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RespectingtheHillside
"Wefeltitwouldbegoodtohaveasubduedpresencefromthefront,"saysEimarBoesjes,anarchitecturalsoftwaredeveloperandInternetentrepreneur."Itdoesn'tsay'we'rehere!'liketheotherhouses."
Thehouseopensawayfromthestreet,outintothenaturalspacebeyondit,thetruefocus,withthesilverylinesofitscantileveredrooftopshanginginspaceoverthehillside,drawingtheeyefromthehousetothesummitofSpencerButte,framedbetweentwodistantridges.
"ThehouseisplayingwiththeanglesoftheButte,"notesVanAsperdt."It'sanabstractedButte."
Assuch,theverticalclearcedarsidingonthewallsevokesthesurroundingtrees.Everyroof,sheathedingunmetalgraysteel,quotestheOregonskyinwinter.Andthegraniteboulders,positionedbeneatheachofthedrainagespouts,groundthehousetothehillsidewitheachdropoffallingwater.
"Thesefourroofscombinedgenerate100,000gallons(380cubicmeters)ofrainwatereachyear.That'samajorwaterproblem.There'snoreason,inaplacelikeOregon,whereitrainsninemonthsoutoftheyear,weshouldn'tcollectthiswaterandputittouse."
Withtheadditionofafiltrationsystem,thecisterncanprovideenoughdrinkingandgraywaterannuallyforthecouple,theirtwochildren,guests,andemployees.
Inthesummer,afaninthecisterncoolsthehouse,pumping55-degreeairintotheupperrooms.Inthewinter,heatedrainwatercirculatesbeneaththeengineeredmaplefloors.
.Wrightevolvedanewconceptofinteriorspaceinarchitecture.Rejectingtheexistingviewofroomsassingle-functionboxes,Wrightcreatedoverlappingandinterpenetratingroomswithsharedspaces.Hedesignateduseareaswithscreeningdevicesandsubtlechangesinceilingheightsandcreatedtheideaofdefinedspaceasopposedtoenclosedspace.
WalterBurleyGriffinwasamongthemanynotablearchitectstoemergefromtheWrightstudios.In1932WrightestablishedtheTaliesinFellowship-agroupofapprenticeswhodidconstructionwork,domesticchores,anddesignstudies.Fouryearslater,hedesignedandbuiltbothFallingwaterandtheJohnsonAdministrationBuilding.Thesedesignsre-invigoratedWright'scareer
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