echo — bureau de change
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A sculptural vertical wall installation by Bureau de Change Architects featuring fluted white modules, serving as an architectural folly set against a historic backdrop.
- What we like about this project
- The slender side profile reveals a thick, layered assembly housing different textures and structural layers.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- timber
- steel
Visual identifiers
- fluted-columnar-wall
- freestanding-slab
- vertical-rhythm
- sculptural-folly
Style tags
- contemporary
- sculptural
- architectural-folly
Visual tags
- freestanding
- textural-facade
- sculptural
- urban-folly
- contemporary-tradition-contrast
- Geometry
- An isolated, upright vertical slab or wall segment stands freestanding on a lawn, presenting a thick layered profile with fluted vertical components.
- Facade system
- Precast or molded fluted panel assembly on a structural backing frame.
- Structural guess
- Steel or timber backbone frame supporting stacked precast or molded exterior modules.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale installation, approximately two stories high, standing as an urban folly or pavilion fragment.
- Lighting
- Direct bright daylight casting soft shadows across the fluted vertical surfaces and highlighting the textural depth.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright daylight emphasizing clean white surfaces against a historic context.
- Environmental context
- Open lawn area in a public urban setting, with traditional ornate Asian architecture and pedestrians visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching the installation, the slender freestanding screen contrasts sharply with the expansive lawn and the massive historic architecture behind it.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense, repeating vertical fluting stacked horizontally, creating a strong striated rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural folly with classical rhythmic detailing
- Program
- Architectural installation / public art pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, timber, steel
- Visual identifiers
- fluted-columnar-wall, freestanding-slab, vertical-rhythm, sculptural-folly
- Style tags
- contemporary, sculptural, architectural-folly
- Visual tags
- freestanding, textural-facade, sculptural, urban-folly, contemporary-tradition-contrast
- Geometry
- An isolated, upright vertical slab or wall segment stands freestanding on a lawn, presenting a thick layered profile with fluted vertical components.
- Facade system
- Precast or molded fluted panel assembly on a structural backing frame.
- Structural guess
- Steel or timber backbone frame supporting stacked precast or molded exterior modules.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale installation, approximately two stories high, standing as an urban folly or pavilion fragment.
- Lighting
- Direct bright daylight casting soft shadows across the fluted vertical surfaces and highlighting the textural depth.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright daylight emphasizing clean white surfaces against a historic context.
- Environmental context
- Open lawn area in a public urban setting, with traditional ornate Asian architecture and pedestrians visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching the installation, the slender freestanding screen contrasts sharply with the expansive lawn and the massive historic architecture behind it.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense, repeating vertical fluting stacked horizontally, creating a strong striated rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural folly with classical rhythmic detailing
- Program
- Architectural installation / public art pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture