241 O'DONNELL + TUOMEY

摘要

Dubbed 'The Sleeping Giant' by its architects, this enormous house is situated high on a hill in Killiney, County Dublin. Unlike the 1950s house it replaced, it takes advantage of southerly views towards Dublin Bay and the Sugarloaf. In contrast to the more conventional semi-detached homes that line the approach road, O'Donnell + Tuomey's project is far more of its place, taking on the character and figure of a rocky outcrop and conceived as part of the landscape. The bedroom house hunkers down more harmoniously into its topography, in section occupying a series of split levels, each directly related to the ground outside, and in plan buckling and skewing to take full advantage of views and daylight, while negotiating its place between rocks and established trees.