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An exterior residential facade precedent showcasing stepped cantilevered balconies wrapped in vertical timber louvers to balance privacy, sun shading, and facade rhythm.
- What we like about this project
- The timber balustrades slope dynamically across the elevations, shifting the perceived geometry of the building levels from standard rectangular floors into stepped triangular visual volumes.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- metal
- brick
Visual identifiers
- timber-louvers
- cantilevered-balconies
- stepped-facade
- vertical-screens
Style tags
- contemporary
- tactile
- contextual
Visual tags
- residential
- timber-screen
- balcony
- facade-rhythm
- daylight-control
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-level facade featuring cantilevered balconies enclosed by angled, vertical timber louver screens.
- Facade system
- Prefabricated metal and glass cladding system fronted by structural timber louvered balcony guards.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or steel structure with cantilevered balcony slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story multi-family residential building scaled for pedestrian interaction along the ground-level pathway.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting sharp shadows across the facade and highlighting the vertical timber elements.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and dynamic interplay of natural wood textures under clear daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban or suburban context with a paved courtyard ground plane and low-rise neighboring buildings visible.
- Spatial experience
- The rhythmic layering of the timber screens creates a dynamic, textured edge along the urban courtyard, offering privacy while filtering light into interior living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal stepped arrangement of continuous vertical timber slats creating a strong rhythmic pattern.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential architecture with tactile timber screening
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, metal, brick
- Visual identifiers
- timber-louvers, cantilevered-balconies, stepped-facade, vertical-screens
- Style tags
- contemporary, tactile, contextual
- Visual tags
- residential, timber-screen, balcony, facade-rhythm, daylight-control
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-level facade featuring cantilevered balconies enclosed by angled, vertical timber louver screens.
- Facade system
- Prefabricated metal and glass cladding system fronted by structural timber louvered balcony guards.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or steel structure with cantilevered balcony slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story multi-family residential building scaled for pedestrian interaction along the ground-level pathway.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting sharp shadows across the facade and highlighting the vertical timber elements.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and dynamic interplay of natural wood textures under clear daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban or suburban context with a paved courtyard ground plane and low-rise neighboring buildings visible.
- Spatial experience
- The rhythmic layering of the timber screens creates a dynamic, textured edge along the urban courtyard, offering privacy while filtering light into interior living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal stepped arrangement of continuous vertical timber slats creating a strong rhythmic pattern.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential architecture with tactile timber screening
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture