The site is located in context with three major green parks in the area of Jamaica Plane: The Arnold Arboretum, The Forest Hills Cemetery, and Franklin Park. The small neighborhood is located in the center of all these parks on the edge of a small middle class area. This site is in a good proximity to these places to promote and experiment with this idea of the organic apparatus.
The design is not a site based set of perameter. The intervention of this co-housing complex incorporates the surrounding buildings and integrates the surrounding systems in motion. The problem with conventional design is that it is not always about the context. However, this project directly reflects the context and is a total design of place and systems.
The organization of the site will be to best promote the surrounding community to enter the space and share a sense of community and knowledge. The organic apparatus does not just provoke a sense of sustainability towards the residents but promotes to everyone that could possibly enter the general area of this building. (The red building indicates the office of the Cooperative Artists Institute. The relevance of this is very important in the design of the complex as they are directly affecting how the spaces on the site will be used and promoted.)
The schematic design of how a single module may be laid out to satisfy the living conditions of one family. The form of the arch is a metaphorical idea of the completeness of the concept: seeing the bigger picture. The human experience of this form satisfies the conceptual experience.
This map indicates some very important systems in motion that must be incorporated and involved with this complex. The systems in motion need to be completely integrated with the context of the place.
These schemes are investigating the means of laying out the site based off of the module of the single family. They are responsive to the context in how people may approach and use the buildings of this organic apparatus.
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