加拿大安大略　櫻桃谷之家

Cherry Valley residence is situated in Prince Edward County, two and a half hours east of Toronto. Characterized by an intricate coastline and a burgeoning wine-making industry, the landscape and sense of place can be distilled to fields and shoreline. The site for this home offers both, starting with a meadow-like plateau upon entry and then a ridge that quickly descends to the lakeshore. This seam became a focal point for one's experience of the site—a natural perch just below the tree canopy, sheltered from the wind at your back by the ridge, and with a view to the water framed by the underside of the tree canopy. This is where the house was intended to be sited. To capture the experience during early site visits, the house is sunken into the ridge, once again protected at its back and providing a vantage point below the trees. Large windows on the waterside frame views of the shore, while panoramic windows at ground level facing the meadow offer a vantage point to the 'field.' This panoramic view immerses the viewer in the landscape rather than placing them on top of it, allowing observation of the strata of nature from soil, fern, trees, and sky.

自加拿大北部多倫多市，行駛約兩小時車程，即可抵達此案落址處——愛德華王子縣。該城鎮不僅享有錯綜海岸線，釀酒產業亦蓬勃發展，揉合田野與海岸之美，成為當地鮮明特色。於一座如草甸般的高原中，山脊與湖畔交接處形成一處天然棲息地，本案櫻桃谷之家便坐落於此。如此得天獨厚的基地條件，使該房屋在受山脊庇護之餘，亦坐擁湖景全景視野，使居者得以一覽由高至低、由遠至近的層次景觀，繼而打造獨特的生活體驗。

While the spatial sequencing and siting concept are quite contemporary, the form and materiality of the project draw inspiration from more agrarian architecture in the area. Brick and cedar celebrate the duality of the site. Brick is used on the solid wall that holds back the hillside into which the house is nestled, while a cedar roof wraps down the facade facing the water, engaging in a dialogue with the trees that frame the lake views. The interior is entirely clad in Douglas fir boards, with brick again cladding walls that engage in a dialogue with the exterior tectonics. Larger dormers bring additional light from above, sometimes conventionally through the vertical surface and at other times through horizontal analogs reminiscent of light beaming through the tree canopy.

此項目無論是空間順序，抑或是選址概念，皆頗具現代氛圍，然而在建造形式與材料選擇方面，則是以當地農耕建築為靈感，因而形成強烈對比。該案使用磚頭和紅柏作為主材料，展現出兩種截然不同的建築語彙。量體由磚塊支撐實牆，紅柏則包覆朝向湖泊之立面，建立起量體與湖畔樹木的連結；室內統一採道格拉斯杉木板進行鋪設，牆壁由磚砌成，使內外結構彼此呼應。自上方雨棚引入之光線，時而垂直射入屋內，時而水平傾灑入室，光線如同穿過樹冠，千變萬化，斑駁絢麗。