4年前，東莞的王先生聯係到事務所，說在他老家有塊地，要造一個獨立住宅，想請我幫他設計。
Four years ago, a gentleman who opened a factory in Dongguan contacted our office via email and said that there was a plot of land in his hometown. He wanted to build a house and asked me to help him design it.
∇ 軸測圖
詳談之後得知當地交通不便，建材運輸非常困難，加之周圍青壯年不多，人工成本較高，何況當時我人在東京讀博，不可能長期駐場。這一係列困難使得我一度想推掉這個設計，但當看到現場之後，我還是決定接下來，隻為一個原因：山崖。
After detailed discussion, I learned that the local transportation was inconvenient, and the transportation of building materials was very difficult. In addition, the surrounding population was sparse, so the labor cost was relatively high. Moreover, at that time, I was working in Tokyo and it was impossible to stay in Xunxi County for a long time. This series of difficulties made me want to push out this design at one point, but after seeing the site, I decided to proceed for one reason only: the cliff.
山之幾何 Geometry of Mountains
靠崖基地藏在大山深處，崖壁極其堅硬，其紋理粗糙，如巨人手掌一般撲麵而來。
The small county located in Hubei Province, China. Which is adjacent to the Qinling Mountains in the north and the Han River in the south. The traffic is inconvenient. Our site is hidden deeply in the mountains. The cliff is hard and its rough texture is like giant palmprint.
開工已是深秋，南麵蒼山如笑，院裏的柿子樹已經結果，留下它，完工時麵對青山品茗之時可以摘下火紅的柿子伴茶鮮。
The valley there is quiet, with morning mist filled. The cliffs block the cold wind from the north and wrap the site inside. The corners of the peaks, the straightness of the cliffs, and the curvature of the mountain roads all hint at sone geometric elements.
基地山穀幽靜，林木蔥鬱，斷崖阻隔了北來的寒風，把建築包裹在裏麵。山峰的角、崖壁的直、山路的曲，這一切都在提示一種幾何化的東西。
The wall of the building turns diagonally to surround the western side of the mountain, which forms a narrow entrance. The second floor of the house echoes the trend of the mountain with an arc wall.
建築的圍牆斜向轉折包圍西側山體，形成窄小的入口，二層以弧牆呼應山體的走勢，橫梁巨大，突出在南北兩側，似從山崖裏生長出來。
The beams of the building are huge, protruding from the north and south sides, as if growing from a cliff. The north side of the house approaches the cliff, forming a narrow linear garden. The south side of the house faces the green mountains and opens to embrace nature.
房子北麵逼近山崖，形成一個狹長的線性庭園，南側則麵向青山敞開去擁抱自然，屋頂錐形的空間回應了山巒，裏麵僅有兩個圓窗能夠看到外部風景，光線來自頭頂，是獨自麵對自我的內省空間。
The conical space on the roof responds to the shape of the mountains, with only two circular windows inside that can see the external scenery. The light comes from above, making it an introspective space to face oneself alone.
方圓角折 Square, Circle, Triangle and Turning Line
幾何與自然的相互參照是《崖之家》空間美的來源。建築采用方、圓、角、折等四個動作去回應地方生活：“方”是客廳和臥室，即規矩的居住日常；“圓”是入口和天窗，即感性的側臉；“角”是山形，也是走向內心的冥想空間；“折”是圍牆，是對周圍環境的包裹和容納。
The building adopts four types of elements: Square, Circle, Triangle, and Turning Line to respond to local life: “square” refers to the living room and bedroom, that is, the regular living routine; ‘Circle’ refers to the entrance and skylight, that is, the sensual side face of the house; The ‘triangle’ is like a mountain shape and also a meditation space towards the heart; The ‘turning line’ is the wall that encapsulates and accommodates the surrounding environment.
∇ 施工過程
室內設計延續了幾何的手法，讓光在一天中的不同時段從不同角度進入建築的內部。
I have always believed that in the face of nature, every inquiry from a person will receive a response, and the more obvious the action, the more direct nature’s response becomes.
青川和斷崖是山的兩種形式，後者更接近於山的剖麵，二者共同見證了草木榮枯的內在循環。不同類型的開窗對景山體的不同側麵，讓建築和人共同見證生命的往複循環。
The mutual reference between geometry and nature has become the source of architectural spatial beauty.
粗糲細膩 Coarse and Delicate
如今有不少人喜歡清水混凝土，但是他們喜歡的並不是它原始的粗糲質感，而是經過處理的絲滑表麵，作為混凝土重要組分的砂石骨料，最初是從山裏開采出來的，當看到崖壁時，我們會意識到絲滑根本就不是它原本的屬性，混凝土應該保持它如頑石一般粗糲的質感。
Nowadays, many people like concrete, but what they like is not the original rough texture of concrete, but the treated smooth surface. As an important component of concrete, aggregates were initially extracted from the mountains. When I saw the cliff walls, I realized that silk and smoothness were not its original properties. Concrete should maintain its rough and tough texture like hard stones.
然而粗糲亦可細膩，我們以不同方式觀察四季變化，與來自八方的光線不期而遇，這一切會給建築帶來綿密的氣息。
However, roughness can also be delicate: what remains between the walls is the persimmon tree in front of the house, and between the beams, columns and the floor slab, divine light is poured freely, all of which will bring a dense atmosphere to the building.
四個春天過後，房子終於竣工了。《崖之家》是工作室第三個建成的獨立住宅，這距離我大學第一次做住宅設計已經過去了15年，有人說建築是延時滿足的藝術，我相信隻要熱愛漂流，腦海裏的畫麵就會在多年後浮現。
After four springs, the house was finally completed. Cliff House “is the third independent residence built by our studio. It has been 15 years since I first worked on house design in college. Some people say that architecture is an art of delayed gratification. I believe that as long as I love drifting, the images in my mind will emerge years later.
∇ 總平麵圖
∇ 一層平麵圖
∇ 二層平麵圖
∇ 三層平麵圖
項目信息
項目名稱：崖之家
項目類型：獨立住宅
設計公司：酈文曦建築事務所
主持建築師：酈文曦
設計團隊：周無及、林上亮、吳順馳、葉聖韜、來鵬飛（結構）、王紅英（電氣）、薑玉娟（給排水）
項目地址：湖北
建築麵積：450㎡
材料：木工板模板素混凝土、型鋼（元茂建材-十堰當地加工廠）、玻璃（金經玻璃）、紅磚（十堰地方磚廠）
設計時間：2019-2022年
建設時間：2020-2023年
攝影：金偉琦
Project Name: Cliff House
Project Type: Independent House
Design company: LI WENXI Architects
Lead architect: LI Wenxi
Design team: Zhou Wuji, Lin Shangliang, Wu Shunchi, Ye Shengtao, Lai Pengfei (structure), Wang Hongying (electrical), Jiang Yujuan (water supply and drainage)
Project address: Hubei, China
Building area: 450 square meters
Materials: Wooden board template, plain concrete, steel, glass, brick
Design time: 2019-2022
Construction period: 2020-2023
Photographer: Jin Weiqi
