Role:          Project Architect / Project Manager
Type:         Residential + Mixed-Use
Location:   South Boston, MA

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232 Old Colony is a 5-story residential building near South Boston’s Andrew Square neighborhood. The design concept engages the parcel’s constraints with a series of exterior planes that segment the building and inform the interior unit layouts. Various building folds reference sight lines and intersecting street grids. A contemporary material palette of fiber cement board, HPL rainscreen, and various brick bonding techniques further reinforce the building’s volumetric significance. Project involvement included initial design concept, permit submission, design development, construction document production, shop drawing review, consultant coordination, and construction administration.

By developing a close relationship with all members of the sub-consultant teams, solutions were able to be developed in real-time when appropriate, and flagged for incorporation into field reports and sketch submissions when of a higher complexity. Storefront framing details, CMU stair core clearance tolerances, and window spacing requirements were all self-detailed, then reviewed and confirmed during field visits. Working closely with the mason and his team allowed for a conceptual brick pattern to be detailed accordingly and beautifully realized.