aMa House位于太平洋帕利塞兹山的日落大道之上，是为一对已婚夫妇和他们的艺术收藏品设计的定制住宅。场地北面被一条弯曲的山坡街道包裹着，沿着财产的长度上升了近30英尺。在南边，该地块开阔，可以看到圣莫尼卡湾和太平洋的景色。建筑物的体量遵循街道的形式，开始是一个2层的结构，逐渐完全嵌入到山坡上。这表现为一堵坚实的弧形墙，拥抱着场地，为过往车辆创造隐私。

Located above Sunset Boulevard in the hills of the Pacific Palisades, the aMa House is a custom home designed for a married couple and their art collection. The site is wrapped by a curving hillside street to the North, rising nearly thirty feet along the length of the property. To the South, the site opens up to views over Santa Monica Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The mass of the building follows the form of the street, beginning as a 2-story structure and gradually fully embedding itself into the hillside. This is expressed as a solid curved wall, embracing the site, creating privacy from the passing cars.

“XTEN公司总裁莫妮卡-海弗芬格（Monika Haefelfinger）解释说：”我们通过设计一个半圆形的外墙来拥抱曲线，这个外墙是为我们的客户提供隐私的关键，因为高架街道环绕着该物业的大部分。” 弯曲的墙体与两层主房的正交设计相呼应，与之接触，然后拉开，创造出不同形状和大小的外部空间：一个入口花园、一个室外客厅和一个室外用餐区。

“We embraced the curve by designing a semi-circular façade that follows the form of the street,” explains Monika Haefelfinger, President of XTEN, “It was key in providing our clients with privacy from the elevated street which wraps around much of the property.” The curved wall flirts with the orthogonal design of the two-story main house, engaging with and then pulling away, creating pockets of exterior spaces in varying shapes and sizes: an entry garden, an outdoor living room, and an exterior dining area.

与提供景观设计的MLA工作室合作，这些口袋成为将花园融入建筑的机会。”艺术和景观真的是这个空间的中心焦点，”XTEN负责人Scott Utterstrom说，”建筑向它们屈服。” 为了充分利用现场的景观，典型的房屋程序被颠倒了，允许主要的生活空间居住在上层，而将卧室移到下层，向游泳池和下层花园开放。房子中央的双高空间用一个现浇混凝土楼梯连接了上下两层。

Working with Studio MLA, who provided the landscape design, these pockets became opportunities to integrate the garden within the architecture. “The art and the landscape really are the central focus of this space,” observes XTEN Principal Scott Utterstrom, “with the architecture yielding to them.” To take full advantage of the views from the site, the typical program of a house was inverted, allowing the main living spaces to reside on the upper floor while moving the bedrooms to the lower level, opening up to the pool and lower garden. A double-height space at the center of the house connects the upper and lower levels with a poured-in-place concrete stair.

一旦进入房子，滑动的玻璃墙向各个方向打开，创造出一种透明和明亮的感觉。自然的日光和空气在房子里自由流动，减少了对空调或日间照明的需求。山坡上的自然冷却和绝缘的低层。这些被动的可持续发展战略与主动的战略相结合，包括整个住宅使用的光伏板和高效系统。

Once inside the house, sliding glass walls open in every direction creating a sense of transparency and lightness. Natural daylight and air flow freely through the house, reducing the need for air conditioning or daytime lighting. The hillside naturally cools and insulates the lower level. These Passive Sustainable Strategies were combined with active strategies, including Photovoltaic panels and high-efficiency systems used throughout the residence.

一个由桥墩和体量组成的结构系统固定了内部和外部之间的自由流动的空间。 墙体在平面上发生了变化，有时与建筑的边缘相接，有时退到玻璃线上。房屋的流通、布局和结构是正交的，但它与房屋周围的弧形墙的关系以及平面和体量的不对称配置在房屋和周围景观之间创造了一种动态关系。

A structural system of piers and volumes anchors the free-flowing spaces between the inside and outside. The walls shift in the plan, at times engaging the edge of the building and at times receding to the glass line. The circulation, layout, and structure of the house are orthogonal, but its relationship to the curved wall surrounding the house and the asymmetrical configuration of planes and volumes create a dynamic relationship between the house and the surrounding landscape.

Architects: XTEN Architecture
Area : 6800 ft²
Year : 2020
Photographs :Art Gray Photography
Manufacturers : Dornbracht, Concrete Collaborative, Gaggenau, Gessi, Poliform, Bultaup, Fleetwood , Lighting, Porcelanosa Grupo, Swiss Woodworking
Landscape Design : Studio MLA
Interior Design : James Buchan Design, Audrey Alberts Design
Contractor : HMJ Construction
Structural Engineer : Labib Funk + Associates
Lighting Design : KGM Lighting
Design : Monika Haefelfinger, Scott Utterstrom, Austin Kelly
Project Management : Tim House, Mel de Leon, Jacques Lesec, Cruz Crawford
City : Los Angeles
Country : United States