BlackCliff房子位于加拿大西海岸，坐落在一块花岗岩上，高出下面的海岸线40米。这个地方是一个地理上的 “中转站”，供一个分散的家庭使用，他们在多个大陆间歇性地工作和生活。该住宅可容纳不同的生活安排，同时与该地丰富的自然特征相联系。它表达了客户的愿望，即为当前和未来的几代人创造一个聚会场所，同时仍能容纳一个较小的家庭单位。
The BlackCliff House is situated on Canada’s west coast, perched on a granite rock rising 40 meters above the shoreline below. This location is a geographical “halfway” point for a dispersed family who are intermittently working and living on multiple continents. The home accommodates diverse living arrangements while connecting to the site’s abundant natural character. It is an expression of the client’s desire to create a gathering place for current and future generations while still being able to accommodate a smaller family unit.
这座房子从不同的地形特征中获得灵感：西南面的景色和光线；以及西面下降到咸海的极端轮廓。房子围绕着这两条轴线旋转，在主楼和上层楼的交汇处形成了一个不断变化的空间几何形状，在场地的中间出现了一个空隙。
The house takes its cues from distinct and divergent topographical features: views and light to the southwest; and the extreme contours that drop to the Salish Sea to the west. The house pivots around these two axes, resulting in a shifting spatial geometry at the intersection of the main and upper floors which appears as a void in the middle of the site.
从组织上讲，上层支持小家庭在一个狭小的核心区域内睡觉的亲密性，同时仍然能够在外围的 “翼 “中容纳较大的家庭单位。建筑的这两个区域是分开的，但在外部由一个共享的户外露台连接。一个平行于这个空隙的循环脊柱位于房子的中心，以利用分段切割所带来的平衡光线和垂直视野。
Organizationally, the upper floor supports intimacy for a small family sleeping within a tight core while still being able to accommodate larger family units in outer-lying “wings”. These two areas of the building are separated but connected externally by a shared outdoor terrace. A circulation spine that runs parallel to this void is located in the centre of the house to take advantage of the balanced light and vertical views that are made possible by the sectional cut.
主楼层的生活空间在底层由室外和辅助空间连接起来，并沿着这个切面布置。这些空间包括漂浮在入口门厅一端的反射池上方的画室，家庭室外的竹子庭院，办公室，以及流通轴线另一端的茶室。院子允许深层堆叠的程序，在不影响视野或自然光的情况下，吸收光线和空气。
The main floor living spaces are connected at the ground floor by outdoor and auxiliary spaces arranged along with this cut. These spaces include a painting room floating above a reflecting pond at the entrance foyer on one end, a bamboo courtyard off the family room, an office, and a tea room at the other end of the circulation spine. The courtyards allow for a deeply stacked program to draw in light and air without impairing either view or natural light.
房子的空间体验既熟悉又略显迷离，这是努力平衡陡峭的地面的规则方向和对光线和景观的偏轴方向之间的关系的结果，在核心部分创造了基本的和亲密的空间，与室外环境有着紧密的联系。
The spatial experience of the house is both familiar and slightly disorienting, a result of the efforts to balance the relationship between the regular orientation of the steeply sloping ground and the off-axis orientation towards the light and views to create essential and intimate spaces at the core which have a strong connection to the outdoor environment.
Architects: McLeod Bovell Modern Houses
Area: 929 m²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Ema Peter
Manufacturers: Accoya, Swisspearl, panoramah!®, Gaggenau
Design:Matt Mcleod, Lisa Bovell, Sandy Wang
City:West Vancouver
Country:Canada