Portsmouth

Micro-housing

A new multi-story residential building with light green siding, red brick accents, black window frames, and rooftop terraces, located at 238 Deer St in an urban neighborhood with parked cars and a tree on the sidewalk.
portsmouth architects

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Small scale Seacoast living.

This first of its kind micro-housing project faced many challenges from determining parking spaces to outfitting as many 500 sq ft (or less) units as possible with a bedroom.

The Features

  • Walkability diagram of 238 Deer Street in downtown Hanover, featuring parking garages, bike racks, streets, and use zones, with pie charts showing daytime and evening parking space utilization.
  • Diagram of a building showing its three main volume sections labeled as volume one, volume two, and penthouse, with floors and street names indicated.
  • Diagram of building construction materials, including stone cornice and banding, black metal, Chesapeake or Portsmouth brick, double hung windows, brick exterior, and Boral true exterior siding.
  • Architectural floor plan for two apartment units, showing rooms labeled as kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, sleeping area, closet, W/D closet, and various measurements and construction details.

Rendering: Richard Desjardins