Bellgave by SAOTA

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SAOTA：Bellgave 别墅位于好莱坞山劳雷尔峡谷林荫大道（Laurel Canyon Boulevard）之上，它坐落在陡峭的悬崖边缘，可以纵览洛杉矶市中心到圣莫尼卡的全景。建筑南北朝向与下方城市的肌理相一致，并拥有中世纪地标性建筑背景，如 Pierre Koenig 设计的地标性建筑 Stahl 住宅。

SAOTA：Bellgave, a private residence in Los Angeles, is situated above Laurel Canyon Boulevard on a cul-de-sac in the Hollywood Hills. With its elevated position at the edge of a steep promontory, the site offers unobstructed panoramic views from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. Its north-south orientation aligns with the grid of the city basin below, and the tone for its architectural context is set by mid-century landmarks such as Pierre Koenig’s landmark Stahl House (Case Study House No. 22), which can be glimpsed on a nearby promontory to the west.

SAOTA 在设计 Bellgave 别墅时以 Study Houses 等开创性的洛杉矶建筑为特点，并融入了现代主义的风格，创造了独特的室内-室外生活方式，这种生活方式成为城市的代名词，同时也形成了一种独特的、与气候相适应的区域现代主义。

建筑师通过在柱子和“沉箱”上搭建平台，将建筑抬升，并从峭壁边缘向外悬挑，形成一系列交叉重叠的水平面，让别墅拥有更开阔的视野。水平的露台和飞檐突出反映了这座城市广阔的视野，具有与其独特性相呼应的体量感与压抑感。在某种意义上，别墅后面可以理解为一个巨大的观景平台。

Cape Town-based architects SAOTA engaged with the modernist precedent set by the Stahl House and other ground-breaking Los Angeles Case Study Houses in the design of Bellgave, reprising and advancing some of their pioneering innovations that forged the distinctive indoor-outdoor lifestyle that became synonymous with the city itself, and a distinctive, climatically appropriate regional modernism.

By raising a platform on pillars and caissons, the architects lifted the house towards the view and established a series of intersecting and overlapping horizontal planes that project outwards from the cliff edge. The horizontal emphasis of the terraces and oversailing eaves reflect the city’s wide horizons, with a sense of volume and compression that responds to its distinctive character. In a sense, the back of the house can be understood as a giant viewing platform.

别墅的主休息室位于屋前的悬臂式玻璃盒子内，向外伸出，将美景尽收眼底。露台边缘的一方水池似乎延伸至露台下方，让整座别墅拥有了一种“漂浮”之感，与太平洋的远景融为一体，使空间更加富有魅力。

下方直线型的城市布局被当作别墅结构和方案的“排列原则”。其几何形状既与下方的城市肌理“保持一致”，却又漂浮在喧嚣之上。

In recognition of the Stahl House, Bellgave’s main lounge is positioned in a cantilevered glass box at the front of the house that projects outwards to embrace the view. A rim-flow pool along the edge of the deck appears to extend beneath it, reinforcing the sense that the house is ‘floating’ while fusing the foreground with the distant views of the Pacific Ocean.

The straight-lined city grid below is picked up as an ‘ordering principle’ for the structure and programme of the house. Its geometry is at once ‘in alignment’ with the urban activity below yet floating above the bustle.

这种空间秩序也构成了别墅空间连通式布局的基础。内部和外部空间同样融合为一体。雕塑般的景观元素——橄榄树创造了视觉焦点，为露天用餐区、池畔休闲区、餐厅和休息室带来了独特的空间体验。室内与室外空间经过调节，形成了更加私密的空间来平衡广阔的视野。卧室位于上层，创造了漂浮在城市上空的高空体验。

This spatial order also forms the basis of the interlinking arrangement of spaces throughout the house. Interior and exterior spaces are similarly fused. Elements of the landscaping, such as the sculptural olive trees, create focal points, anchoring the experience with indoor and outdoor “destinations”, ranging from al-fresco dining areas and poolside lounging areas to the dining and lounge. Interior and exterior volumes are modulated to create more intimate spaces to counterbalance the vast scale of the views. The bedrooms are on the upper level, creating similarly elevated experiences floating above the city.

相比之下，在胡同尽头的别墅入口，高高的弧形墙营造出一种封闭感和“保留空间”，同时在街道尽头矗立起一座具有强烈雕塑感的建筑。交错曲线之间的“切片”作为入口的开口，既能让光线透射到楼梯间，又能保持空间的私密性。建筑墙面刻意留白，不加任何装饰，以映射光线透过前方树木投下的阴影图案。

这些曲线优美的线条及其在入口处营造出的环抱感，与主要起居空间的直线型布局形成对比。人们进入、穿过住宅并欣赏美景，将体验一场从实地到虚空、从封闭到开阔的空间之旅。

The entrance at the end of a cul-de-sac, by contrast, has been designed with high, arcing walls that create a sense of enclosure and ‘held space’ while standing as a powerful sculptural marker at the end of the street. ‘Slices’ between the intersecting curves function as openings for the entrance, allowing light to filter through to the stairwell while maintaining privacy. The walls are deliberately unadorned to act as screens for the theatrical shadow patterns cast by the light through the trees in front of them.

These curvaceous lines and the sense of embrace they create at the entrance give way to the rectilinear layout of the main living spaces as you progress into and through the house and towards the view in a sequence from grounded, enclosed experience to airy and elevated.

别墅的装饰材料总体上是为了纪念中世纪洛杉矶的建筑形态。灰泥、石灰和木地板营造出一种质感丰富的中性、纯正和朴素的色调，使别墅呈现出温暖而感性的感受。大量使用的耶路撒冷石灰岩与附近的 J.Paul Getty 博物馆的呼应，并与地中海风格的景观相得益彰，与建筑一样，非常适合当地的气候及相关的生活方式。

作为加州中世纪现代主义一些相关传统的当代演变，Bellgave 别墅在向其开创性建筑致敬的同时，展望未来，并推进了该方法作为先例的可能性。

The restrained material finishes throughout the house in general honour the architectural fabric of mid-century Los Angeles. Stucco, travertine and timber floors establish a neutral, honest and unadorned palette that is richly textured, warm and sensual. The abundant use of chiselled Jerusalem limestone is a more specific nod to the nearby J. Paul Getty Museum, complementing the Mediterranean-inspired landscaping, which like the architecture, is well suited to the local climate and associated lifestyle.

As a contemporary evolution of some of the traditions associated with California mid-century modernism, Bellgave simultaneously pays homage to its architectural precedents while looking forward and advancing the possibilities of the pioneering examples of the approach.

项目名称：Bellgave
项目地点：美国洛杉矶
首席设计师：SAOTA
SAOTA 项目团队：Mark Bullivant、Tom Burbidge & Arthur Lehloenya
注册建筑师：WOODS + DANGARAN
开发经理：PLUS Development
承包商：OHS Design and Development
土木工程：LFA（Labib Funk+Associates）
结构工程：LFA（Labib Funk+Associates）
电气工程：Design Build
景观设计：Fiore Landscape Design
照明设计：Helius Lighting
室内设计：Platner and Co.
上市代理人：Williams and Williams、Tyrone McKillen
催交人：Crest Real Estate
摄影师：Mike Kelley & Simon Berlyn
稿件：Graham Wood

Project Name: Bellgave
Project Location: Los Angeles, USA
Lead Designers: SAOTA
SAOTA Project Team: Mark Bullivant, Tom Burbidge & Arthur Lehloenya
Architect of Record: WOODS + DANGARAN
Development Manager: PLUS Development
Contractor: OHS Design and Development
Civil Engineer: LFA (Labib Funk + Associates)
Structural Engineer: LFA (Labib Funk + Associates)
Electrical Engineer: Design Build
Landscaping: Fiore Landscape Design
Lighting Design: Helius Lighting
Interior Designer: Platner and Co.
Listing Agents: Williams and Williams & Tyrone McKillen
Expeditors: Crest Real Estate
Photographer: Mike Kelley & Simon Berlyn
Copy by Graham Wood