Greenwich Street
An urban rooftop deck precedent featuring integrated glass skylights and a metal-framed pavilion, useful for studies in elevated outdoor living spaces.
- What we like about this project
- Triangular glass skylights emerge directly from the flush wooden deck surface like glazed cut-outs.
Materials
- wood
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
Visual identifiers
- rooftop-deck
- wooden-decking
- glass-skylights
- metal-framed-glazing
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- minimalist
Visual tags
- rooftop
- terrace
- urban-infirm
- daylighting
- outdoor-living
- Geometry
- Horizontal wooden deck plane foregrounded by angular glazed skylights on the left and a framed glass pavilion volume on the right.
- Facade system
- Aluminum-framed multi-lite glazing system paired with sloped structural glass skylights.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight steel or aluminum framing over an existing roof slab with timber plank overlay.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale on a rooftop deck, flanked by two-story glazed structures and framed by distant urban towers.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting sharp shadows across the wooden decking and metal-framed glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, open-air urban atmosphere balancing heavy neighboring towers with light wooden and glass volumes.
- Environmental context
- Urban rooftop surrounded by mid-rise and high-rise brick and concrete apartment towers under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Open-air rooftop terrace providing an elevated walking surface with framed views and daylight penetration into lower volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal lines of the wooden decking converge toward the center where figures stand between angled skylight geometry.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban rooftop architecture
- Program
- Rooftop terrace and pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, glass, aluminum, steel
- Visual identifiers
- rooftop-deck, wooden-decking, glass-skylights, metal-framed-glazing
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, minimalist
- Visual tags
- rooftop, terrace, urban-infirm, daylighting, outdoor-living
- Geometry
- Horizontal wooden deck plane foregrounded by angular glazed skylights on the left and a framed glass pavilion volume on the right.
- Facade system
- Aluminum-framed multi-lite glazing system paired with sloped structural glass skylights.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight steel or aluminum framing over an existing roof slab with timber plank overlay.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale on a rooftop deck, flanked by two-story glazed structures and framed by distant urban towers.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting sharp shadows across the wooden decking and metal-framed glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, open-air urban atmosphere balancing heavy neighboring towers with light wooden and glass volumes.
- Environmental context
- Urban rooftop surrounded by mid-rise and high-rise brick and concrete apartment towers under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Open-air rooftop terrace providing an elevated walking surface with framed views and daylight penetration into lower volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal lines of the wooden decking converge toward the center where figures stand between angled skylight geometry.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban rooftop architecture
- Program
- Rooftop terrace and pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture