在我们这个被无序扩张和缺乏公共交通困扰的沙漠城市，”六 “是一个由六个庭院式住宅组成的项目，展示了高密度、城市填充式沙漠开发的可能性，并尊重其时间和地点。
虽然 “六合院 “借鉴了图森的建筑历史和邻近的住宅，表现为中央庭院、低层砖石结构和周到的太阳能导向，但该项目是对其地点和时间的一种强调性表达。
庭院是在炎热干旱地区采用的一个传统概念，因为它利用了凉爽的沙漠之夜，使房屋能够开放到一个安全和私人的空间。每栋房子的主要空间都扩展到中央庭院，而更亲密的沐浴区则延伸到私人景观光井。
这种室内和室外空间的相互联系是该项目一贯的标志。在走廊里，胶合木梁被精心制作成一个戏剧性的窗边座位，可以俯瞰庭院。主卧室与大型户外 “房间 “共享通道，而主浴室和客用浴室则面向小型私人户外空间，给人以在户外沐浴的感觉。在广阔的厨房岛的正上方，天花板急剧上升，为烹饪区提供了一个分界线，并允许夹层窗户为宽敞的用餐区和生活区提供平衡的南向和北向光线。
In our desert town, plagued by sprawl and lacking in public transportation, The Six is a project comprised of six courtyard houses that demonstrates the possibilities for higher density, urban infill desert development that is respectful of its time and place.
While the Six takes cues from Tucson’s architectural past and neighboring residences, which manifest as central courtyards, low-rise masonry construction, and thoughtful solar orientation, the project is an emphatic expression of its place and time.
The Courtyard is a traditional concept employed in hot arid regions because it takes advantage of cool desert nights by affording the house the ability to open into a secure and private space. Each house’s primary spaces expand onto the central courtyard, while the more intimate bathing areas extend into private landscaped light wells.
This interconnectedness of indoor and outdoor space is a consistent trademark of the development. In the hallway, glue-laminated wood beams were crafted to form a dramatic window seat overlooking the courtyard. The master bedroom shares access to the large outdoor “room” while the master bath and guest baths look onto small private outdoors spaces, giving one the sensation of bathing outdoors. Directly above the expansive kitchen island, the ceiling dramatically rises to provide a demarcation for the cooking area, and allow clerestory windows to provide balanced south and north light into the voluminous dining and living areas.
魔力来自于对人类体验的操纵，而不是形式。我们觉得，当每一个决定都是基于重要的东西，当空间和物体一样被考虑的时候，就能达到永恒的效果。
The magic comes from the manipulation of the human experience, not the form. We feel that timelessness is attained when every decision is based on something important and when the space is given as much consideration as the object.
Architects: Ibarra Rosano Design Architects
Year: 2009
Photographs: Bill Timmerman
Country：UNITED STATES