Big Dig House in Massachusetts

The Big Dig House situated on a 19,200sf wooded site on the edge of the Six Moon Hill, Lexington, Massachusetts, designed by SsD Architects. The design passed a rigorous design review process was mandated by the Six Moon Hill neighborhood review board which included members of The Architects Collaborative. The main structural components used throughout the house as floors and roofs are concrete and steel composite decking salvaged from the demolished I-93 offramps at the Charles River crossing. These panels, called ‘inversets’ as they were originally formed upside down, would have been particularly costly and inefficient to demolish or recycle as the integration of steel and concrete makes the separation of the two materials difficult. The structural steel frame of the house once supported the double-decked temporary I-93 highway and offramp. The use of recycled building components seem to complements the design. The original program called for a great room, kitchen, home office, 3 bedrooms, and 3 baths.