Developer / Builder: Norfolk Design & Construction Sustainability: Airlit Studio and VvS Architects & Consultants Community Outreach: Social Impact Collective
Structural Engineering: RSE Associates Our entry for Co-Creating Boston’s Future Decker Competition is a proposal for a mixed use project that would feature 14 income restricted home ownership units, a new retail space and an improved and greened public realm. Our project starts with a reconfigured three unit building block. Instead of the stacked flats of the classic triple decker, we proposed a cluster of 3 townhouses, each a different size. By pulling the stacked flats into three vertical volumes, we can respond to grade changes with the shift of townhouses entry levels. We can also vary unit sizes by growing a townhouse taller or shrinking shorter. The massing is shaped so the 3 townhouse building block of the project could work on sites with different orientations than the one chosen for the study area, while still maximizing access to light and air for all units.