Triple Denser: Reinventing Workforce Housing for Shifting Demographics

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Triple Denser: Reinventing Workforce Housing for Shifting Demographics

Submitted to the Department of Architecture in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2020

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title: Triple Denser: Reinventing Workforce Housing for Shifting Demographics

creator: Tucker Durant

subject: Tenement houses, Massachusetts, Boston, Designs and plans; Gentrification; Dwellings, Remodeling; Room layout (Dwellings)

description: The triple decker has served Boston as an effective form ofworkforce housing since the Second Industrial Revolution through its flexibility in occupation, access to natural light and private outdoor spaces. Building upon the patterns of living that are currently supported by the existing decker’s, the demands of working families in neighborhoods with hanging demographics can be met. By the addition of double-height shared spaces of movement and the introduction of a new unit type the existing typology is reimagined to increase density, accessibility and flexibility. This will be first examined in the context of literature about the history of the triple decker in the Northeastern United States, followed by an analysis of them, dynamic demographics in Boston, and a series of precedents. Following the exploration of this, a series of design tests will be conducted and evaluated with a focus on adaptive intervention, the urban scale, the unit scale and the building scale. Each of these frames setting up specific criteria to reinvent upon the existing typology of the triple decker to make it work more for residents in the twenty-first century, through increasing accessibility, density, and flexibility. While also buildingon the shared spaces that currently exist, keeping the social aspects with private, public and semi-public spaces.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2020

type: Thesis

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language: eng

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