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An exterior public realm precedent showcasing heavily terraced green roofs and an angular faceted glass entryway framing a civic plaza.
- What we like about this project
- The main building mass is completely submerged beneath stepped, occupiable green terraces that double as landscape seating.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- steel
- native-planting
- stone
Visual identifiers
- terraced-green-roof
- faceted-entrance
- public-plaza
- stepped-planters
- water-feature
Style tags
- contemporary
- landscape-integration
- civic
- futuristic
Visual tags
- civic
- public-realm
- green-roof
- terraced
- contemporary
- landscape-integration
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered public plaza featuring angular, stepped concrete planters and green roofs descending toward a faceted glass entrance portal.
- Facade system
- Faceted structural glass curtain wall housed beneath an angled concrete portal frame.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete retaining tiers and slab construction supporting earth-filled green roof volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Large public scale; wide paved plaza and massive terraced structure dwarf human figures for scale.
- Lighting
- Bright midday daylight with soft shadows cast by terraced retaining walls and scattered clouds.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, open-air civic energy bridging natural greenery with large-scale urban infrastructure.
- Environmental context
- Expansive civic open space surrounded by multi-story institutional or urban buildings.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the open civic hardscape leads visitors down stepped terraces directly into a protected, daylit entrance volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating diagonal chevron banding along the terraced planters creates a dynamic directional flow toward the entrance.
- Style reading
- Contemporary landscape-integrated civic architecture
- Program
- Civic museum, cultural center, or public exhibition hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, steel, native-planting, stone
- Visual identifiers
- terraced-green-roof, faceted-entrance, public-plaza, stepped-planters, water-feature
- Style tags
- contemporary, landscape-integration, civic, futuristic
- Visual tags
- civic, public-realm, green-roof, terraced, contemporary, landscape-integration
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered public plaza featuring angular, stepped concrete planters and green roofs descending toward a faceted glass entrance portal.
- Facade system
- Faceted structural glass curtain wall housed beneath an angled concrete portal frame.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete retaining tiers and slab construction supporting earth-filled green roof volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Large public scale; wide paved plaza and massive terraced structure dwarf human figures for scale.
- Lighting
- Bright midday daylight with soft shadows cast by terraced retaining walls and scattered clouds.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, open-air civic energy bridging natural greenery with large-scale urban infrastructure.
- Environmental context
- Expansive civic open space surrounded by multi-story institutional or urban buildings.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the open civic hardscape leads visitors down stepped terraces directly into a protected, daylit entrance volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating diagonal chevron banding along the terraced planters creates a dynamic directional flow toward the entrance.
- Style reading
- Contemporary landscape-integrated civic architecture
- Program
- Civic museum, cultural center, or public exhibition hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture