Architects Edward Ogosta Architecture Project: Rear Window House Location: Culver City, California Area: 1450.0 ft2 Date: 2016 Photographer: Steve King

建筑师爱德华·奥古斯塔建筑项目：后窗屋位置：加州卡尔弗市地区：1450.0英尺2英寸日期：2016年摄影师：史蒂夫·金

Rear Window House, the private family residence of Edward Ogosta, AIA, is a discreet yet decidedly modern addition and remodel to a 1944 bungalow in an area abundant with intact dwellings of the same era. Key to the serene, minimal design was a sensitivity to context to lessen the addition’s impact on the neighborhood. Through careful sequencing of new spaces, and strategically located apertures, the home opens itself up to become deeply integrated with the rear garden. All exterior and interior finishes are unified to create a seamless architectural experience using a restricted material palette of glass, aluminum, wood, asphalt shingles, and concrete. Existing interiors were updated to be simple and bright, via new skylights, bleached oak floors, and white walls. The project culminates in the master bedroom’s expansive rear window, which is framed by aluminum-clad plate steel and cantilevers above a small pond. The design demonstrates how a thoughtful, strategic intervention can breathe new life into an older home, serve the needs of the contemporary family, and maintain neighborhood scale.

后窗楼是爱航爱德华·奥古斯塔的私人住宅，是1944年一座拥有相同时代完整住宅的平房的一种谨慎而又绝对现代化的补充和改造。宁静的关键，最小的设计是对环境的敏感性，以减少附加的影响的邻居。通过仔细排序新的空间，和战略位置的孔洞，家庭打开自己，成为与后方花园的深度整合。所有外部和内部装饰是统一的，以创造一个无缝的建筑经验，使用有限的材料调色板的玻璃，铝，木材，沥青瓦和混凝土。通过新的天窗、漂白的橡木地板和白色的墙壁，现有的室内装饰被更新为简单而明亮。这个项目的高潮是主卧室宽敞的后窗，它由铝制钢板和一个小池塘上方的悬臂组成。该设计展示了一种经过深思熟虑的战略性干预可以为一个老房子注入新的活力，满足当代家庭的需求，并保持社区规模。

While the existing house served admirably as a compact starter home for decades, the architect’s growing family necessitated building a master suite extension into the backyard. Guided by a philosophy of making the most impact with the least number of moves, Ogosta started with the removal of a large, centrally located tree to liberate space for the simple rectangular volume. To strengthen the connection between old and new, the addition maintains the traditional pitched roof slope prevailing in the original home and throughout the neighborhood, but with a geometric twist to create a more open, airy feeling inside. The new volume is entirely skinned with asphalt roofing shingles, anchoring the building to the vernacular materiality of the area.

几十年来，这座既有的房子作为一座紧凑的初始住宅，令人叹为观止，但这位建筑师的家庭日益壮大，不得不在后院建造一个主套房延伸部分。在以最少的动作来发挥最大影响的哲学指导下，Ogosta开始移除一棵巨大的、位于中央的树，为简单的矩形空间腾出空间。为了加强新旧之间的联系，增加了传统的倾斜屋顶斜坡，在原来的家庭和整个社区盛行，但与几何扭曲，以创造一个更开放，通风的感觉在里面。新的一卷完全是用沥青屋顶瓦皮，锚定建筑物与当地的实质。

To create the home’s signature rear window, Ogosta integrated plate steel and moment frames for the extruded aluminum-wrapped enclosure that cantilevers out two feet from the building face. The glass wall features a built-in door that leads to the backyard pond and garden via a stepped concrete plinth. The window offers the intensely private experience of being surrounded by nature, and at times the home feels far from the city. Tall hedges planted around the property reduce noise pollution from the nearby 405 Freeway and provide added privacy, aiding in the quiet atmosphere Ogosta and his family desire.

为了创建家的签名后窗，Ogosta集成了钢板和力矩框架，用于挤压铝包裹的外壳，悬臂从建筑表面伸出两脚。玻璃幕墙有一个内置的门，通过一个阶梯式的混凝土基座通向后院的池塘和花园。窗口提供了大自然环绕的强烈的私人体验，有时家庭感觉远离城市。附近种植的高树篱减少了附近405高速公路的噪音污染，并提供了增加的隐私、帮助安静的气氛Ogosta和他的家庭愿望。

Influenced by the California Minimalism practiced by the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, Ogosta sought to create moments of clarity that conjure a serene, meditative experience. The end of a hallway is intentionally kept pure of furnishings or artwork to draw focus on the natural light coming in from the skylight above. Strategically placed apertures and skylights bathe the home in intersecting light of varying temperatures, creating a subtle drama and interplay between warm and cool gradients, recalling the experience of a James Turrell Skyspace.

受20世纪60年代“光与空间”运动的影响，奥古斯塔试图创造清晰的时刻，召唤出一种平静的冥想体验。走廊的尽头是有意保持纯粹的家具或艺术品，以吸引来自天窗上方的自然光线的焦点。在不同温度的相交光线中，巧妙地放置了小孔和天窗，在家中沐浴，创造了一场微妙的戏剧，以及温暖和凉爽梯度之间的相互作用，这让人想起了詹姆斯·特雷尔(James Turrell)太空空间的经历。