Go Around It: Existing Trees and Rocks Remain Undisturbed

A house whose shape is altered to preserve existing elements. The plan is noticeably indented or articulated in several places because there is an existing large tree or an immovable rock; the tree grows upwards through a voided opening, and one side of the rock directly becomes an interior wall. These indentations and articulations are not stylistic choices but traces of compromise. Avoid: clearing and leveling all trees and rocks on the site, having a free-form building outline unrelated to existing features, planting preserved trees in artificial planters, or having rocks covered by cladding.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟為了保留而改變形狀的房子。平面在幾個位置明顯地凹進去或轉折,原因是那裡有一棵既有的大樹或一塊無法移動的岩石;樹穿過挑空的開口往上長、岩石的一面直接成為室內的牆。這些凹折不是造型,是讓步的痕跡。避免:把基地上的樹與岩全部清除整平、讓建築的輪廓是自由的曲線但與現地物無關、把保留的樹種在人工的花台裡、讓岩石被貼面包覆起來。