SITE CRITERIA
- Old vs. New (Integrating, Fused, Engaging)
- Strong historic resonance in the area
- Smaller in scale, so as to focus is on the tectonics, materials and how they connect
- Contains an abandoned building or ruins.
- The building/ruins will be rich with material degradation; either constructed of wood, brick or steel (these strongly show weathering visually)
- In a public area
- Not surrounded by too many other buildings where the juxtaposition could be lost among distractions.
- Stronger if it is the only building on the site, with little to no immediate context
- Accessible primarily by foot
- Vehicular traffic can be set back, because the material degradation has tactile qualities that need to be experience at a slower pace, like that of a pedestrian
- Allows space for additions and expansion
- Urban site
Fisher Hill Reservoir, Brookline, MA
Fisher Hill is part of the historic district in Brookline, a village that prides itself as being independent from that of Boston even though it is encompassed by the city. Fisher hill is just that hilly terrain that houses residential complexes as well as historic single-family homes. The site itself was one of two reservoirs, on across Fisher Hill Road that was covered and the other behind the abandoned pump house. Architect Arthur Vianl built the pump house in 1887 according to Richardsonian Romanesque styles popular at the time in public buildings.
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