POSTURED ASSEMBLY
BOSTON, MA
| 2017 | LANDSCAPE
Posture and posturing are central to this roof deck in a historic Boston neighborhood. An overloaded brief causes the deck itself to swallow the program, with seated and lounging postures woven in as warp and weft, allowing users to transition between postures with a single turn. To overcome onerous historic approvals, the deck postures as furniture. Modeled after a xylophone, wood elements assemble entirely without screws or fasteners, instead assembling (and disassembling) by hand with sequentially interlocking joints. Furniture masquerades as ground, and ground becomes furniture, sidestepping permitting altogether.
Team: J. Roc Jih (Design), Chuck Choi (Photographs), J. Roc Jih (Carpentry and Install), Polyfab (Milling), Mahoney’s (Plantings)