reGEN Boston Competition

A competition entry for the 2013 ReGEN Boston for an innovative housing model. The proposal aims to leverage the rise of the sharing economy and builds on this spirit by encouraging its residents to come together in daily informal ways to share meals, tools, or spare time for a side project, or to simply mingle. We amplified the shared amenities within the building's organization to encourage such activities both indoors and out. Work was done in collaboration with Greg Perkins.

The design is based on three vernaculars: North End’s Italian heritage, downtown Boston’s physical/material context, and maritime/industrial influences. 

The massing is derived from a traditional courtyard arrangement with a piano nobile level that houses an expansive shared kitchen that overlooks the courtyard with an outdoor movie screen. The ground floor is highly porous and weaves public circulation along the waterfront with the building and the courtyard. 

The facades facing out to the city are a gently faceting masonry skin with the window openings inspired by a combination of vernacular and nautical forms.