深圳书城龙华城-Shenzhen-Long-Hua-Book-City
深圳 / 香港
An exterior architectural precedent for a multi-level urban book city utilizing a transparent curved glass envelope, vertical fin shading, and a prominent glazed archway.
- What we like about this project
- A large arch cutout frames interior escalators directly above the bustling street corner.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-glass-facade
- vertical-fins
- arch-cutaway
- civic-atrium
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- transparent
Visual tags
- civic
- glazed
- urban-plaza
- night-lighting
- commercial-public
- Geometry
- Multi-story stepped massing featuring a massive sweeping glazed cutaway arch at the corner and vertical fin rhythm wrapping the exterior.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical exterior shading fins and full-height transparent ground-level glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor slabs and perimeter moment-resisting columns.
- Spatial scale
- Large civic scale; a multi-level public book city spanning several stories above a grand ground-level public plaza.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior with warm interior illumination glowing through the transparent glazed facade and prominent screen display.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and inviting public focal point glowing against the twilight sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection and plaza foreground with mature trees, pedestrian activity, and adjacent mid-rise city context.
- Spatial experience
- The illuminated multi-story entrance atrium draws pedestrians inward from the open urban plaza while upper stepped terraces offer exterior visibility.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical fin spacing interrupted by a sweeping double-height glazed arch at the primary corner.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic commercial architecture
- Program
- Cultural and retail book city
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-glass-facade, vertical-fins, arch-cutaway, civic-atrium
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, transparent
- Visual tags
- civic, glazed, urban-plaza, night-lighting, commercial-public
- Geometry
- Multi-story stepped massing featuring a massive sweeping glazed cutaway arch at the corner and vertical fin rhythm wrapping the exterior.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical exterior shading fins and full-height transparent ground-level glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor slabs and perimeter moment-resisting columns.
- Spatial scale
- Large civic scale; a multi-level public book city spanning several stories above a grand ground-level public plaza.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior with warm interior illumination glowing through the transparent glazed facade and prominent screen display.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and inviting public focal point glowing against the twilight sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection and plaza foreground with mature trees, pedestrian activity, and adjacent mid-rise city context.
- Spatial experience
- The illuminated multi-story entrance atrium draws pedestrians inward from the open urban plaza while upper stepped terraces offer exterior visibility.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical fin spacing interrupted by a sweeping double-height glazed arch at the primary corner.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic commercial architecture
- Program
- Cultural and retail book city
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture