莱安社区中心
上海
An exterior facade precedent showcasing a striking contrast between a heavily textured, organically carved concrete base and a crisp, vertical-fin glass upper volume.
- What we like about this project
- The smooth, swirling vortex-like connection where a structural ramp punches through the massive concrete overhang.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- sculpted-concrete
- fluted-base
- organic-cavities
- glass-fin-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- parametric
- brutalist
Visual tags
- monumental
- curvilinear
- civic
- transition-space
- textured-concrete
- Geometry
- Monolithic sculpted concrete base featuring organic curved cavities and fluted horizontal striations, supporting a rectilinear upper volume wrapped in vertical glass fins.
- Facade system
- Cast or sculpted concrete lower base with double-skin curtain wall upper floor featuring vertical louvers or fins.
- Structural guess
- Heavy-mass concrete transfer structure or shell supporting an upper steel-frame glazed volume.
- Spatial scale
- Large public scale, with the heavy overhang rising multiple stories above the ground plane.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft gradients across the curved concrete surfaces, with bright highlights reflecting off the upper glass facade.
- Atmosphere
- Subdued, monumental, and protective beneath the sweeping concrete vaults.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza with paved ground surface and neighboring high-rise context visible in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from the open paved plaza underneath the deep concrete overhang creates a monumental, cave-like transitional canopy before emerging into light.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense horizontal striations on the curved concrete meet the rigorous vertical rhythm of the upper glass fins.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric brutalism
- Program
- Community Center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- sculpted-concrete, fluted-base, organic-cavities, glass-fin-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, parametric, brutalist
- Visual tags
- monumental, curvilinear, civic, transition-space, textured-concrete
- Geometry
- Monolithic sculpted concrete base featuring organic curved cavities and fluted horizontal striations, supporting a rectilinear upper volume wrapped in vertical glass fins.
- Facade system
- Cast or sculpted concrete lower base with double-skin curtain wall upper floor featuring vertical louvers or fins.
- Structural guess
- Heavy-mass concrete transfer structure or shell supporting an upper steel-frame glazed volume.
- Spatial scale
- Large public scale, with the heavy overhang rising multiple stories above the ground plane.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft gradients across the curved concrete surfaces, with bright highlights reflecting off the upper glass facade.
- Atmosphere
- Subdued, monumental, and protective beneath the sweeping concrete vaults.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza with paved ground surface and neighboring high-rise context visible in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from the open paved plaza underneath the deep concrete overhang creates a monumental, cave-like transitional canopy before emerging into light.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense horizontal striations on the curved concrete meet the rigorous vertical rhythm of the upper glass fins.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric brutalism
- Program
- Community Center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture