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建筑师: Sander Architects
- 面积: 10066 ft²
- 项目年份: 2013
这座沙漠天蓬住宅源自于该地的环境条件，美国加州的 Palm Springs 具有极端炎热的气候。更具挑战的是，该地需要利用西侧的大玻璃窗捕捉圣Jacinto山的壮丽景观。
Palm Springs 夏日的气温在120华氏度，而西侧的窗户制造了大量的热量。建筑师的解决方案时将玻璃进行15英尺的悬挑，将夏日黄昏的阳光辐射减少到几乎没有。
因为这些元素，这一建筑的概念就是巨大的天蓬，由杆支撑，容纳起居空间。建筑屋顶的面积10666平方英尺，遮蔽了下方6208平方英尺的生活空间。
住宅被分成了四个不同的建筑，起居、餐饮、厨房、家庭空间，南侧一个私密的主卧套房，北侧两个客卧室，都在同一屋顶下。这种布局非常开放，建筑之间形成了通风，并且更加私密，具有独自的景观。
这座建筑是建筑师一系列混合用途住宅之一，这是建筑师构思的一种建筑类型，结合了预制的结构系统，造价比通常低，并且客户容易进一步改造。其他的部分，包括建筑的表皮、家具和空间布局都是定制的，让建筑可以根据业主要求建造。
建筑外壳利用了沙漠植物的科技，进行热隔离。上面种植的植物都有多层的外壳系统保护不受沙漠极端气候影响。
The outer shell of the building uses Sander Architect’s Hybrid House system to support the roof canopy and is enclosed using SIPs, prefabricated panels that have a thick layer of Styrofoam for insulation. This insulation is tripled with two other layers: one of expanded Polystyrene and another of a high-tech reflective foil-and-foam wrap, much like the “space-age” foil blankets used in survival kits.
The composite R-value of these layers is in the 90s, allowing the homeowners to radically reduce their use of HVAC and their sizeable utility bills. (A standard home would have an R-value in the range of 24 in the roof and 19 in the walls.) The former house on the site, built with poor insulation, cost the clients an extraordinary amount of money in electrical bills each summer. The new building shell reduces their bills to a fraction of their former costs.
In the Desert Canopy House, sustainability, prefabrication, and aesthetics work seamlessly together to create a living environment that is both efficient and beautiful.
