Eresta之家的建筑出现在自相矛盾的限制中。在阿库拉和纳赫尔-易卜拉欣令人窒息的风景中，该场地的周边是临时建筑，限制了它与风景的接触。客户要求根据新的自主建筑、对隐私的需求和同时对风景的暴露，以及在他们不在时对安全的需求和在房子里居住时对户外的完全透明，重新思考共享的党墙条件。

The architecture of Eresta House emerges from paradoxical limitations. Set in the breath-taking landscape of Akoura and Nahr Ibrahim, the site’s immediate surroundings are ad-hoc buildings that limit its exposure to the scenery. Built on the remnants of an ancestral home that was attached by a party wall to a neighboring building, the client asked to rethink the shared party wall condition in line with a new autonomous architecture, the need for privacy and at the same time exposure to the views, the need for security during their absence and complete transparency to the outdoors when the house is inhabited.

场地向西北方向倾斜，向Nahr Ibrahim山谷倾斜。它的角度允许将房子定位在这样一种方式，即正面向山谷景观开放，而房子的其他侧面则嵌入景观中。一个V字形的体量将房子从邻近的环境中调整到风景视线上，创造了一个低层的生活空间，向前面的花园和山谷开放，上层的卧室向前面开放，可以延伸到后院，可以看到场地上方的悬崖。

The site slopes North-West towards the Nahr Ibrahim valley. Its angle allows for positioning the house in such a way that the front is open to the valley view whereas the other sides of the house are embedded in the landscape. A V-Shaped massing reorients the house away from the adjacent context and towards the scenic sightlines, creating a lower level of living spaces that open to the front garden and the valley and an upper level of bedrooms that are open to the front and can extend to a rear courtyard, with an outlook to the cliffs above the site.

房子的混凝土外壳由双层墙组成，有特定的开口，在南面、东面和北面创造了一个热质，起到了保温的作用，正面是完全的玻璃幕墙，使每一层都有阳台，可以与山谷的景色对话。 玻璃正面由钢架和木质百叶的镶板系统补充，关闭时起到遮阳和安全作用，打开时提供不间断的透明度。入口和主楼梯位于V形体的铰链处，顶部有一个天窗，作为风的烟囱，触发了整个房子的交叉通风。

The concrete shell of the house consists of a double-layer wall with specific openings, creating a thermal mass on the South, East, and North that works on insulation and a completely glazed façade on the front which gives access to each level to balconies in dialogue with the valley view. The glazed front is complemented by a paneling system of steel frames and wood louvers that work on shading and security when closed, and that provide uninterrupted transparency when open. The entrance and main staircase are situated at the hinge of the V-shaped volume, topped by a skylight that acts as a wind chimney and triggers cross ventilation through the house.

与混凝土体量的自主形式相比，石头围墙将场地包裹在一个连续的轮廓中，在场地入口处开始并结束。这个围墙由挖掘工程中提取的石头建成，在倾斜的轮廓中调和了不同的地形水平，并通过其物质性将项目的边缘与周围环境融合在一起。该建筑群提供了自我遮蔽的室外空间，决定了一天中的使用周期。 在房子和石头围墙之间部署了一连串的户外空间，在每个层面定义了与外界的不同关系。这个序列延伸到房子的屋顶，最终在一个全景露台上俯瞰360度的风景。

In contrast with the autonomous form of the concrete volume, a stone enclosure wraps the site in one continuous outline, starting and ending at the site entry point. Built with stones that were extracted during excavation works, this enclosure reconciles the different topographic levels in sloping contours and blends the project’s edges with its surroundings through its materiality. The massing provides self-shaded outdoor spaces that dictate cycles of use throughout the day. A sequence of outdoor spaces deploys between the house and the stone enclosure, defining different relationships with the outside at each level. This sequence extends to the roof of the house, culminating in a panoramic deck that overlooks the 360 degrees view.

Architects: platau
Area : 300 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Wissam Chaaya
Manufacturers : Duravit, Blatt Chaaya, Sidem
Lead Architect : Sandra Frem
Landscape : ABOU JAOUDE LANDSCAPE
Structural Design : Elie Turk
Contracting : Design/Build
Woodworks : Brainwave
Country : Lebanon