Architects: Edward Ogosta Architecture Project: Corner Pocket House Contractor: MFR Construction Location: Manhattan Beach, California, United States Year 2017 Photography: Steve King

建筑师：Edward Ogosta建筑项目：街角袖珍屋承包商：MFR建筑地点：曼哈顿海滩，加利福尼亚州，2017年摄影：史蒂夫·金

The Corner Pocket House is a complete transformation of a cramped 1950’s bungalow into a modest contemporary dwelling with newly invigorated common spaces. Our clients carefully considered the needs of their five-person family, and requested a high-quality, single-story home of moderate area, a distinct departure from the neighborhood norm, where houses are often exuberantly maxed-out to capitalize on soaring property values.

角落的口袋房子是一个彻底的转变，一个狭窄的1950年的平房，成为一个温和的当代住宅与新振兴的公共空间。我们的客户仔细考虑了他们五口之家的需求，并要求建立一个高质量、单层的中等地区住宅，这与社区标准完全不同，因为在那里，房屋往往会被过度膨胀，以利用不断飙升的房地产价格。

A variety of challenging physical, experiential, and regulatory forces shaped the design. The house sits in the bottom of a bowl-shaped depression in the terrain, at the corner of a busy suburban intersection. Our client strongly desired to buffer the house from street noise, yet requested large openings between a new living / dining / kitchen space and the outdoors. Local codes severely reduced the available building envelope with increased corner site setbacks, height limits, and ordinances protecting the mature tree onsite. In order to economize the budget, most of the existing house area was to remain as well.

各种具有挑战性的物理、经验和管理力量塑造了这一设计。这所房子坐落在地势中一个碗状凹陷的底部，在一个繁忙的郊区十字路口的拐角处。我们的客户强烈希望让房子免受街道噪音的影响，但要求在新的居住/用餐/厨房空间与室外之间有很大的空隙。当地法规严重减少了可用的建筑围护，增加了角落场地的挫折，高度限制，和条例保护成熟的树木在现场。为了节省预算，现有的大部分房屋面积也将保持不变。

The design strategically resolves these challenges through a series of straightforward moves and simple forms. The house’s long street elevation is buffered by an interior lining of cabinetry, forming a thickened acoustical barrier. Site walls elevate the house from the street, and clerestory windows wash sunlight into the double-height kitchen. Large folding glass doors allow the main common room to be dramatically opened at opposite ends, optimizing light penetration, cross-ventilation, and spatial flow through to the tree-shaded courtyards. To fortify the union between old and new, the existing roof has been flattened and the building finished in smooth white plaster. Through clarity and restraint, the house thus resolves its active corner condition, resulting an intimate pocket of luminosity, atmosphere, and serenity.

该设计通过一系列简单的步骤和简单的形式，战略性地解决了这些挑战。房子长长的街道立面被橱柜的内衬所缓冲，形成了一个加厚的隔音屏障。工地的墙壁把房子从街道上抬高，牧师的窗户把阳光洗到双高的厨房里。大折叠玻璃门允许主公共房间在两端被戏剧性地打开，优化透光，交叉通风，空间流经树荫庭院。为了加强新旧之间的结合，现有的屋顶被夷为平地，建筑物用光滑的白色灰泥完成。通过清晰和克制，房子解决了它活跃的角落状况，产生了一个亲密的口袋的光度，气氛，和宁静。