作曲家工作室 美國威斯康星州，春天大草原

業主：埃里克·埃德斯特羅姆

建筑面積：315 平方英尺

項目類型：音樂工作室

竣工時間：2012 年

攝影：約翰·J·麥考利

Client: Eric Edstrom

Building Area: 315 sf

Program: Music Studio

Completion Year: 2012

Photography: John J.Macaulay

坐落于威斯康星州鄉村景觀中的一個不起眼的建筑，這個私密的休息寓所是一個西方鄉村音樂家創作和錄制音樂的工作室。憑借其正式的紀律、嚴謹的細節和精心設計的材料調色板，這座建筑雖然具有現代風格但仍然延續了中西部田園建筑的傳統，以其審美清醒、功能清晰和穩健的工藝遺產而引以為傲。

一個混凝土平臺，被雕刻成陡峭的山丘來提供存儲空間，為工作室提供了一個簡單的線性空間，長邊覆蓋著一層耐候鋼制風罩。工作室兩端的超大玻璃開口設有進入空間的通道，并延伸到儲藏基座的植被屋頂上，精心勾勒出別致的周圍景色。鋼制風罩懸吊在工作室體量的邊緣，創造了一個有遮蔽的門廊，這是室內工作室空間的室外遮蔽延伸。沿著它的邊緣，風罩從混凝土基座上稍稍抬起，滑稽地露出一個狹窄的、精致的長廊，讓整個工作室似乎漂浮在它的基座之上。白天，長廊為下面的儲藏空間提供自然采光；到了晚上，它會向黑暗的大地發出柔和而昏暗的光芒。

建筑材料——裸露的混凝土、鋼材、玻璃和木材——都是從當地采購的，選擇這些材料是因為它們能夠歷經歲月的洗禮。鋼制外殼經過精心設計，充分利用了面板系統的嚴格模塊性與其氧化表面不斷變化的圖案之間的內在張力。它的黑色金屬腐蝕的暖色調與該地區廢棄農田中遺留下來的廢棄農具的色調相呼應，將建筑表皮變成了一幅千變萬化的畫布。鋼廠的合金缺陷、表面油污和輥痕都會隨著材料的老化而留下各自的痕跡，將建筑嚴格的幾何形狀和形式限制與不可預測的單板并列在一起。

An unassuming structure nestled into Wisconsin’s rural landscape, this intimate retreat serves as a studio for a Country Western musician to write and record his music. With its formal discipline,exacting details, and a carefully restrained material palette, the building, while unapologetically contemporary, continues the tradition of Midwestern pastoral architecture and its proud legacy of aesthetic sobriety, functional lucidity and robust craftsmanship.

A concrete podium, carved into a steep hill to provide storage space, supports a simple linear volume for the studio space, its long sides covered by a weathering steel shroud.Oversized glazed openings at each end of the studio provide access into the space and out onto the vegetated roof of the storage plinth, carefully framing views of the picturesque surroundings. The steel shroud cantilevers over the edge of the studio volume to create a covered porch, a sheltered outdoor extension of the interior studio space.Along its edges, the shroud is slightly lifted off the concrete plinth, teasingly exposing a narrow, diaphanous clerestory that allows the studio volume to seemingly float above its base.During the day, the clerestory provides natural light for the storage space below; at night, it emits its soft,ominous glow into the dark landscape.

The building materials – exposed concrete and steel, glass, and wood – were locally sourced and chosen for their ability to age gracefully over time. The steel envelope was carefully detailed to exploit the inherent tensions between the strict modularity of the panel system and the ever-changing patterns of its oxidizing surface. Its warm color of ferrous corrosion echoes the hues of the derelict farm equipment left behind in the area’s abandoned farm fields, turning the building skin into an ever changing canvas. Alloy imperfections, surface oils, and roller marks from the steel mill all leave their individual traces as the material weathers, juxtaposing the building’s strict geometry and formal restraint with a stubbornly unpredictable veneer.