穆苏比之家位于夏威夷大岛茂纳克亚东北坡的100英亩草原和大叶女贞森林中。这座现浇混凝土房屋完全脱离了电网，由光伏电池板供电，所有的生活用水和景观用水都来自屋顶的降雨并储存在蓄水池中。
The Musubi House is located on 100 acres of grassland and Ohia forest along the northeast slope of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This cast-in-place concrete house is completely off the grid—powered by photovoltaic panels and catching all domestic and landscape water from rainfall captured off the roof and stored in cisterns.
场地由山谷和季节性的小溪以及广阔的Wainaku草场组成。全景式的景色比比皆是，但由于暴露在大风和水平雨中，该地块的建设很复杂。它位于岛屿的东北侧，直接处于西风的进入路径上。它的海拔高度创造了一种天气动态，可以在几分钟内从没有一丝风的灿烂无云的蓝天迅速切换到被云层笼罩的水平风吹雨。 风吹过长长的山谷和田野，使草地像海洋中的波浪一样滚动和膨胀。
The site consists of valleys with seasonal creeks and expansive fields of Wainaku grass. Panoramic views abound, but due to their exposure to high winds and horizontal rain, the site is complicated to build on. Its location on the northeast side of the island is directly in the path of the incoming western trade winds. Its elevation creates a weather dynamic that can swiftly switch from the brilliant, cloudless blue sky without a trace of wind to enveloped with clouds to horizontal windblown rain within minutes. The wind blows up through the long valleys and fields making the grass roll and swell like waves in the ocean.
业主向我们提出了一个简单的要求：建造一栋能够拥抱哈玛库亚海岸风吹草动的自然环境的房子。 我们的回应是，房子要像船在海洋中漂浮一样漂浮在这片起伏的草海中。就像一艘船的船头，这个三角形房子的最尖锐的一端可以抵御可怕的风。
The owners came to us with a simple request: make a house that embraces the nature of the windswept grasslands of the Hamakua coast. We responded with a house that floats in this rolling sea of grass like a ship floats in the ocean. Like a ship’s prow, the sharpest end of this triangular house deflects the formidable wind.
这座房子的名字来自于它的平面图与夏威夷版的日本包饭小吃onigiri的相似。 有几次，在看图纸的时候，一个木匠会说，这个计划看起来多么像一个musubi……所以这个名字就被记住了。房子的结构图很简单–一个室外的三角形在一个室内的三角形内，支撑着一个菱形的屋顶。室内的三角形由三面短的弯曲的混凝土墙组成。这些混凝土曲线指定了房子的三个区域：卧室/浴室区，厨房区，以及工作/生活区。中间的三角形中庭在这些区域之间提供了一个户外房间，地面是切割好的帕霍霍熔岩。中庭两边的门无缝地缩进墙里。Hapu’u蕨类植物和Rhapis棕榈树的景观为中庭的室外淋浴和卧室创造了一层隐蔽的隐私。这个受保护的空间在被风吹动的雾气或明亮的阳光下都可以使用–一个没有屋顶的室内空间的真正延伸。
The house gets its name from its resemblance in plan to the Hawaiian version of the Japanese wrapped rice snack onigiri. On several occasions, when viewing the drawings, a carpenter would remark how much the plan looked like a musubi… so the name stuck. The diagram of the house is simple—an outdoor triangle within an indoor triangle supporting a diamond-shaped roof. The indoor triangle consists of three short curving concrete walls. These concrete curves designate the three zones of the house: the bedroom/bathing zone, the kitchen zone, and the work/living zone. The triangle-shaped atrium in the center provides an outdoor room between these zones with a floor of cut Pahoehoe lava. Doors on two sides of the atrium retract seamlessly into the walls. A landscape of Hapu’u ferns and Rhapis palms creates a layer of veiled privacy to the outdoor shower and bedrooms of the atrium. This protected space is usable in windblown fog or bright sun—a true extension of the interior space without a roof.
客户愿意优先考虑渗透性而不是隐私，这使我们能够自由地创建一个没有门或硬边界的计划。空间从一个区域流向另一个区域，同时始终与起伏的景观保持视觉接触。 草地直接流到了落地玻璃墙的边缘。从窗户向外看起伏的草地景观，就像在公海上看波浪。
The clients’ willingness to prioritize permeability over privacy gave us the freedom to create a plan without doors or hard boundaries. Spaces flow from zone to zone while always remaining in visual contact with the rolling landscape. Grass flows right up to the edge of the floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Looking out the windows onto the rolling grass landscape is like watching waves on the open sea.
Architects: Craig Steely Architecture
Area : 2200 ft²
Year : 2020
Photographs :Darren Bradley
Manufacturers : Dornbracht, Hansgrohe, Fleetwood, Hafele, Ligne Roset, Hans Grohe
Lead Architect : Craig Steely
Contractor : Kauhale Kilohana Builders
Structural Engineer : Walter Vorfeld and assoc.
Country : United States