deManio/Downing Residence

Carlisle, Massachusets    

The deManio/Downing residence is a new home for a family of five on a wooded, 5 acre parcel outside Boston. The program calls for 4 bedrooms, large living/dining spaces for formal entertaining, casual spaces for family activities, and separate work-at-home offices for both parents.

The design solution places 2 highly crafted boxes in the woods whose entry sequence orchestrates a dramatic threshold welcoming people into the forest.  These volumes are then given 3 primary orientations for the different activities engaged by this active household: a formal entertaining space and library for adults directed towards views of the woods, informal kitchen and family/breakfast spaces oriented towards the large yard, and offices in and over the Garage, oriented towards the driveway.