Rendering of a multi-tiered contemporary commercial office building
A commercial architecture precedent demonstrating stacked, planted terraces and stepped massing that integrate biophilic design principles into an urban office typology.
- What we like about this project
- A sweeping green-roofed pavilion curves upward directly from the ground plane to meet the main terrace stairs.
Materials
- glass
- concrete
- timber
- planted-vegetation
- metal
Visual identifiers
- terraced-cantilevers
- planted-green-roofs
- glazed-crown
- horizontal-floor-plates
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- sustainable
Visual tags
- commercial-office
- biophilic
- terraced
- sustainable
- mixed-use
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Stepped terraced massing with shifting cantilevered floor plates, featuring a double-height glazed ground level and a pitched glass crown at the top.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall combined with projecting concrete floor slabs and integrated perimeter planters.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with post-tensioned floor slabs and steel superstructure for upper glazed crown volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial multi-story development, with pedestrians visible on the surrounding public plaza and stairs for scale.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear shadows beneath horizontal overhangs, highlighting the depth of terraces and mullion grid.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, open, and green, balancing corporate scale with natural landscape integration.
- Environmental context
- Set within an open urban public realm with landscaped paths, native plantings, and neighboring contemporary mid-rise blocks.
- Spatial experience
- The building steps back dynamically, creating landscaped outdoor terraces at multiple vertical levels that connect the urban streetscape to upper workspace volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal banding created by deep cantilevered floor slabs counterbalanced by vertical structural column grids and a jagged roofline.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building with retail and public landscape integration
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, concrete, timber, planted-vegetation, metal
- Visual identifiers
- terraced-cantilevers, planted-green-roofs, glazed-crown, horizontal-floor-plates
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, sustainable
- Visual tags
- commercial-office, biophilic, terraced, sustainable, mixed-use, contemporary
- Geometry
- Stepped terraced massing with shifting cantilevered floor plates, featuring a double-height glazed ground level and a pitched glass crown at the top.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall combined with projecting concrete floor slabs and integrated perimeter planters.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with post-tensioned floor slabs and steel superstructure for upper glazed crown volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial multi-story development, with pedestrians visible on the surrounding public plaza and stairs for scale.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear shadows beneath horizontal overhangs, highlighting the depth of terraces and mullion grid.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, open, and green, balancing corporate scale with natural landscape integration.
- Environmental context
- Set within an open urban public realm with landscaped paths, native plantings, and neighboring contemporary mid-rise blocks.
- Spatial experience
- The building steps back dynamically, creating landscaped outdoor terraces at multiple vertical levels that connect the urban streetscape to upper workspace volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal banding created by deep cantilevered floor slabs counterbalanced by vertical structural column grids and a jagged roofline.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building with retail and public landscape integration
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture