EEgress House

Project : Commissioned

Program : 3 Unit Housing

Team : Rafael Luna, Dongwoo Yim

Year : 2015-2016

Budget : $720,000

Location : Boston, MA

under construction

Concept

Second means of egress is one of the most important building codes that architects should follow in the US. Often the times, the second egress is considered as a redundant staircase that eats up a limited area. 

In the EEgress House, we tried to bring this unavoidable architectural element to the main design factor that makes a unique form of triple decker in Boston. Depending on how you locate these two straight-run staircases, the form of building will change without really compromising required square footage and limited amount of construction budget.