RESIDENCY ARTISTS 2013
Add-on ‘13 Affordable Housing Competition.
This competition involved a year-long collaboration with the Wellfleet Housing Commission, Boston Society of Architects (local chapter) and Wellfleet residents to develop new approaches to the design Affordable Accessory Dwelling Units.
These are small secondary houses which are allowed in the yards of existing homes with certain restrictions. The Outer Cape has been suffering from a critical housing shortage for many years.
After a call for proposals, we received 120 entries which lead to two rounds of jury selection. The six finalists who emerged (mostly young architects and designers) all had a residency in one of our restored houses, during which they presented their designs to a capacity crowd at the Wellfleet Library.
We also mounted an exhibit of the finalist’s work at a local venue. This show of boards and models traveled to the Boston Society of Architects Gallery in Boston.
For images of all projects go to:
The finalists were:
Alexander + Shanks (Michael Alexander and David Shanks)
C x M x D (Christopher Lee, Mengyi Fan and Dungjai Pungauthaikan)
Eric Rothfeder
Loadingdock5 (Sam Bargetz, Gabriele Moritz, Werner Morath)
Loadingdock5, an architectural studio located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is striving for quality design, innovation, and sustainable design solutions. “We like modern architecture and design for new construction but also authentic and gentle upgrading of existing historic structures. Additionally, we are interested in technologies as the Passive House standard to reduce the energy demand of our buildings.”
Werner Morath studied architecture in Europe at l’Ecole d’Architecture de Paris, France and at the Technical University in Vienna, Austria, graduating in1997. He has received two grants for excellence in design, the Tische Grant in 1997, awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Culture, and the Erasmus Scholarship for urban studies. Werner moved to New York City in 1997 to work for the Vito Acconci Studio. He later worked as an architectural designer for HIRA Architects before starting his own practice in 2002. Werner is a registered architect in New York State.
Sam Bargetz studied architecture in Vienna, Austria at the Technical University and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. After working for several offices in Vienna and Berlin, he came to New York City in 1997 on a Tische Scholarship to work for Michael Sorkin. This was followed by a three-year position as architectural designer at Tsao McKown Architects. Sam is a certified Passive House consultant.
For more info: www.loadingdock5.com
Matt Coffey Jason Michael Fay and Shaun Morris
WCA (Donald Chong, Betsy Williamson and Shane Williamson)
“We had the privilege of staying in the Kugel-Gips House in the summer of 2013, while developing our submission for the Add-On ’13 Competition for an affordable accessory building sited in Wellfleet. It gave us the chance to understand the local environment, tour regional housing typologies, engage with the year-round community and experience the day-to-day culture of the Outer Cape. These things are critical for architects when designing homes. Our stay allowed us to live like locals for a time and afforded us insights we would not have otherwise had.
Staying at this heritage house allowed us to absorb the place in a quiet way. The changing light throughout the day and the still mornings were exceptionally serene. The proximity to the incredible and diverse landscape of the Cape Cod National Seashore inspired in a completely different way and provided the most incredible lunches and dinners! We don’t often have the opportunity to absorb the environment in this way and truly cherished the experience.”
