Tselinnyi Centre of Contemporary Culture Almaty
An exterior architectural precedent by Asif Khan Studio showcasing a monolithic concrete volume softened by wave-like vertical louvers and sculptural apertures, ideal for cultural center design studies.
- What we like about this project
- The wall openings appear as abstract, eroded carvings rather than conventional punched windows.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- metal-fins
Visual identifiers
- undulating-louvers
- deep-canopy
- monolithic-concrete
- carved-apertures
Style tags
- contemporary
- sculptural
- minimalist
- parametric
Visual tags
- civic
- cultural
- textured-facade
- monolithic
- parametric-rhythm
- winter-context
- Geometry
- Rectangular monolithic mass featuring an undulating, wave-like louvered wall recessed beneath a deep cantilevered concrete canopy, with asymmetric carved openings on the side elevation.
- Facade system
- Precast or cast-in-place concrete panels paired with custom undulating vertical fins forming a secondary sunshade screen.
- Structural guess
- Concrete shear wall construction with a long-span post-tensioned roof canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story civic scale; human figures in winter gear in the foreground establish the building's massive height.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight creating soft gradations across the undulating louver surfaces and casting deep shadows in the reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Cool, crisp winter atmosphere emphasizing the crisp white texture of the facade against snow and mountains.
- Environmental context
- Urban edge in a snowy winter setting with distant mountain silhouettes and low-rise neighborhood buildings in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The deep overhang and rhythmic louvers create a heavily shaded, tactile threshold contrasting with the flat snow-covered foreground.
- Composition rhythm
- Strictly vertical rhythm created by the close-set undulating louvers, contrasted against the irregular, organic cutouts on the solid gable wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural minimalist architecture
- Program
- Cultural centre or contemporary art gallery
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, metal-fins
- Visual identifiers
- undulating-louvers, deep-canopy, monolithic-concrete, carved-apertures
- Style tags
- contemporary, sculptural, minimalist, parametric
- Visual tags
- civic, cultural, textured-facade, monolithic, parametric-rhythm, winter-context
- Geometry
- Rectangular monolithic mass featuring an undulating, wave-like louvered wall recessed beneath a deep cantilevered concrete canopy, with asymmetric carved openings on the side elevation.
- Facade system
- Precast or cast-in-place concrete panels paired with custom undulating vertical fins forming a secondary sunshade screen.
- Structural guess
- Concrete shear wall construction with a long-span post-tensioned roof canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story civic scale; human figures in winter gear in the foreground establish the building's massive height.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight creating soft gradations across the undulating louver surfaces and casting deep shadows in the reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Cool, crisp winter atmosphere emphasizing the crisp white texture of the facade against snow and mountains.
- Environmental context
- Urban edge in a snowy winter setting with distant mountain silhouettes and low-rise neighborhood buildings in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The deep overhang and rhythmic louvers create a heavily shaded, tactile threshold contrasting with the flat snow-covered foreground.
- Composition rhythm
- Strictly vertical rhythm created by the close-set undulating louvers, contrasted against the irregular, organic cutouts on the solid gable wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural minimalist architecture
- Program
- Cultural centre or contemporary art gallery
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture