透過落地窗傳播，讓人雖然物理上與周圍環境隔絕， 但心靈上卻與外部連結更為強烈。

Principal Architects：Casper Mork　Ulnes．Lexie Mork-Ulnes．

Greg Ladigin．Phi Van Phan
Structural Engineering：Eclipse　Engineering
Contractor：Forest City Made
Building Area：310 m²
Principal Materials：Concrete slab on grade．Cross
Laminated Timber (CLT)
Location：Oregon, United States
Photos：Jeremy Bittermann / JBSA
Text：Mork-Ulnes Architects
Interview：Grace Hung

主要建築師：卡斯帕．莫克–烏爾內斯　萊克西．莫克–烏爾內斯　格雷格．拉迪金　Phi Van Phan

結構工程：日蝕工程

施工單位：森林城市製造商

建築面積：310　平方公尺

主要材料：混凝土板．直交集成板

座落位置：美國奧勒岡州

影像：傑里米·比特曼 / JBSA

文字：莫克–烏爾內斯建築師事務所

採訪：洪雅琪

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