ORDINARY, EXCEPT
![roof plan [Converted].jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab38bba268a331f8dbaa6f/30b7b96d-b6ab-4295-88d1-7bfbd7150ee0/roof+plan+%5BConverted%5D.jpg)
1/32" SCALE SITE MODEL
1/32" SCALE SITE MODEL
1/2" SCALE FRAGMENT MODEL
1/2" SCALE FRAGMENT MODEL + DIGITAL COLLAGE
1/2" SCALE FRAGMENT MODEL + DIGITAL COLLAGE
1/2" SCALE FRAGMENT MODEL + DIGITAL COLLAGE
1/2" SCALE FRAGMENT MODEL
1/2" SCALE FRAGMENT MODEL
1/6" SCALE FRAGMENT MODEL
COURSE: CORE I Studio
TERM: GSD Fall 2021
INSTRUCTOR: Elle Gerdeman
COLLABORATORS: Ashley Dotson, Kirsten Sexton
This project proposes an institutional intervention at a domestic scale through the formal devices of the gable and wooden frame. Designed as an artist residency, gallery space, and community center, Ordinary, Except is sited as an addition between two extant triple decker frame houses, the vernacular housing stock of the Boston area. Ordinary, Except maintains the language of the triple decker through its shared roof type, the gable. Extruded gables from the standing triple deckers intersect within the central addition, producing complex ridge lines and dynamic interior space. The tectonics of the triple decker type is defined by stud framing, a language expanded upon and abstracted within the addition. Typical stud framing is transformed from a hidden structural element into a versatile façade scheme which permits moments of transparency and opacity for the program within.