Angel Yard
An exterior residential precedent by Archio showing how stacked wraparound balconies and light brick facades activate a shared communal courtyard.
- What we like about this project
- Flowering vines integrated into the upper-level balcony planters, softening the steel structural frame.
Materials
- brick
- steel
- perforated-metal
- timber
- glass
Visual identifiers
- wraparound-balconies
- light-brick
- perforated-mesh
- communal-courtyard
Style tags
- contemporary
- social-housing
- human-scaled
Visual tags
- residential
- housing
- balcony
- courtyard
- brick
- community
- Geometry
- Multi-story residential blocks arranged around a communal green courtyard, featuring prominent wraparound horizontal balcony layers.
- Facade system
- Light brick masonry with external steel and corrugated metal balcony structures wrapped in mesh balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or reinforced concrete frame with attached steel balcony structures.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story residential scale, comfortable and human-scaled at the ground level courtyard.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight with gentle overhead illumination casting subtle shadows under balcony overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, neighborly, and green atmosphere centered around shared outdoor living.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban infill residential courtyard with mature trees, lawns, and picnic areas.
- Spatial experience
- The deep balconies create a soft threshold between interior living spaces and the shared landscape below.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding of balconies contrasting against the vertical punched window rhythm and slender support columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary social housing architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, steel, perforated-metal, timber, glass
- Visual identifiers
- wraparound-balconies, light-brick, perforated-mesh, communal-courtyard
- Style tags
- contemporary, social-housing, human-scaled
- Visual tags
- residential, housing, balcony, courtyard, brick, community
- Geometry
- Multi-story residential blocks arranged around a communal green courtyard, featuring prominent wraparound horizontal balcony layers.
- Facade system
- Light brick masonry with external steel and corrugated metal balcony structures wrapped in mesh balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or reinforced concrete frame with attached steel balcony structures.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story residential scale, comfortable and human-scaled at the ground level courtyard.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight with gentle overhead illumination casting subtle shadows under balcony overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, neighborly, and green atmosphere centered around shared outdoor living.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban infill residential courtyard with mature trees, lawns, and picnic areas.
- Spatial experience
- The deep balconies create a soft threshold between interior living spaces and the shared landscape below.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding of balconies contrasting against the vertical punched window rhythm and slender support columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary social housing architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture