BOSTON, MA | 2019 | RESIDENTIAL
Oblique Figures inherits an empty cubic space and inserts a stair as fulcrum, pivoting new spatial and perceptual relationships around a central, curving figure. Connecting three scales and orientations of space, the stair differentiates and domesticates its context by transforming in perspective, appearing as a domestically scaled slim column from the kitchen, a publically scaled grand stair from the entrance axis, and a perspectivally exaggerated dramatic figure from the dining. The existing space is fenestrated only on one side, problematizing access to both light and privacy. By reorienting the cube around a central oblique rotation, notions of front and rear are made ambiguous, allowing for a constantly curving gaze to supercede the rectilinearity of its context while bridging between publically scaled double height living spaces, privately scaled single height sleeping quarters, and a roof garden.
Project Team: J. Roc Jih (Architect), James Leng (Photography), Roberts Design and Construction (GC)