801 H St. apartments
An architectural elevation drawing of a multi-family residential building, useful for studying rhythm in modular balcony design and podium-to-tower transitions.
- What we like about this project
- Asymmetric white solid volumes bookend the otherwise repetitive rhythmic timber-toned balcony grid.
Materials
- wood
- concrete
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- elevation-drawing
- modular-balconies
- grid-rhythm
- parking-podium
Style tags
- contemporary
- diagrammatic
- modular
Visual tags
- elevation
- multi-family
- apartment-building
- modular
- facade-study
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story facade elevation featuring a heavy recessed base, stacked modular balconies in the middle tiers, and asymmetric white end blocks.
- Facade system
- Precast or framed balcony modules paired with punched windows and a solid base finish.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame podium with wood-frame or steel-stud residential superstructure above.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential building elevation, approximately six to seven levels high including the base parking podium.
- Lighting
- Flat, ambient line drawing with simplified shadow hatching in balcony reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, analytical, and structured technical presentation.
- Environmental context
- Isolated on white background with stylized green tree crowns peeking above the roofline.
- Spatial experience
- Reads as a flat planar projection emphasizing the rhythmic grid of recessed balconies and window modules across the residential levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid layout with vertical window alignments interrupted by horizontal floor plates and alternating warm wood-toned balcony bays.
- Style reading
- Clean architectural working elevation
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building with ground floor parking or retail
- Perspective
- Drawing / Diagram
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, concrete, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- elevation-drawing, modular-balconies, grid-rhythm, parking-podium
- Style tags
- contemporary, diagrammatic, modular
- Visual tags
- elevation, multi-family, apartment-building, modular, facade-study
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story facade elevation featuring a heavy recessed base, stacked modular balconies in the middle tiers, and asymmetric white end blocks.
- Facade system
- Precast or framed balcony modules paired with punched windows and a solid base finish.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame podium with wood-frame or steel-stud residential superstructure above.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential building elevation, approximately six to seven levels high including the base parking podium.
- Lighting
- Flat, ambient line drawing with simplified shadow hatching in balcony reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, analytical, and structured technical presentation.
- Environmental context
- Isolated on white background with stylized green tree crowns peeking above the roofline.
- Spatial experience
- Reads as a flat planar projection emphasizing the rhythmic grid of recessed balconies and window modules across the residential levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid layout with vertical window alignments interrupted by horizontal floor plates and alternating warm wood-toned balcony bays.
- Style reading
- Clean architectural working elevation
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building with ground floor parking or retail
- Perspective
- Drawing / Diagram
- Discipline
- architecture