Waban Residence

Single Family Residence.

Design process:
A young professional couple with 3 children and 2 birds, living on a corner lot, would like to replace their existing small residence with a house that fits their current life style.
The goal of the project is to maximize the potential of the lot, with a program that includes a professional kitchen with a connected basement pantry, an aviary adjacent to the living space, an excavated basement, and an outdoor  space enjoying exposure to the south.
The challenge is locating the program components on a corner lot with non an acute angle, expoiting it as a design element to enhance the project.
The proposed house has 3 wings and is designed to embrace an outdoor central patio, facing south. The patio that serves as a gathering space, connects the house into a whole, with good indoor – outdoor connectivity, and opens to the neighbor’s house.
The house includes 3 wings, shaped  to maximize the use of the lot.
The first floor public spaces include a professional Chef’s kitchen opening to a dining/living room and an aviary; a family room and an office, all open to the patio with large glass doors. A Guest Room on the first floor is designed for privacy.
The second floor, which includes the bedrooms and a master suite is organized around an upper balcony deck overlooking the central patio.
An excavated basement , which includes a two car garage is designed to have a mud room; an au pair suite; a home theater; playroom; home gym and a pantry. The first floor patio,  serves as a roof deck over the gym and has walkable glass openings that bring natural light from above.
As required by the owners, the facade facing the street has some traditional, ornamental elements, to honor the traditional neighborhood. Modern elements and new materials that would require low maintenance in the future will be used.
The entry to the house, located in the joint between the two wings of the house, is covered by an eyebrow  canopy. Local veneer stone will be used to cover parts of the facade.

The house enjoys natural light in all rooms.
As part of our design process, we explore high efficiency, low carbon energy design, that may include geothermal system, solar system , gray water system, rainwater harvesting, and native planting.

In design.

Builder: TBD