Placemaking through play
A residential masterplan precedent showing mid-rise brick apartment blocks integrated into a parkland setting designed for pedestrian experience and play.
- What we like about this project
- Deep reveals on upper-level balconies provide intimate private outdoor spaces tucked into the multi-story massing.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- metal
- paving
- planting
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- parkland-setting
- mid-rise-housing
- landscaped-pathways
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- brick
Visual tags
- placemaking
- residential
- landscape-integrated
- masterplan
- public-realm
- Geometry
- Mid-rise rectangular block massing with stepped terraces, integrated into a parkland masterplan with winding pathways.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry with recessed punched windows and integrated metal balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing wall construction
- Spatial scale
- Four to five-story residential blocks scaled comfortably against surrounding pedestrian paths and greenery.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight with soft shadows cast by trees across pathways and facades.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming, family-friendly, and green public realm atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or park-integrated multi-family residential neighborhood with generous green spaces and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from park paths, the architecture unfolds behind layered mature trees, framing human-scaled residential entryways.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal landscape layers leading up to vertical punched windows and recessed balconies on the brick volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, metal, paving, planting
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, parkland-setting, mid-rise-housing, landscaped-pathways
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, brick
- Visual tags
- placemaking, residential, landscape-integrated, masterplan, public-realm
- Geometry
- Mid-rise rectangular block massing with stepped terraces, integrated into a parkland masterplan with winding pathways.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry with recessed punched windows and integrated metal balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing wall construction
- Spatial scale
- Four to five-story residential blocks scaled comfortably against surrounding pedestrian paths and greenery.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight with soft shadows cast by trees across pathways and facades.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming, family-friendly, and green public realm atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or park-integrated multi-family residential neighborhood with generous green spaces and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from park paths, the architecture unfolds behind layered mature trees, framing human-scaled residential entryways.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal landscape layers leading up to vertical punched windows and recessed balconies on the brick volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture