Small Car, Big World
A large-scale public atrium interior showcasing curved multi-story stacked balconies and expansive floor plates ideal for exhibitions.
- What we like about this project
- A massive vertical banner spans nearly the entire height of the rear blank wall, counterbalancing the transparency of the curved balconies.
Materials
- glass
- metal-panels
- polished-stone
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-atrium
- stacked-balconies
- glass-railings
- large-banner
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- monumental
Visual tags
- atrium
- public-space
- multi-level
- commercial
- curved-geometry
- Geometry
- Curved multi-story atrium volume featuring stacked cantilevered galleries sweeping along one side and a towering end wall.
- Facade system
- Curved interior curtain wall and balcony guardrails with clear glass panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss roof framing with heavy reinforced concrete or steel composite columns and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; multi-story atrium spanning several building levels.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient interior lighting supplemented by recessed downlights and high-level industrial roof illumination.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, active, and expansive public volume with clear visual connections between levels.
- Environmental context
- Large indoor exhibition or commercial public hall with expansive floor area.
- Spatial experience
- Vast, open public void encouraging movement and vertical sightlines across multiple levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal curved banding of floor edges repeated vertically up the atrium facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial atrium architecture
- Program
- Museum or exhibition atrium hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal-panels, polished-stone, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-atrium, stacked-balconies, glass-railings, large-banner
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, monumental
- Visual tags
- atrium, public-space, multi-level, commercial, curved-geometry
- Geometry
- Curved multi-story atrium volume featuring stacked cantilevered galleries sweeping along one side and a towering end wall.
- Facade system
- Curved interior curtain wall and balcony guardrails with clear glass panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss roof framing with heavy reinforced concrete or steel composite columns and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; multi-story atrium spanning several building levels.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient interior lighting supplemented by recessed downlights and high-level industrial roof illumination.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, active, and expansive public volume with clear visual connections between levels.
- Environmental context
- Large indoor exhibition or commercial public hall with expansive floor area.
- Spatial experience
- Vast, open public void encouraging movement and vertical sightlines across multiple levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal curved banding of floor edges repeated vertically up the atrium facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial atrium architecture
- Program
- Museum or exhibition atrium hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture