Hotel Barlow
An adaptive reuse project precedent that combines corrugated metal cladding and clerestory monitors with large glazed sectional doors to transform an industrial structure.
- What we like about this project
- The upper clerestory band spans almost the entire length of the main gable, maximizing deep interior daylight.
Materials
- corrugated-metal
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal
- glazed-garage-doors
- clerestory-windows
- gable-roof
Style tags
- industrial
- contemporary
- vernacular-modern
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- industrial
- daylighting
- commercial
- facade
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical gabled massing featuring high clerestory glazing on the upper roofline and large, multi-pane glazed sectional openings along the ground floor.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal wall panels over concrete wainscoting with glazed overhead sectional doors.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with corrugated metal siding and roof deck.
- Spatial scale
- Large industrial scale, roughly two stories high with oversized garage-scale openings.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting soft angled shadows across the corrugated metal siding and concrete base.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, industrious, and inviting with bright natural light flooding the openings.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or light-industrial street frontage with surrounding trees and neighboring low-rise buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The long street elevation reads as a sequence of heavy industrial bays transformed into transparent, welcoming public thresholds.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical bays punctuated by wide glazed industrial doors.
- Style reading
- Industrial adaptive reuse
- Program
- Commercial restaurant, retail, or event space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corrugated-metal, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal, glazed-garage-doors, clerestory-windows, gable-roof
- Style tags
- industrial, contemporary, vernacular-modern
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, industrial, daylighting, commercial, facade
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical gabled massing featuring high clerestory glazing on the upper roofline and large, multi-pane glazed sectional openings along the ground floor.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal wall panels over concrete wainscoting with glazed overhead sectional doors.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with corrugated metal siding and roof deck.
- Spatial scale
- Large industrial scale, roughly two stories high with oversized garage-scale openings.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting soft angled shadows across the corrugated metal siding and concrete base.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, industrious, and inviting with bright natural light flooding the openings.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or light-industrial street frontage with surrounding trees and neighboring low-rise buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The long street elevation reads as a sequence of heavy industrial bays transformed into transparent, welcoming public thresholds.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical bays punctuated by wide glazed industrial doors.
- Style reading
- Industrial adaptive reuse
- Program
- Commercial restaurant, retail, or event space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture