Definition: The House Grows from the Site

A house that appears to have grown directly from its site. Its shape is determined by the site: following the undulations of the slope, curving around existing large trees, turning along the direction of rock faces, and with roof heights mirroring the mountain profile behind. If moved to another flat site, it would immediately seem nonsensical. There is no clear boundary between the architecture and the landscape; soil, vegetation, and mass are continuous. Avoid: depicting the house as an independent volume that could be placed on any site, flattening the surrounding terrain into a platform, creating a distinct boundary between the building and the ground, or ignoring the positions of existing trees and rocks.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟看起來只能蓋在這裡的房子。它的形狀是被基地決定的:順著坡度起伏、繞過既有的大樹、貼著岩壁的走向轉折、屋頂的高低跟著後方的山形。把它搬到另一塊平地上會立刻變得莫名其妙。建築與地景之間沒有一條清楚的界線,土、植被與量體是連續的。避免:把房子畫成可以放在任何基地上的獨立量體、讓周圍的地形被整平成平台、使建築與地面之間出現明確的分界、忽略既有樹木與岩石的位置。