Projects Multifamily
A multi-family residential precedent by AO-Architects Orange demonstrating a clean grid facade paired with stepped rooftop amenity terraces.
- What we like about this project
- Hammocks strung along the glass-fronted rooftop terrace edge.
Materials
- stucco
- metal-panel
- glass
- aluminum
- wood-siding
Visual identifiers
- grid-facade
- punched-windows
- rooftop-terrace
- glass-railings
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- residential
Visual tags
- multi-family
- residential
- rooftop-amenity
- modern-facade
- balconies
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-story block with a grid facade of repeating punched windows and crisp white framing enclosing grey panels. Set back upper levels feature expansive rooftop amenity decks with pergolas and glass railings.
- Facade system
- Panelized cladding system with punched windows and expressed grid framing.
- Structural guess
- Concrete podium with wood-frame construction above.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-family complex, approximately five to six stories including rooftop levels.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean, sharp shadows across the facade grid and rooftop overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, active, and resort-like atmosphere on the upper levels contrasted with orderly residential gridwork below.
- Environmental context
- Sunny suburban or urban infill setting populated with mature palm trees at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The composition transitions vertically from a dense, grid-ordered residential envelope below to open, sunlit social terraces on the roof.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid divisions created by white frame elements against dark paneling.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, metal-panel, glass, aluminum, wood-siding
- Visual identifiers
- grid-facade, punched-windows, rooftop-terrace, glass-railings
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, residential
- Visual tags
- multi-family, residential, rooftop-amenity, modern-facade, balconies
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-story block with a grid facade of repeating punched windows and crisp white framing enclosing grey panels. Set back upper levels feature expansive rooftop amenity decks with pergolas and glass railings.
- Facade system
- Panelized cladding system with punched windows and expressed grid framing.
- Structural guess
- Concrete podium with wood-frame construction above.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-family complex, approximately five to six stories including rooftop levels.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean, sharp shadows across the facade grid and rooftop overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, active, and resort-like atmosphere on the upper levels contrasted with orderly residential gridwork below.
- Environmental context
- Sunny suburban or urban infill setting populated with mature palm trees at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The composition transitions vertically from a dense, grid-ordered residential envelope below to open, sunlit social terraces on the roof.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid divisions created by white frame elements against dark paneling.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture