{"id":238,"date":"2023-12-16T02:39:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T02:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnbranagan.com\/Metrowestmodern\/?p=238"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:16:16","slug":"wellesley-housing-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnbranagan.com\/Metrowestmodern\/2023\/12\/16\/wellesley-housing-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellesley Housing Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wellesley, MA, 1951, Hugh Stubbins Jr.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" data-id=\"243\" src=\"http:\/\/johnbranagan.com\/Metrowestmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AF-1952-01-01-1024x644.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" 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\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For this week we\u2019re looking at Hugh Stubbins\u2019 veterans housing for the town of Wellesley. After World War II, cities and towns were rapidly building new, affordable homes for the returning GIs. Stubbins\u2019 design for Wellesley focused on bringing low density living to the townhouse typology. Apartments were built to emphasize a connection with the surrounding landscape. Large windows allowed for expansive views over the backyards in the rear while glazing around the front door to create a singular experience from outside in. Offset stacked cinderblock walls at the edges of properties and a careful offsetting of the building facades allowed for privacy and individuality-allowing a row of six homes to feel more like a series of duplexes. Stubbins\u2019 goal was to root the residents in the landscape and making them feel like grounded homeowners instead of transient renters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While not exactly torn down, the site underwent extensive renovations rendering the buildings nearly unrecognizable other than Stubbins\u2019 offset footprints. The homes now resemble a contemporary residential development with pitched roofs and clapboard siding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources: <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Architectural Forum, January, 1952.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellesley, MA, 1951, Hugh Stubbins Jr. For this week we\u2019re looking at Hugh Stubbins\u2019 veterans housing for the town of Wellesley. After World War II, cities and towns were rapidly building new, affordable homes for the returning GIs. Stubbins\u2019 design for Wellesley focused on bringing low density living to the townhouse typology. 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