Seafront Development Phase 2
A residential masterplan precedent utilizing twin curved forms and continuous balconies to frame a coastal public approach.
- What we like about this project
- The ground-level podium features extensive full-height glazing contrasting with the solid stacked balconies above.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- concrete
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- curved-facade
- wrap-around-balconies
- timber-boardwalk
- symmetrical-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- coastal
- rendering
- public-realm
- massing
- Geometry
- Two mirrored, curving multi-story residential blocks flank a central open podium level, creating a symmetrical gateway perspective.
- Facade system
- Curved glazed curtain wall with projecting concrete or timber-clad slab balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with post-tensioned floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story residential blocks fronting a pedestrian landscape scale.
- Lighting
- Soft, even daylight casting gentle shadows, suggesting an overcast coastal atmosphere.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and open coastal daylight with soft textural rendering qualities.
- Environmental context
- Coastal or dune landscape in the foreground, with historic low-rise buildings visible in the background mid-distance.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching along a raised timber boardwalk draws the eye between the twin curved facades toward a central courtyard.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuous balcony bands repeated across tiered vertical levels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential design
- Program
- Multi-family residential complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, concrete, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- curved-facade, wrap-around-balconies, timber-boardwalk, symmetrical-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, coastal, rendering, public-realm, massing
- Geometry
- Two mirrored, curving multi-story residential blocks flank a central open podium level, creating a symmetrical gateway perspective.
- Facade system
- Curved glazed curtain wall with projecting concrete or timber-clad slab balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with post-tensioned floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story residential blocks fronting a pedestrian landscape scale.
- Lighting
- Soft, even daylight casting gentle shadows, suggesting an overcast coastal atmosphere.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and open coastal daylight with soft textural rendering qualities.
- Environmental context
- Coastal or dune landscape in the foreground, with historic low-rise buildings visible in the background mid-distance.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching along a raised timber boardwalk draws the eye between the twin curved facades toward a central courtyard.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuous balcony bands repeated across tiered vertical levels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential design
- Program
- Multi-family residential complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture