Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won the Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects.
有些房子设计得很巧妙，其他也有一些巧妙的设计。第二种类型的房子的一个例子获得了美国建筑师协会颁发的卓越奖。
Located on the shore of Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina, the award-winning cube-shaped beach house was built to replace one damaged by Hurricane Hugo years ago. In September 1989, Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 homes in the state.
这座屡获殊荣的立方体海滩别墅位于南卡罗来纳州海岸外的沙利文岛岸边，是为了取代几年前被飓风雨果破坏的别墅而建造的。1989年9月，雨果袭击了南卡罗来纳州，造成18人死亡，36000所房屋受损或被毁。
Before Hugo, many new houses built along South Carolina’s shoreline were poorly constructed, according to architect Ray Huff, who created the cleverly-designed beach house. Now all new shoreline houses are required to meet stricter, better-enforced codes. The new beach house on Sullivan’s Island should be strong enough not to be damaged by a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometres per hour.
据设计了这座设计巧妙的海滩别墅建筑师雷·哈夫说，在雨果之前，许多沿着南卡罗来纳州海岸线建造的新房子都建造得很差。现在，所有新建的海岸线房屋都必须符合更严格、执行更好的规范。沙利文岛上的新海滨别墅应该足够坚固，不会被最高风速为每小时179至209公里的三级飓风破坏。
At first sight, the house on Sullivan’s Island looks anything but hurricane-proof. Its redwood shell makes it look like “a large party lantern” at night. But looks can be deceiving. The house’s wooden frame is strengthened with long steel rods to give it extra strength.
乍一看，沙利文岛上的房子根本防不了飓风。它的红木外壳使它在晚上看起来像“一个大型派对灯笼”，但是外观可能是骗人的。房子的木框架用长钢条加固，使其强度更高。
To further protect the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings buried deep in the sand. Pilings might appear insecure, but they are strong enough to support the weight of the house. They also raise the house above storm waves. The pilings allow the waves to run under the house instead of running into it. “The waves of water come ashore at tremendous speeds and cause most of the damage done to beach-front buildings,” said Huff.
为了进一步保护房子免受飓风的破坏，哈夫用深深埋在沙子里的木桩将房子抬离地面2.7米。桩可能看起来不安全，但它们足够坚固，可以支撑房子的重量。他们还将房子抬高，使其免受风暴的侵袭。这些桩可以让海浪在房子下面流动，而不是冲进房子。哈夫说：“海浪以惊人的速度冲上岸，对海滨建筑造成了大部分破坏”。
Huff designed the timber pilings to be partially concealed by the house’s ground-to-roof shell. “The shell masks the pilings so that the house doesn’t look like it’s standing with its legs pulled up,” said Huff. In the event of storm, the shell should break apart and let the waves rush under the house, the architect explained.
哈夫设计的木桩部分被房子地面到屋顶的外檐所掩盖。哈夫说：“外檐遮住了木桩，这样房子看起来就不像是翘着腿站着的”。建筑师解释说，如果发生风暴，外檐应该破裂，让海浪从房子下面冲过。
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