Canvas
An exterior residential precedent by Bureau Proberts illustrating organic, curved concrete balconies integrated with lush cascading vegetation for biophilic urban housing.
- What we like about this project
- Vines cascade freely from upper slab edges, blurring the distinction between structural planter boxes and natural overgrowth.
Materials
- exposed-concrete
- glass
- vegetation
- metal
Visual identifiers
- curved-concrete-balconies
- hanging-vegetation
- fluted-concrete-balustrade
- organic-cantilevers
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- organic
- tropical
Visual tags
- biophilic-design
- residential
- balcony
- concrete
- tropical-architecture
- stacked-slabs
- Geometry
- Stacked floor slabs feature deep, organic curved balcony overhangs with soft radiused edges, creating a layered, undulating profile.
- Facade system
- Exposed cast-in-place concrete floor slabs with curved cantilevered balconies and fluted precast or formed concrete balustrades topped with glass guards.
- Structural guess
- Cantilevered reinforced concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential apartment scale with deep multi-meter balcony cantilevers.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffuse daylight from an overcast or late afternoon sky, catching the textured concrete balustrades and deep undersides of the curved slabs.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, verdant, and shaded, combining heavy architectural massing with soft, living greenery.
- Environmental context
- Tropical or sub-tropical setting featuring dense integration of climbing plants and cascading foliage directly on the building envelope.
- Spatial experience
- Balconies provide shaded outdoor extensions that blur the boundary between indoor living spaces and hanging vertical gardens.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating stack of curved cantilever slabs interspersed with vertical cascades of green foliage.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical organic modernism
- Program
- Multi-residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- exposed-concrete, glass, vegetation, metal
- Visual identifiers
- curved-concrete-balconies, hanging-vegetation, fluted-concrete-balustrade, organic-cantilevers
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, organic, tropical
- Visual tags
- biophilic-design, residential, balcony, concrete, tropical-architecture, stacked-slabs
- Geometry
- Stacked floor slabs feature deep, organic curved balcony overhangs with soft radiused edges, creating a layered, undulating profile.
- Facade system
- Exposed cast-in-place concrete floor slabs with curved cantilevered balconies and fluted precast or formed concrete balustrades topped with glass guards.
- Structural guess
- Cantilevered reinforced concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential apartment scale with deep multi-meter balcony cantilevers.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffuse daylight from an overcast or late afternoon sky, catching the textured concrete balustrades and deep undersides of the curved slabs.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, verdant, and shaded, combining heavy architectural massing with soft, living greenery.
- Environmental context
- Tropical or sub-tropical setting featuring dense integration of climbing plants and cascading foliage directly on the building envelope.
- Spatial experience
- Balconies provide shaded outdoor extensions that blur the boundary between indoor living spaces and hanging vertical gardens.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating stack of curved cantilever slabs interspersed with vertical cascades of green foliage.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical organic modernism
- Program
- Multi-residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture