木木艺术社区改造007
北京
An exterior facade precedent utilizing crinkled metallic panels inset within a gridded concrete frame to enliven an urban courtyard elevation.
- What we like about this project
- The upper bays are sealed with crinkled foil that diffuses and scatters direct sunlight rather than offering transparent views.
Materials
- concrete
- metallic-foil
- glass
- paving-stone
Visual identifiers
- metallic-foil
- gridded-facade
- courtyard-elevation
- recessed-bays
Style tags
- contemporary
- material-contrast
- minimalist
Visual tags
- urban-infill
- facade-renovation
- reflective
- courtyard
- contemporary-chinese
- Geometry
- A low-rise orthogonal volume centered in the courtyard elevation, framed by side buildings and featuring a strict grid of recessed rectangular bays.
- Facade system
- Solid structural wall with recessed rectilinear openings holding crumpled reflective metal inserts.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry infill structure with applied surface finishes.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled courtyard space with building heights spanning three to five stories.
- Lighting
- Direct, pale daylight from a pale sun overhead, casting soft shadows across the ground plane and deep reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, diffused, and slightly surreal due to the shimmering reflective panels under overcast light.
- Environmental context
- Urban public courtyard framed by multiple multi-story building blocks.
- Spatial experience
- The viewer stands in an open paved courtyard looking toward a monolithic elevation where reflective textures break the severe concrete grid.
- Composition rhythm
- A rhythmic 4x2 grid of rectangular window openings contrasted against the asymmetrical verticality of surrounding structures.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural intervention and facade transformation
- Program
- Art community or cultural center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, metallic-foil, glass, paving-stone
- Visual identifiers
- metallic-foil, gridded-facade, courtyard-elevation, recessed-bays
- Style tags
- contemporary, material-contrast, minimalist
- Visual tags
- urban-infill, facade-renovation, reflective, courtyard, contemporary-chinese
- Geometry
- A low-rise orthogonal volume centered in the courtyard elevation, framed by side buildings and featuring a strict grid of recessed rectangular bays.
- Facade system
- Solid structural wall with recessed rectilinear openings holding crumpled reflective metal inserts.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry infill structure with applied surface finishes.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled courtyard space with building heights spanning three to five stories.
- Lighting
- Direct, pale daylight from a pale sun overhead, casting soft shadows across the ground plane and deep reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, diffused, and slightly surreal due to the shimmering reflective panels under overcast light.
- Environmental context
- Urban public courtyard framed by multiple multi-story building blocks.
- Spatial experience
- The viewer stands in an open paved courtyard looking toward a monolithic elevation where reflective textures break the severe concrete grid.
- Composition rhythm
- A rhythmic 4x2 grid of rectangular window openings contrasted against the asymmetrical verticality of surrounding structures.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural intervention and facade transformation
- Program
- Art community or cultural center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture