
RHYTHM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AN ARTFUL APPROACH TO WORKFORCE HOUSING
Location
Dorchester, MA
Completion Date
2020
Size
29,500 SF
Client
ArxUrban
Team
Amanda Dexter
Ruthie Kuhlman
Mike DelleFave
Eric Robinson
Collaborator
Awards
Description
The Meeting House brings 36 residential units of affordable and workforce housing to Dorchester. The five story, mixed use development has retail and parking located on the ground level, with an enhanced public streetscape, street trees and a covered front porch for access.
The building design is responsive to the surrounding site forces, and the movement of pedestrian and vehicles along Pleasant St and the curve of Hancock St. The angles of the facade change subtly in response to the intersecting roadways, and the facade pattern unfolds as it flows along the face of the building, transitioning from lighter to darker rainscreen panels.






