Jamaica Plain Residence
This 3,500 sf house is located on a wooded site in Jamaica Plan, Massachusetts, within Boston’s city limits.
The sloping topography of the site offered clues to a massing solution for the project. A central Gallery space at the arrival elevation becomes the organizational spine and unifying element of the project. From this central space, two twenty-foot wide gable-roofed forms are linked and offset, each positioned to take advantage of the site’s sloping grades, views, and solar orientation. Programmatically speaking, “public spaces” (the Great Room, Kitchen, and Breakfast Room) occupy one of these gabled masses, while “private spaces” (Bedrooms and Guest Rooms) occupy the second.
By organizing the program into smaller, more distinct masses, the apparent scale of the home is visually reduced - in keeping with the character of the surrounding neighborhood.