Chestnut

Location: Duxbury, Massachusetts

Client: Private Client

Site: 1.0 acre in established neighborhood

Program: 1,000 sf suite, entry, porch, 200 sf studio

Concept: Additions to small house as separate volumes

Context: Wooded lots with front lawns and hedgerows

Design Brief:

  • Expand modest house, organize into compound
  • Single level floor, screen porch, deck, outbuilding
  • Continue carpenter vernacular of original

Neighborhood

  • T-3.0: Early 20th C. vernacular houses, varied style

Public Frontage / Movement Armature

  • Local street – large setback on narrow lot

Building (Private) Frontage

  • Common lawn

Parking and Service

  • Private drive to courtyard inside 3 structures

Building Type

  • Detached House (Edge Yard)

Construction

  • Wood frame, cedar vertical shingle exterior

Single Dwelling

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