Newton, MA [ Dwell Magazine Feature Feb 2012 ] In many older suburbs, the typical pattern of construction is to replace an existing house with a much larger one built out to the legal setbacks. The Braver House is a prototypical alternative: To instead build a small, efficient residence that simultaneously minimizes its actual footprint, … [continue]
Medfield, MA This addition above an existing structure expands the experience of the house without physically making it bigger. The ‘interior-ness’ of the existing stone ground level is juxtaposed against the ‘exterior-ness’ of the new second level: The light-weight and light-filled spaces of the new second floor are separated into 3 separate pavilions. This fragmentation … [continue]
The stairs and railing of the ‘super core’ have been installed at White Block. This main vertical core of the building allows the varied gallery spaces a sense of interior intensity while simultaneously linking them to the exterior topographic condition. As one progressively moves through a series of volumes, one is reoriented toward the immediate environment. As all … [continue]
The Braver House is an alternative for older suburbs where houses are being built to the setback line creating buildings much too big for their lots. Instead we designed a small footprint house but built a screen to the maximum setback line. This allows indoor spaces to extend to the exterior and also allows us to … [continue]
SsD focused on sustainable low-rise / high-density urbanism for this new waterfront city south of Seoul. Although the design of the new urban parcels are strategically individualzed and limited in scale, as a whole they work in conjunction with each other in contributing to an overall energy and resource strategy: By working as a single entity rather than … [continue]
