Circle House
I-kanda Architects, Llc
MILLWORK
Furniture Design Services
STRUCTURAL
Structural Integrity
PHOTOGRAPHY
Matt Delphenich
TEAM
Sangsuri Chun, Steven Hien
FURNITURE DESIGN
Chris Rice
KAIIROUZ CONSTRUCTION
Mansour Kairouz
STATUS
Built
PHOTOS
Matt Delphenich (7)
AREA
1000 Sqft - 3000 Sqft
YEAR
2017
LOCATION
Brookline, MA, United States
TYPE
Residential › Private House
This project explores what happens if we allow spaces to be shaped by the activities occurring in and around them, rather than vice versa.
We first removed all existing definition of "rooms" from the front half of the unit, creating one common area with unhindered interactions between spaces.
Communal activities such as eating, sitting, entertaining and relaxing naturally gravitate toward the circular zones implied by the curved, south-facing bay windows.
Cooking becomes a group affair surrounding the original central chimney.
Off of this brick center-piece, we suspended a large island with an eroded carve-out to accommodate seating.
For the largest circle, located at the corner of the building, we extended a curved partition just wide enough to house a TV screen on one side and an upright piano on the other.
