Commercial Project
A commercial street corner precedent by BOTO Design Architects featuring dark grey massing, continuous ribbon glazing, and an accented entrance canopy.
- What we like about this project
- Horizontal louvers wrapping the corner above the entrance provide solar shading while articulating the vertical circulation.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
Visual identifiers
- dark-grey-facade
- ribbon-windows
- corner-entrance
- red-canopy
- horizontal-louvers
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- modern
Visual tags
- commercial
- street-corner
- ribbon-glazing
- low-rise
- urban-infill
- Geometry
- Rectangular three-story volume with a chamfered or articulated corner entrance marked by a red canopy and horizontal louvers.
- Facade system
- Dark painted stucco or panel cladding with continuous ribbon glazing and fixed horizontal louvers at the corner stair/entry zone.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with non-loadbearing exterior curtain wall and punched/ribbon glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story low-rise commercial scale adapted to a suburban or urban street edge.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight sky with warm pink and blue hues; interior lighting glows through the upper ribbon windows and ground floor glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene twilight atmosphere contrasting dark architectural masses with warm interior glow and dramatic sky colors.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner flanked by tall palm trees and parked automobiles.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the street corner with an open, accessible ground floor entrance while upper levels project a private commercial presence.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal bands defined by continuous upper-level ribbon windows and dark spandrels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial retrofit / modern vernacular
- Program
- Commercial office / healthcare facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, aluminum, steel
- Visual identifiers
- dark-grey-facade, ribbon-windows, corner-entrance, red-canopy, horizontal-louvers
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, modern
- Visual tags
- commercial, street-corner, ribbon-glazing, low-rise, urban-infill
- Geometry
- Rectangular three-story volume with a chamfered or articulated corner entrance marked by a red canopy and horizontal louvers.
- Facade system
- Dark painted stucco or panel cladding with continuous ribbon glazing and fixed horizontal louvers at the corner stair/entry zone.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with non-loadbearing exterior curtain wall and punched/ribbon glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story low-rise commercial scale adapted to a suburban or urban street edge.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight sky with warm pink and blue hues; interior lighting glows through the upper ribbon windows and ground floor glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene twilight atmosphere contrasting dark architectural masses with warm interior glow and dramatic sky colors.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner flanked by tall palm trees and parked automobiles.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the street corner with an open, accessible ground floor entrance while upper levels project a private commercial presence.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal bands defined by continuous upper-level ribbon windows and dark spandrels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial retrofit / modern vernacular
- Program
- Commercial office / healthcare facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture