在威尼斯海滩，这位建筑师的住宅是当地方言中一个引人注目的例外。它位于一个狭小的三角形场地上，在设计中吸取了无数的国际影响，同时仍然坚持其作为威尼斯海滩住宅的本地根源。
In Venice Beach, this architect’s home is a striking exception to the local vernacular. Located on a tight triangular site, it draws from myriad international influences in its design while still staying true to its local roots as a Venice Beach house.
它位于牛津大道上一条从1905年到1950年代中期的历史性电车线路上，紧邻Abbot Kinney大道的主干道，它向威尼斯的过去和现在表示敬意。
Set along a historic electric streetcar line that ran from 1905 to the mid-1950s on Oxford Avenue, just adjacent to the main thoroughfare of Abbot Kinney Boulevard, it nods to Venice’s past and present
它主要由工业材料建造，如混凝土板、玻璃和原铜，与该地区大量存在的20世纪初的工匠式平房、中世纪的牧场式和战后的灰泥房形成鲜明的对比。
Constructed primarily from industrial materials such as board-formed concrete, glass, and raw copper, it stands in stark contrast to the early 20th century Craftsman bungalows, midcentury ranch-style, and postwar stucco houses that proliferate the area.
该设计的大部分灵感来自于2013年的伊朗之行。卡尚市以其带有精心设计的地下室的大别墅而闻名。每栋房子的地下室底部都有一个房间，在冬天装满了雪。即使到了夏天也不会融化，所以那会是他们的冰箱。每栋房子的下沉式庭院里都有一个水景，以冷却微风。 在经由伦敦回家的路上，另一个灵感变成了排屋。几乎所有的房子都有一个地下室，人行道和房子之间有一点缝隙，还有一座小桥。这正好可以把光线引到地下室的几个窗户里，对空间的利用很惊人，在加州很少见。
Much of the design was inspired by a trip to Iran in 2013. The city of Kashan is famous for its grand villas with elaborate basements. Every house has a room at the bottom of the basement filled with snow in the winter. It wouldn’t melt even into summer so that would be their refrigerator. Every house has a water feature in a sunken courtyard to cool the breezes. On the way home via London, another inspiration became row houses. Nearly all of them have a basement and a little gap between the sidewalk and the house, and a little bridge. It was just enough to bring light down into a few windows in the basement, amazing use of space, rarely seen in California.
在这个设计中，在公共人行道和建筑之间划出了空间。 地面上的所有东西都是为了最大限度地增加占地面积，然后在地面下是空间与引下自然光和海风的混合。
In this design, space was carved out between the public sidewalk and the building. Everything above ground was about maximizing the footprint, then below ground is where space mixed with drawing down natural light and ocean breezes.
房子的正面可以完全打开，以充分利用加州的气候。地面下沉3英尺，底层（拥有一个客厅和厨房）被树叶包围，形成一堵高大的绿墙，提供了一种隐私感，尽管场地的三面都有街道。一个无边际的游泳池围绕着房子的弓部，与地板持平，进一步增加了宁静的气氛。游泳池的水瀑布般地流向下面的地下室，诗意地连接了两个楼层。
The frontage of the house can be completely opened up to make the most of the California climate. Sunken 3 feet below ground, the ground floor (which holds a living room and kitchen) is surrounded by foliage, creating a tall wall of greenery that offers a sense of privacy, despite there being streets on three sides of the site. An infinity pool that curves around the bow of the house and is level with the floor adds a further air of serenity. The water from the pool cascades to the basement level below, poetically connecting the two levels.
细节重申了建筑与自然之间的整体对话。伴随着主楼梯的钢制栏杆被自然地锈蚀，主浴室有类似颜色的烟熏石膏墙，外部的混凝土和铜被有意地留给风化和老化。
Details reiterate the overall dialogue between architecture and nature. The steel railings that accompany the main staircase were left to naturally rust and patinate, the main bathroom has smoky plaster walls with similar coloring, and the exterior concrete and copper are intentionally left to weather and age.
位于后面的宾馆被设计成类似于一块浮木的样子。我们用来形成主屋混凝土的木材被重新用作宾馆的结构。 这里的材料调色板直接从历史上的铁路中提取。宾馆主要由木材和钢材建成，并采用了液压飞机库门，这再次体现了将外界引入的理念，两层楼的宾馆与主屋的雕塑品质相呼应–两个体量站在一起，嵌在一个花园里。
A guesthouse located behind was designed to resemble a piece of driftwood. The wood we used to form the concrete on the main house was reused as the structure for the guesthouse. The material palette here draws directly from the historic railroad. Largely built from wood and steel and utilizing a hydraulic airplane hangar door, which again references the idea of bringing the outside in, the two-story guesthouse echoes the sculptural quality of the main house – two volumes standing together, embedded in a garden.
Architects: M Royce Architecture
Area : 4500 ft²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Matthew Royce, Sam Frost & Michael Reynolds
Manufacturers : AutoDesk, Lutron, Fantini, Fujitsu, Industrial Metal Supply
Structural Engineer : John Martin & Associates
Pool : Babcock Custom Pools
Lead Design Architect : Matthew Royce, AIA
Project Manager : Chris McLean, Meike Kroger, Patrick Mobley
Program / Use / Building Function : House
Structural Concrete : Creative Concrete
Kitchen Cabinets : Henrybuilt
Engineering : Henrybuilt
City : Los Angeles
Country : United States