DESIGNED FOR HEALTH
INSPIRED BY NATURE, PROVEN BY SCIENCE
Location
West Roxbury, MA
Completion Date
2022
Size
2,700 SF each | 3 homes
Client
Passive House Construction
Team
Mike DelleFave
Katya Stassen
Cody Sanborn
Awards
Description
Tucked into a quiet residential neighborhood, the Brucewood Homes are the first internationally certified single-family Passive Houses in Boston. These three dwellings celebrate their sustainable aspirations with a simple, contemporary form.
Both the homes’ design and Passive House standards yield high performance in energy, climate resiliency, and well-being. Excellent air quality, acoustic privacy, and natural light create a healthy haven (physically and emotionally). Comforting sunlight, a connection to the outdoors, and warm natural materials nurture its occupants. With a vision of creating buildings that are better for people and the planet, Brucewood Homes delivers form and function.
We carefully sited the houses to minimize ledge removal and preserve mature trees. We wanted the three homes to be distinct from each other - "siblings, not triplets" - while sharing the same floor plan for constructability. We achieved this with unique ridge lines relating to adjacent streets and unique patterned wood louvers which grow from the rhythm of the wood-plank upper façade and control the light entering the space.
