Sun Symphony Residence
An exterior waterfront development precedent showing stepped high-rise residential towers integrated with extensive planted balconies and a public riverfront promenade.
- What we like about this project
- Vertical bands of integrated vegetation cascade down the tall facade mullions, bridging the scale between landscape and tower.
Materials
- glass
- bronze-metal-panels
- concrete
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- stepped-towers
- waterfront-promenade
- integrated-greenery
- vertical-glazing-fins
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- high-rise
- urban-residential
Visual tags
- high-rise
- waterfront
- mixed-use
- stepped-massing
- landscape-integration
- Geometry
- A stepped cluster of vertical tower volumes featuring staggered balconies and continuous vertical glazing fins, descending in height toward the water edge.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated bronze-toned metal vertical fins and recessed slab-edge balconies.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete flat slab structure with perimeter column grid and core shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale residential towers set against a broad public riverfront walkway and human-scaled park elements.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the metallic paneling and glass facades.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luminous waterfront living environment blending high-density vertical architecture with open landscape.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront promenade setting with lush shoreline landscaping, mature trees, and distant urban context.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames a broad pedestrian promenade running parallel to the water, offering open views of the stepped residential masses rising above mature plantings.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic repetition of vertical balcony tiers and glass facade bays stepping down toward the right.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic high-rise architecture
- Program
- Residential high-rise towers with public waterfront amenity spaces
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, bronze-metal-panels, concrete, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-towers, waterfront-promenade, integrated-greenery, vertical-glazing-fins
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, high-rise, urban-residential
- Visual tags
- high-rise, waterfront, mixed-use, stepped-massing, landscape-integration
- Geometry
- A stepped cluster of vertical tower volumes featuring staggered balconies and continuous vertical glazing fins, descending in height toward the water edge.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated bronze-toned metal vertical fins and recessed slab-edge balconies.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete flat slab structure with perimeter column grid and core shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale residential towers set against a broad public riverfront walkway and human-scaled park elements.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the metallic paneling and glass facades.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luminous waterfront living environment blending high-density vertical architecture with open landscape.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront promenade setting with lush shoreline landscaping, mature trees, and distant urban context.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames a broad pedestrian promenade running parallel to the water, offering open views of the stepped residential masses rising above mature plantings.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic repetition of vertical balcony tiers and glass facade bays stepping down toward the right.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic high-rise architecture
- Program
- Residential high-rise towers with public waterfront amenity spaces
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture