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An urban streetscape precedent showcasing pedestrian walkway design, large-format paving slabs, and integrated street trees.
- What we like about this project
- Detailed graphic mural pattern applied continuously across the structural columns of the building facade.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- steel
- terracotta
- asphalt
Visual identifiers
- sidewalk-paving
- street-trees
- patterned-facade
- urban-streetscape
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- public-realm
Visual tags
- public-realm
- streetscape
- pedestrian-zone
- urban-design
- pavement
- Geometry
- Wide pedestrian sidewalk flanked by large concrete paving slabs, curb trees with tree pits, and a continuous building frontage with patterned columns.
- Facade system
- Columnar ground-level facade featuring graphic terracotta-toned patterns behind a glazed entryway canopy.
- Structural guess
- Standard urban street construction with concrete slab paving over sub-base.
- Spatial scale
- Human street-level scale, featuring wide walks and generous sidewalk furniture zones.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows from mature street trees across the concrete sidewalk.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, sunlit urban atmosphere with dynamic shadow patterns from the tree canopy.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with multistory neighboring buildings, parked and moving vehicles, and mature canopy trees.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrians move along a shaded, active street edge with clear visual separation between vehicular and pedestrian zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating tree pits and vertical facade motifs create a measured rhythm down the length of the block.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban public realm design
- Program
- Urban pedestrian corridor and commercial building frontage
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- concrete, glass, steel, terracotta, asphalt
- Visual identifiers
- sidewalk-paving, street-trees, patterned-facade, urban-streetscape
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, public-realm
- Visual tags
- public-realm, streetscape, pedestrian-zone, urban-design, pavement
- Geometry
- Wide pedestrian sidewalk flanked by large concrete paving slabs, curb trees with tree pits, and a continuous building frontage with patterned columns.
- Facade system
- Columnar ground-level facade featuring graphic terracotta-toned patterns behind a glazed entryway canopy.
- Structural guess
- Standard urban street construction with concrete slab paving over sub-base.
- Spatial scale
- Human street-level scale, featuring wide walks and generous sidewalk furniture zones.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows from mature street trees across the concrete sidewalk.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, sunlit urban atmosphere with dynamic shadow patterns from the tree canopy.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with multistory neighboring buildings, parked and moving vehicles, and mature canopy trees.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrians move along a shaded, active street edge with clear visual separation between vehicular and pedestrian zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating tree pits and vertical facade motifs create a measured rhythm down the length of the block.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban public realm design
- Program
- Urban pedestrian corridor and commercial building frontage
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- urban