AKA_087_BurgoynesAndMelford_©DG_18
An urban facade precedent illustrating the vertical extension of an existing brick masonry building using lightweight corrugated metal cladding and recessed balconies, balancing historic and contemporary architectural languages.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless vertical transition from round-headed and square historic brick fenestration into crisp, vertical corrugated metal box balconies.
Materials
- red-brick
- stone
- corrugated-metal
- glass
- painted-metal
Visual identifiers
- vertical-extension
- corrugated-metal-cladding
- brick-masonry-base
- mix-of-historic-and-modern
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contextual
- contemporary-addition
- eclectic
- urban-architecture
Visual tags
- facade-retrofit
- urban-infill
- hybrid-materiality
- vertical-rhythm
- street-edge
- Geometry
- Symmetrical vertical composition featuring a heavy red brick and stone base with arched and rectangular punched windows, surmounted by a lighter, stepped-back two-story vertical addition clad in corrugated metal panels and recessed loggias.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry base with punched windows transitioning to a lightweight panelized vertical extension with recessed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic masonry lower floors supporting a lightweight timber or steel-framed upper vertical extension.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story urban infill or addition scale, aligned with typical European inner-city street proportions.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight providing even illumination without harsh shadows, emphasizing color and texture differences between brick and metal.
- Atmosphere
- Pragmatic, urban, and materially layered, contrasting heavy masonry permanence with lightweight metallic precision.
- Environmental context
- Urban street frontage with a sidewalk, metal security fencing, street furniture, and adjacent lower building massing.
- Spatial experience
- The elevation reads as a vertical urban layering, contrasting the robust, ornate historic street-level fabric with a crisp, lightweight contemporary rooftop addition.
- Composition rhythm
- Tripartite vertical division anchored by a balanced window grid and rhythmic vertical metal cladding joints.
- Style reading
- Contextual contemporary vertical addition on historic brick base
- Program
- Multi-family residential or mixed-use urban building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- red-brick, stone, corrugated-metal, glass, painted-metal
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-extension, corrugated-metal-cladding, brick-masonry-base, mix-of-historic-and-modern, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contextual, contemporary-addition, eclectic, urban-architecture
- Visual tags
- facade-retrofit, urban-infill, hybrid-materiality, vertical-rhythm, street-edge
- Geometry
- Symmetrical vertical composition featuring a heavy red brick and stone base with arched and rectangular punched windows, surmounted by a lighter, stepped-back two-story vertical addition clad in corrugated metal panels and recessed loggias.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry base with punched windows transitioning to a lightweight panelized vertical extension with recessed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic masonry lower floors supporting a lightweight timber or steel-framed upper vertical extension.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story urban infill or addition scale, aligned with typical European inner-city street proportions.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight providing even illumination without harsh shadows, emphasizing color and texture differences between brick and metal.
- Atmosphere
- Pragmatic, urban, and materially layered, contrasting heavy masonry permanence with lightweight metallic precision.
- Environmental context
- Urban street frontage with a sidewalk, metal security fencing, street furniture, and adjacent lower building massing.
- Spatial experience
- The elevation reads as a vertical urban layering, contrasting the robust, ornate historic street-level fabric with a crisp, lightweight contemporary rooftop addition.
- Composition rhythm
- Tripartite vertical division anchored by a balanced window grid and rhythmic vertical metal cladding joints.
- Style reading
- Contextual contemporary vertical addition on historic brick base
- Program
- Multi-family residential or mixed-use urban building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture