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| 16 Nov 2023 | |
| Design Award Winners |
Congratulations to ISA on winning a Merit Award for their Signal House project.
Signal House is a missing middle prototype addressing the nation's shortage of attainable urban housing. The single-stair, walk-up infill building, located less than a block from a key transit hub in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood, fits three units on a modest lot that would more typically be slated for use as a single-family rowhome. An interlocking organization incorporates mezzanine levels and bi-level unit layouts, going vertical as a way to add square footage and livability as well as light, air and views on an otherwise landlocked parcel.
The building's broader urban context includes a boisterous mix of elevated rail infrastructure, industrial buildings, late-night bars and restaurants, and busy arterial streets. Situated in this visually and sonically loud context, Signal House forms a camouflaged beacon, assertively addressing its surroundings with opaque, industrial black metal cladding rising nearly 70 feet tall, well above its threestory domestically scaled neighbors.
Check out the short video highlighting this project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU6QdUyV_0s
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