201 E Pratt St.
A waterfront architectural precedent showcasing terraced green roofs and heavy timber framing that integrates public open space directly with the building envelope.
- What we like about this project
- The building form dips down to meet the ground plane at one corner, creating a continuous accessible walkway onto the roof.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- native-planting
- stone
Visual identifiers
- stepped-terraces
- green-roof
- timber-structure
- waterfront-boardwalk
Style tags
- contemporary
- ecological
- scandinavian
- mass-timber
Visual tags
- public-realm
- mass-timber
- waterfront
- stepped-massing
- sustainable
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical wedge-like massing with sweeping terraced floor plates that step upward to a central peak, flanked by waterfront promenades and timber boardwalks.
- Facade system
- Glazed curtain wall inset within an expressed timber post-and-beam structural grid.
- Structural guess
- Mass timber framing with integrated post-and-beam structural grid and cantilevered floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Large public-scale development with multi-story terraced elevations, framed by pedestrian figures on expansive timber and stone decking.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows from figures and projecting structural elements under a clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Open, vibrant public atmosphere blending active waterfront recreation with sustainable building form.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront setting adjacent to a harbor, framed by existing high-rise commercial towers and a historic ship moored nearby.
- Spatial experience
- The eye is drawn from the foreground timber deck across the water up the stepped green terraces, dissolving the boundary between urban landscape and architectural mass.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal bands of terraced planting rhythmically repeat up the sweeping incline of the building mass.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Scandinavian ecological architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and public cultural facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, native-planting, stone
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-terraces, green-roof, timber-structure, waterfront-boardwalk
- Style tags
- contemporary, ecological, scandinavian, mass-timber
- Visual tags
- public-realm, mass-timber, waterfront, stepped-massing, sustainable
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical wedge-like massing with sweeping terraced floor plates that step upward to a central peak, flanked by waterfront promenades and timber boardwalks.
- Facade system
- Glazed curtain wall inset within an expressed timber post-and-beam structural grid.
- Structural guess
- Mass timber framing with integrated post-and-beam structural grid and cantilevered floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Large public-scale development with multi-story terraced elevations, framed by pedestrian figures on expansive timber and stone decking.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows from figures and projecting structural elements under a clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Open, vibrant public atmosphere blending active waterfront recreation with sustainable building form.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront setting adjacent to a harbor, framed by existing high-rise commercial towers and a historic ship moored nearby.
- Spatial experience
- The eye is drawn from the foreground timber deck across the water up the stepped green terraces, dissolving the boundary between urban landscape and architectural mass.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal bands of terraced planting rhythmically repeat up the sweeping incline of the building mass.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Scandinavian ecological architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and public cultural facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture