Then the scope widens to include light, topography, climate, the direc-
tion of the views, the hour the marine layer lifts. “Every place possesses 
an inherent character,” the partners note, “and we believe the archi-
tecture should emerge from an understanding of those conditions.”
What follows is a conversation between the two. The house becomes 
the mediator between inhabitant and environment, framing views, 
shaping light, offering enclosure in one room and open air in the 
next. The stated ambition is for the line between indoors and out to 
disappear entirely.
Material selection here proceeds from contrast. Stone against wood. 
Concrete against textile. Metal that will weather, set beside a surface 
that will not.
相聚，在哪里独处；一个周日清晨的家，与一个周五夜晚的
家有何不同。这些问题所关心的，并不是面积数字，而是生
活仪式。而答案往往正是客户此前从未被邀请用语言表达
过的部分。
随后，视野进一步扩展，纳入光线、地形、气候、景观朝向，以
及海雾在一天中的何时散去。
“每一处场地都拥有自身固有
的性格，”两位合伙人说，
“我们相信，建筑应当从对这些条
件的理解中生长出来。”
接下来发生的，是人与场地之间的对话。住宅成为居住者与
环境之间的媒介：它框定景观，塑造光线，在一个房间中提
供围合感，又在另一个空间中打开通往户外的气息。他们的
目标，是让室内与室外之间的界线彻底消融。
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