阿德莱德巷以前是一个无名的地段，有非法停放的破车、垃圾和杂草，现在是华盛顿最健康的房子之一。为了寻找一个在华盛顿重新建造的机会，建筑师-业主和他们的家人决定开始在华盛顿全新的小巷分区和建筑条例中进行冒险。最终的房子是一个四间卧室、三个半浴室的房子，总面积为2500平方英尺。Poplar Grove展示了创新的天然材料，同时为其居民提供了隐私和空气，它试图对其邻居和居民一样周到。

Formerly an unnamed lot with illegally parked and broken down cars, litter, and weeds, Adelaide Alley is now home to one of DC’s healthiest houses. Looking for a chance to build anew in DC, the architect-owner and their family decided to begin an adventure navigating DC’s brand new alley zoning and building regulations. The resulting house is a four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom house totaling 2,500 square feet. Showcasing innovative natural materials while providing privacy and air to its inhabitants, Poplar Grove tries to be as considerate to its neighbors as it is to its residents.

白杨树林是位于国会山的一个全天然的小巷住宅，它从本土结构的自然材料、罗马式住宅的空间组织以及华盛顿特区木制小巷结构的复杂历史中汲取灵感。郁金香杨树皮覆盖着一层软木，连接着一个塞满羊毛的空心竹板系统。黑洋槐的屋檐远远超出了外墙，以减少覆层的不均匀和不必要的风化。四根郁金香杨树的柱子标志着一个九宫格的内角，其中心包含九个天窗。在罗马人的家里，冲积层为房子收集雨水；在这里，这个中央中庭收集了房子里最重要的自然资源：光线。

Poplar Grove is an all-natural alley dwelling in Capitol Hill that draws inspiration from the natural materiality of indigenous structures, the spatial organization of a Roman domus, and the complicated history of DC’s wooden alley structures. Tulip poplar bark covers a layer of cork attached to a hollow-wall bamboo panel system stuffed with sheep wool. Black locust eaves extend far beyond the facade to minimize uneven and unnecessary weathering of the cladding. Four tulip poplar posts mark the inside corners of a nine-square grid, the center of which contains nine skylights. In Roman homes, the impluvium gathered rainwater for the house; here, this central atrium collects the most important natural resource of the house: light.

中庭的光线穿过中央楼梯和双层高的生活空间，过滤到邻近的厨房和图书馆。在生活空间的上方，一张网是孩子们玩耍的地方，也是在下午的阳光下阅读的舒适地点，而不会阻挡下面的光线。它的质地，与楼梯的围墙相匹配，使空间在柔和的亮光中斑驳。阴影笼罩着房子里深色的牛奶漆和软木塞覆盖的主卧室套间及其洞穴般的舒适感。

The atrium’s light falls through the central stairs and the double-height living space, filtering into the adjacent kitchen and library. Above the living space, a net is a play place for kids or a comfortable spot to read in the afternoon sun without blocking the light below. Its texture, which matches the enclosure of the stairs, dapples the space in soft bright light. Shadows envelop the dark milk paint- and cork-covered primary bedroom suite of the house and its cave-like coziness.

由于胡同里的房子四面都暴露在公共道路上，采光的机会因隐私的需要而减少，这是用一个环绕房子的八英尺高的黄杨木栅栏创造的。这个围栏在西侧离房子最远，有足够的空间在悬臂式上层楼下停放一辆车。 在房子的北面和南面，栅栏仍然离房子几英尺，允许大开口的玻璃收集光线，而不把居民暴露在小巷里。

Since the alley house is exposed on all four sides to a public right-of-way, opportunities for light are diminished by the necessity for privacy, which is created with an eight-foot Sassafras palisade that surrounds the house. This fence is furthest from the house on the west side, with enough space to park a car under the cantilevered upper floor. On the north and south sides of the house, the fence remains a few feet from the house, allowing big openings of glass to gather light without exposing the residents to the alley.

这些小球场是用回收的田纳西州粉红色大理石包层铺成的，这些包层是从国家航空航天博物馆拆下来的。房子东侧的栅栏成为包层，直接包裹着墙壁。白杨树林由全天然材料建成，像罗马人的住所一样组织起来，将多种历史编织成一个坚固的树丛，重新建立了华盛顿特区木制小巷房屋的传统。

These small courts are paved with reclaimed Tennessee pink marble cladding that was removed from the National Air & Space Museum. The fence on the east side of the house becomes the cladding, wrapping the wall directly. Built from all-natural material and organized like a Roman domus, Poplar Grove weaves multiple histories into a sturdy arboreal tapestry that re-establishes a wooden DC alley house tradition.

Architects: BLDUS
Area : 2500 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Ty Cole
Manufacturers : BamCore, Bark House, Build Equinox, Gutter Supply, Locust Lumber, Loewen, LoftNets, Martin’s Native Lumber, The Real Milk Paint, Thermacork, reSAWN Timber
Lighting : JC Electric
HVAC : Air Cooling & Heating
MEP : KKE Design
Structural Engineer : JZ Engineering
Civil Engineer : Huska Consulting
Architecture : Jack Becker
Construction : Andrew Linn
Interior Design : Andrew LInn
Program / Use / Building Function : Single family residence
City : Washington D. C.
Country : United States