客户是一位电影制片人，也是一位诗人，他在洛杉矶回声公园附近购置了一处不拘一格的梯田式山坡房产，紧邻伊利森公园。前任业主将后院装饰成一种抒情的仿古风格，有迂回摇晃的楼梯蜿蜒上山，还有一个濒临倒塌的手工棚屋。受这一奇特环境的启发，客户希望用一个唤起过去但又坚定现代的写作室和客房来取代它。

The client, a filmmaker, and a poet, acquired an eclectically terraced hillside property abutting Elysian park in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The previous owner decorated the backyard in a lyrical antique style with circuitous crumbling stairs winding up the hill and a hand-made shack on the brink of collapse. Inspired by the whimsical setting, the client wanted to replace it with a writing studio and guest house that evoked the past but was firmly contemporary.

ByBen & Skeens试图创造一个多功能的内部和外部空间，以满足客户对一个孤独的创作空间的需求，让他们感到既在家里，又在另一个世界。这座250平方米的小屋位于主屋上方的陡峭山丘的半山腰。该建筑是一个单间和化妆间，被外墙的弧形包裹着。在西边，一个全长的天窗照亮了房间，光线被扫向下面空间的弧形墙所调节和化解。

ByBen & Skeens sought to create a multifunctional interior and exterior space that addressed the client’s need for a solitary space for creation that let them feel both at home, and in another world. The 250sqft hut is situated midway up a steep hill just above the main house. The building is a single room and powder room surrounded by the curved wrapper of the exterior walls. To the west a full-length skylight illuminates the room, the light modulated and defused by a curved wall sweeping into the space below.

轻轻弯曲的墙壁和锉角创造了一个带有古典好莱坞装饰风格的曲线型室内。拱形的门窗避免了进入房子的视野，而集中在周围的树木和天空，创造了一种逃避和沉浸在自然中的感觉。一对法式门通向北面的外部排练区，而一扇单门提供了一个更加独立的入口，可以从街道的侧门进入。这两个入口使房间可以作为客房使用，也可以作为与合作者会面的场所，而不需要进入主屋。

The gently curving walls and fileted corners create a curvaceous interior with a hint of classic Hollywood decor. The arched windows and doors avoid views into the house to focus on the surrounding trees and sky creating a sense of escape and emersion in nature. A pair of French doors open to the exterior rehearsal area to the north while a single door provides a more discrete entrance accessible via a side entrance from the street. The two entrances allow the room to be used as a guest house and as a place for meetings with collaborators without accessing the main house.

从现有房屋的最低层出来，ByBen & Skeens放置了一个开放的木质平台，以提供一个平坦的遮阳空间来享受早晨的咖啡和瑜伽。登上蜿蜒的楼梯，你会看到一个开放的空间，通往建筑的法国门入口。在东边，一组分层的座椅立柱使这个开放空间可以作为演员排练的舞台使用。在顶层，楼梯可以进一步进入森林中的山顶或上升到建筑的顶部。在那里，一个阳光平台被建筑的冠状护栏的山峰和拱门所包围。面向东面的平台有一种亲密的室内感觉，由紧密悬垂的树冠的斑驳光线产生，而向南和向西，它提供了洛杉矶市中心和其他地方的清晰视野。

Emerging from the existing house at the lowest level of the hill, ByBen & Skeens placed an open wooden deck to provide a flat-shaded space to enjoy morning coffee and yoga. Ascending the winding stairs brings you to an open space leading to the building’s French door entry. To the east a set of tiered seating risers allows the open space to be used as a stage for rehearsing with actors. At the top level, stairs lead further into the forested hilltop or up to the top of the building. There, a sun deck is bound by the peaks and arches of the crown-like parapet of the building. Facing east the deck has an intimate interior feeling produced by the dappled light of a closely overhanging tree canopy while to the south and west it provides clear views of downtown LA and beyond.

Architects: Byben & Skeens
Area: 480 ft²
Year: 2021
Photographs: Taiyo Watanabe, Olivia Hemaratanatorn
Builder/General Contractor: LA Green Building, Marc Le Cornet
Structural Engineer: Nous Engineering, Omar Garza
Interior Design: Sunstone Interiors, Jana Stark
City:Los Ángeles
Country:United States