Southend Village

This mixed-use project infills an urban block adja­cent to the his­toric South End dis­trict com­posed of rede­vel­oped ware­hous­es and tex­tile mills. Each side of the block reflects a dif­fer­ent site con­text.

The plaza side is lined by street lev­el retail with loft style res­i­den­tial and office con­do­mini­ums on the upper three lev­els. The rhythm of the plaza façade wraps the cor­ner to form a row of crisp brick two sto­ry units topped with an invert­ed town­house. These units have an entry on the upper lev­el and stairs lead­ing down to the sleep­ing space. This unique design pro­vides ver­ti­cal sep­a­ra­tion of the liv­ing spaces for the stacked unit types.

Across from mod­est sin­gle fam­i­ly hous­es, more con­ven­tion­al town­hous­es address the street and side­walk with indi­vid­ual entrances. An open, mez­za­nine loft unit sits on the third floor, low­er­ing the roof line on the neigh­bor­hood façade. On the fourth façade, a wide arch opens into an inti­mate court­yard around which 4 sto­ries of stu­dio units are clus­tered. The park­ing deck is wrapped by these four dis­tinc­tive­ly dif­fer­ent build­ing sides, and is accessed from the retail plaza.