1山城巷01
重庆
An architectural precedent for inserting a glowing, lightweight vertical circulation tower into a dense historic urban fabric.
- What we like about this project
- The glowing vertical shaft acts as a giant lantern within the dark historic courtyard alley.
Materials
- polycarbonate
- steel
- timber
- brick
Visual identifiers
- translucent-tower
- polycarbonate-facade
- historic-context
- vertical-circulation
Style tags
- contemporary-insertion
- contextual
- industrial-materials
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- contrast
- translucent
- urban-insertion
- historic-fabric
- Geometry
- A narrow, multi-level vertical tower clad in translucent panels is wedged between heavy traditional timber structures.
- Facade system
- Translucent corrugated polycarbonate panel cladding on light structural frame.
- Structural guess
- Light steel frame supporting lightweight translucent panels
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story vertical intervention tightly scaled to historic urban fabric.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions cause the polycarbonate tower to glow from internal artificial light, contrasting with ambient dusk.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and ethereal against the heavy, dark timber and masonry surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Dense historic courtyard or alleyway context with traditional timber framing and masonry.
- Spatial experience
- Moving vertically through the luminous shaft creates an illuminated transition contrasting with the darker surrounding historic rooms.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical fluting of panels aligns with stacked floor levels and stair landings.
- Style reading
- Contemporary intervention in historic fabric
- Program
- Vertical circulation stair tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- polycarbonate, steel, timber, brick
- Visual identifiers
- translucent-tower, polycarbonate-facade, historic-context, vertical-circulation
- Style tags
- contemporary-insertion, contextual, industrial-materials
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, contrast, translucent, urban-insertion, historic-fabric
- Geometry
- A narrow, multi-level vertical tower clad in translucent panels is wedged between heavy traditional timber structures.
- Facade system
- Translucent corrugated polycarbonate panel cladding on light structural frame.
- Structural guess
- Light steel frame supporting lightweight translucent panels
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story vertical intervention tightly scaled to historic urban fabric.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions cause the polycarbonate tower to glow from internal artificial light, contrasting with ambient dusk.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and ethereal against the heavy, dark timber and masonry surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Dense historic courtyard or alleyway context with traditional timber framing and masonry.
- Spatial experience
- Moving vertically through the luminous shaft creates an illuminated transition contrasting with the darker surrounding historic rooms.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical fluting of panels aligns with stacked floor levels and stair landings.
- Style reading
- Contemporary intervention in historic fabric
- Program
- Vertical circulation stair tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture