Quetzalcoatl Nest by Javier Senosiain

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Javier Senosiain：该建筑场地面积约5000平方米，其地形因一条纵向穿过的橡树峡谷，而变得非常不规则。出于安全考虑，我们弄塌了一些先前存在的洞穴，在峡谷两侧创造了一个洼地，一个陨石坑，只保留了最稳定的洞穴，该洞穴长50米，宽6米。

Javier Senosiain：The architectural design is executed on a lot measuring 5,000 square meters, with a very irregular topography owing to the oak-filled ravine that crosses it lengthwise. Some preexisting caves were collapsed for safety reasons, causing depressions on either side of the ravine and leaving a sort of crater. Only the most stable cave, measuring fifty meters long by six meters wide, was preserved.

在模型阶段，我们根据地形的起伏，用一个120 x 12厘米的儿童漂浮装置来模拟公寓，根据方向和远景移动前进，在不规则的地形上寻找立足点。

At the model stage, owing to the undulations of the terrain, a 120-x-12-centimeter child’s floatation device was used to simulate the wrapping of the apartments. It moved along in accordance with the orientation and the vistas, seeking a foothold on the irregular topography.

▼住宅模型 Model

有一天，我们突然产生了一个在洞口放一个蛇头的想法。我们首先将这个想法通过模型再现了出来，在建模时，我们感觉到它看起来就像一条正在进出的蛇……所以我们最终决定给这位蛇神再配上一条尾巴。

One day it occurred to us to put a serpent’s head at the mouth of the cave. The idea was reproduced first on the model and we realized that it looked like a serpent was entering and leaving the lot…. So we decided to give Quetzalcóatl a tail.

▼住宅视频 Video © Organic Architecture

▼“蛇神”的尾巴 The Quetzalcoatl tail

这条响尾蛇的上半部分是水箱，而下半部分是一个门房空间，甚至在机房、十个小储藏室，以及每个公寓的下面都有一个这样的空间。

On the upper part of the snake, in the rattler, is the water tank, while below there is a space for the concierge, and even further below the machine room and ten small storage rooms, one for each apartment.