Exterior facade detail of a multi-story building
An exterior facade precedent showcasing an interlocking diagonal architectural screen system that provides dynamic visual texture and sun control.
- What we like about this project
- The diagonal fin elements alternate directions per bay, creating an intricate woven illusion across the flat plane.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- metal
- glass
Visual identifiers
- diagonal-fins
- woven-facade
- vertical-screen
- precast-concrete
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- tectonic
- rationalist
Visual tags
- facade-system
- textured-envelope
- contemporary
- sun-shading
- rhythmic
- commercial
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story facade overlaid with a rhythmic, alternating diagonal fin and panel pattern that creates a woven visual effect.
- Facade system
- Custom precast or metallic unitized screen with angled fins and recessed glazing panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame behind a unitized curtain wall/screen system.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial or institutional scale, with floor-to-floor heights clearly demarcated by the facade grid.
- Lighting
- Soft, low-angle daylight catching the projecting vertical and diagonal edges, creating delicate highlights and deep shadows.
- Atmosphere
- Orderly, precise, and crisp against the pale sky.
- Environmental context
- Clear open sky backdrop, isolating the upper corner facade volume.
- Spatial experience
- The exterior envelope reads as a dense, textured screen that gives depth and shade to the large window areas behind it.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense diagonal repetition overlaid on a strict vertical and horizontal structural grid.
- Style reading
- Contemporary patterned tectonic facade
- Program
- Commercial office or institutional building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, metal, glass
- Visual identifiers
- diagonal-fins, woven-facade, vertical-screen, precast-concrete, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, tectonic, rationalist
- Visual tags
- facade-system, textured-envelope, contemporary, sun-shading, rhythmic, commercial
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story facade overlaid with a rhythmic, alternating diagonal fin and panel pattern that creates a woven visual effect.
- Facade system
- Custom precast or metallic unitized screen with angled fins and recessed glazing panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame behind a unitized curtain wall/screen system.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial or institutional scale, with floor-to-floor heights clearly demarcated by the facade grid.
- Lighting
- Soft, low-angle daylight catching the projecting vertical and diagonal edges, creating delicate highlights and deep shadows.
- Atmosphere
- Orderly, precise, and crisp against the pale sky.
- Environmental context
- Clear open sky backdrop, isolating the upper corner facade volume.
- Spatial experience
- The exterior envelope reads as a dense, textured screen that gives depth and shade to the large window areas behind it.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense diagonal repetition overlaid on a strict vertical and horizontal structural grid.
- Style reading
- Contemporary patterned tectonic facade
- Program
- Commercial office or institutional building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture