坐落在南加州一个密集开发的海滩上，Vault House挑战了在狭窄的海滨地段常见的类型。与其将重点放在单一的主要海景上，不如在主体量内分层设置一系列透明的内部空间，为房屋提供多种斜视图，同时从不同的角度捕捉自然光。在一个简单的直角形体量中包含了堆叠和单向的拱形房间，房间的平行方向就像一个过滤器，将海景从西边的海滨立面延伸到场地东边的街道上。
Situated in a densely developed beach site in Southern California, the Vault House challenges the typology commonly found on narrow oceanfront lots. Instead of directing its focus on the single prime ocean view, an array of transparent interior spaces layered inside the main volume, offer a multiplicity of oblique views through the house while capturing natural light from a variety of angles. With the assembly of stacked and unidirectional vaulted rooms contained within a simple rectilinear volume, the parallel orientation of the rooms acts as a filter that extends the oceanfront view from the beachfront façade to the West through to the street at the Eastern boundary of the site.
这座房子是在加州海岸委员会的限制下设计的，它要求主要的生活区要离沙地两米高，允许可能的海啸波从房子下面通过。相比之下，东边沿街的车库直接坐落在沙地上，其设计的墙壁在海啸波的压力下会坍塌。这导致了一个不对称的部分，三个楼层–第一层、分层、第二层–围绕着一个庭院，既是房子的主要入口，也是一个中央的室外房间。
The house was designed under the restrictions imposed by the California Coastal Commission, which require the main living area to be lifted two meters off the sand, allowing for possible tsunami waves to pass beneath the house. The garage to the East along the street, in contrast, sits directly on the sand and is designed with walls that collapse under the pressure of tsunami waves. This results in an asymmetrical section, where three floor levels – first floor, split level, second floor – are grouped around a courtyard that serves both as the main entrance to the house and as a central outdoor room.
院子构成了房子的核心：它在房子东边比较私密的房间和西边的开放和连接区域之间进行协商。在院子里，自然光在一天中轮流进入，居民可以从这个中心空间观察到整个房子的移动。位于房屋北侧的单层楼梯连接了所有三层，并通向屋顶平台，可以看到海滩和海洋的全景。
The courtyard forms the core of the house: it negotiates between the more private rooms on the Eastern side of the house and the open and connected areas to the West. In the courtyard, natural light enters in rotating cycles throughout the day and residents can be observed moving throughout the house from this central space. A single-run stair located along the Northern side of the house connects all three levels and leads to a roof deck that offers panoramic views of the beach and the ocean.
通过不同的轮廓和体量，每个拱形的房间都定义了房子的一个区域或功能。其综合效果是室内空间的不同景观，与单一的形式语言相统一。与猎枪式住宅的典范相似，拱顶的单一方向最大限度地提高了建筑纵深内所有空间的视觉联系，并将海滩、海洋和地平线等精致的外部景观纳入建筑的纵深内。
With varied contours and volumes, each vaulted room defines an area or a function in the house. The combined effect is a varied landscape of interior spaces, unified with a singular formal language. Similar to the paradigm of a shotgun house, the singular direction of the vaults maximizes the visual connection of all spaces within the deep building footprint and incorporates the exquisite exterior landscape of beach, ocean and horizon into the depth of the building.
极端的海滩气候，无孔不入的风和咸味的空气，需要一个简化的、耐候的材料调色板。石灰岩被用于所有的地板和墙裙，包括内部和外部，而一种被称为 “Grailcoat “的弹性水泥基膜包裹着外墙。这层膜消除了对金属闪光灯和控制缝的需求，使外墙没有规模，形成了一个抽象的光影游戏背景。
The extreme beach climate with pervasive winds and salty air demanded a simplified, weather resistant material palette. Limestone is used for all floors and as wainscots, both inside and outside, while an elastomeric, cementitious membrane called “Grailcoat” wraps the exterior façade. The membrane eliminates the need for metal flashing and control joints, rendering the façade scaleless and forming an abstract backdrop for the play of light and shadow.
Architects: Johnston Marklee
Area: 3600 ft²
Year: 2013
Photographs: Eric Staudenmaier
Manufacturers: BASWA acoustic, Fleetwood
Structural Engineer: William Koh & Associates
Lighting Designer: Luminesce
Interior Design: Associates III
Contractor: RJPConstruction
Architect In Charge:Sharon Johnston, Mark Lee
Design Team:Katrin Terstegen, Andri Luescher, Nicholas Hofstede, Anna Neimark, Anton Schneider, Yoshi Nagamine, Ryan Roettker
Client:Steven Nagelberg, Jerri Nagelberg
Site Area:10,000 sf
City:Oxnard
Country:United States