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空气墙建筑工作室 AIRWALL ARCHITECTURE OFFICE

Based in Chongqing, AIRWALL ARCHITECTURE OFFICE shapes retail, hospitality, and community spaces through continuous looping plaster planes, stark atmospheric contrasts, and highly reflective surfaces that expand spatial depth. Offers precise spatial precedents when detailing concealed vault lighting, integrating luminous vertical lantern shafts into narrow historic alleys, or executing canopy cuts around existing trees and rooflines.

Exterior facade of a multi-level building with terracotta-toned textured volumes, dark timber pergolas, and recessed glazing by Airwall Architecture Office.

12宝鸡建筑

重庆

An exterior facade precedent featuring stacked terracotta-toned volumes and sheltering timber pergolas, excellent for retail or restaurant envelope studies.

What we like about this project
Signage integrated seamlessly as sculptural white mountain profiles atop the terracotta canopy.

Materials

  • terracotta-stucco
  • dark-timber
  • grey-concrete
  • glass
  • metal

Visual identifiers

  • terracotta-stucco
  • timber-pergolas
  • stacked-volumes
  • recessed-storefronts

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • vernacular-fusion
  • layered

Visual tags

  • commercial-facade
  • layered-massing
  • terracotta
  • pergola
  • urban-retail
Geometry
Stacked rectangular volumes in terracotta-toned stucco project and recede asymmetrically, anchored by dark timber pergolas and a patterned grey concrete upper wall.
Facade system
Stucco-clad volumetric masses with recessed glazed openings and timber overhanging pergolas.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with cantilevered floor plates supporting projecting stucco volumes.
Spatial scale
Multi-story commercial or restaurant frontage scaled for pedestrian interaction at the ground level.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight creating crisp, sharp shadows beneath the projecting overhangs and pergolas.
Atmosphere
Warm, earthy, and grounded yet dynamic through shifting shadow and massing.
Environmental context
Urban street frontage with dense neighboring building surfaces and bright daylight.
Spatial experience
The layered facade creates deep overhangs and sheltered recessed storefronts at the pedestrian level, leading the eye upward through staggered balconies and openings.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal timber louvers contrast against vertical signage panels and stacked blocky volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-fusion commercial architecture
Program
Commercial restaurant or retail building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
terracotta-stucco, dark-timber, grey-concrete, glass, metal
Visual identifiers
terracotta-stucco, timber-pergolas, stacked-volumes, recessed-storefronts
Style tags
contemporary, vernacular-fusion, layered
Visual tags
commercial-facade, layered-massing, terracotta, pergola, urban-retail
Geometry
Stacked rectangular volumes in terracotta-toned stucco project and recede asymmetrically, anchored by dark timber pergolas and a patterned grey concrete upper wall.
Facade system
Stucco-clad volumetric masses with recessed glazed openings and timber overhanging pergolas.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with cantilevered floor plates supporting projecting stucco volumes.
Spatial scale
Multi-story commercial or restaurant frontage scaled for pedestrian interaction at the ground level.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight creating crisp, sharp shadows beneath the projecting overhangs and pergolas.
Atmosphere
Warm, earthy, and grounded yet dynamic through shifting shadow and massing.
Environmental context
Urban street frontage with dense neighboring building surfaces and bright daylight.
Spatial experience
The layered facade creates deep overhangs and sheltered recessed storefronts at the pedestrian level, leading the eye upward through staggered balconies and openings.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal timber louvers contrast against vertical signage panels and stacked blocky volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-fusion commercial architecture
Program
Commercial restaurant or retail building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior facade of a multi-level building with terracotta-toned textured volumes, dark timber pergolas, and recessed glazing by Airwall Architecture Office.

12宝鸡建筑

重庆

An exterior facade precedent featuring stacked terracotta-toned volumes and sheltering timber pergolas, excellent for retail or restaurant envelope studies.

What we like about this project
Signage integrated seamlessly as sculptural white mountain profiles atop the terracotta canopy.

Materials

  • terracotta-stucco
  • dark-timber
  • grey-concrete
  • glass
  • metal

Visual identifiers

  • terracotta-stucco
  • timber-pergolas
  • stacked-volumes
  • recessed-storefronts

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • vernacular-fusion
  • layered

Visual tags

  • commercial-facade
  • layered-massing
  • terracotta
  • pergola
  • urban-retail
Geometry
Stacked rectangular volumes in terracotta-toned stucco project and recede asymmetrically, anchored by dark timber pergolas and a patterned grey concrete upper wall.
Facade system
Stucco-clad volumetric masses with recessed glazed openings and timber overhanging pergolas.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with cantilevered floor plates supporting projecting stucco volumes.
Spatial scale
Multi-story commercial or restaurant frontage scaled for pedestrian interaction at the ground level.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight creating crisp, sharp shadows beneath the projecting overhangs and pergolas.
Atmosphere
Warm, earthy, and grounded yet dynamic through shifting shadow and massing.
Environmental context
Urban street frontage with dense neighboring building surfaces and bright daylight.
Spatial experience
The layered facade creates deep overhangs and sheltered recessed storefronts at the pedestrian level, leading the eye upward through staggered balconies and openings.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal timber louvers contrast against vertical signage panels and stacked blocky volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-fusion commercial architecture
Program
Commercial restaurant or retail building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
terracotta-stucco, dark-timber, grey-concrete, glass, metal
Visual identifiers
terracotta-stucco, timber-pergolas, stacked-volumes, recessed-storefronts
Style tags
contemporary, vernacular-fusion, layered
Visual tags
commercial-facade, layered-massing, terracotta, pergola, urban-retail
Geometry
Stacked rectangular volumes in terracotta-toned stucco project and recede asymmetrically, anchored by dark timber pergolas and a patterned grey concrete upper wall.
Facade system
Stucco-clad volumetric masses with recessed glazed openings and timber overhanging pergolas.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with cantilevered floor plates supporting projecting stucco volumes.
Spatial scale
Multi-story commercial or restaurant frontage scaled for pedestrian interaction at the ground level.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight creating crisp, sharp shadows beneath the projecting overhangs and pergolas.
Atmosphere
Warm, earthy, and grounded yet dynamic through shifting shadow and massing.
Environmental context
Urban street frontage with dense neighboring building surfaces and bright daylight.
Spatial experience
The layered facade creates deep overhangs and sheltered recessed storefronts at the pedestrian level, leading the eye upward through staggered balconies and openings.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal timber louvers contrast against vertical signage panels and stacked blocky volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular-fusion commercial architecture
Program
Commercial restaurant or retail building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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