Combining a beauty school, public plaza, 2,000 seat theater, art gallery, and residences, bounded on one side by a commuter rail line, and entered from a narrow eight-meter right-of-way, the site itself challenged convention. 

As a result, the design was “carved” into three separate masses, as determined by its permitted envelope and solar access vectors.

Combining a beauty school, public plaza, 2,000 seat theater, art gallery, and residences, bounded on one side by a commuter rail line, and entered from a narrow eight-meter right-of-way, the site itself challenged convention. 

As a result, the design was “carved” into three separate masses, as determined by its permitted envelope and solar access vectors.

Combining a beauty school, public plaza, 2,000 seat theater, art gallery, and residences, bounded on one side by a commuter rail line, and entered from a narrow eight-meter right-of-way, the site itself challenged convention. 

As a result, the design was “carved” into three separate masses, as determined by its permitted envelope and solar access vectors.

Combining a beauty school, public plaza, 2,000 seat theater, art gallery, and residences, bounded on one side by a commuter rail line, and entered from a narrow eight-meter right-of-way, the site itself challenged convention. 

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As a result, the design was “carved” into three separate masses, as determined by its permitted envelope and solar access vectors.