小岛-3
广州
A waterfront pavilion precedent featuring a porous, perforated canopy roof over a fully glazed, transparent ground volume.
- What we like about this project
- The roof canopy features a complex, seemingly random array of rectangular voids that filter light onto the upper deck.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- white-composite
- water
Visual identifiers
- perforated-canopy
- glazed-facade
- waterfront-pavilion
- model-comparison
Style tags
- contemporary
- conceptual
- transparent
Visual tags
- waterfront
- perforated-roof
- transparent
- civic
- night-lighting
- Geometry
- Low rectangular pavilion capped by a complex, perforated horizontal canopy roof projecting over a transparent glazed perimeter.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall beneath a deeply overhanging perforated horizontal roof assembly.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with slender vertical columns supporting a large horizontal truss or plate roof.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story pavilion scale relative to the water surface and waterfront edge.
- Lighting
- Cool internal artificial illumination contrasts against a twilight sky and dark water.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and calm at dusk, with the perforated roof casting a patterned profile against the evening light.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront edge with urban context visible in the background and side massing.
- Spatial experience
- The illuminated interior reads clearly across the water at dusk, establishing a transparent public threshold beneath a heavy porous shade plane.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification between dark water, glowing glazed lower level, and intricate perforated roof plate.
- Style reading
- Contemporary conceptual civic architecture
- Program
- Market or civic pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, white-composite, water
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-canopy, glazed-facade, waterfront-pavilion, model-comparison
- Style tags
- contemporary, conceptual, transparent
- Visual tags
- waterfront, perforated-roof, transparent, civic, night-lighting
- Geometry
- Low rectangular pavilion capped by a complex, perforated horizontal canopy roof projecting over a transparent glazed perimeter.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall beneath a deeply overhanging perforated horizontal roof assembly.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with slender vertical columns supporting a large horizontal truss or plate roof.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story pavilion scale relative to the water surface and waterfront edge.
- Lighting
- Cool internal artificial illumination contrasts against a twilight sky and dark water.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and calm at dusk, with the perforated roof casting a patterned profile against the evening light.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront edge with urban context visible in the background and side massing.
- Spatial experience
- The illuminated interior reads clearly across the water at dusk, establishing a transparent public threshold beneath a heavy porous shade plane.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification between dark water, glowing glazed lower level, and intricate perforated roof plate.
- Style reading
- Contemporary conceptual civic architecture
- Program
- Market or civic pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture