Variable Committment Housing, Boston, MA Mistur and Cabrinha's Design Development Studio, Fall 2007 Anderson, Erica McEwan, Delroy Apartment houses Coorperative apartment houses Student projects Environmental design Screen facades This building consists of variable commitment housing ranging from single, bachelor living, to family living, determined by lofts and two-story apartments. Through multi-level, environmentally apt, community spaces, these inhabitants can interact and develop diverse relationships that would allow for a growth in the sense of community. The main circulation for this building is located in an atrium that connects these community spaces with the private residences by bringing the outdoor environment indoors, and this relation is inversely related to the private apartments themselves by bringing the indoor environment outdoors. Located on the Boston Harbor, the complex geometric surface façade integrates many environmental systems, such as passive ventilation and natural lighting strategies. School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007) Mistur, Mark. Faculty advisor Cabrinha, Mark. Faculty advisor 2007 Digital images JPEG2000 21st century Boston, Masachusetts, USA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Variable Committment Housing, Boston, MA
Mistur and Cabrinha's Design Development Studio, Fall 2007
Anderson, Erica
McEwan, Delroy
Apartment houses
Coorperative apartment houses
Student projects
Environmental design
Screen facades
This building consists of variable commitment housing ranging from single, bachelor living, to family living, determined by lofts and two-story apartments. Through multi-level, environmentally apt, community spaces, these inhabitants can interact and develop diverse relationships that would allow for a growth in the sense of community. The main circulation for this building is located in an atrium that connects these community spaces with the private residences by bringing the outdoor environment indoors, and this relation is inversely related to the private apartments themselves by bringing the indoor environment outdoors. Located on the Boston Harbor, the complex geometric surface façade integrates many environmental systems, such as passive ventilation and natural lighting strategies.
School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007)
Mistur, Mark. Faculty advisor
Cabrinha, Mark. Faculty advisor
2007
Digital images
JPEG2000
21st century
Boston, Masachusetts, USA
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY