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A large-scale waterfront building precedent demonstrating vertical facade articulation and a translucent upper level running parallel to a public canal.
- What we like about this project
- The upper translucent floor creates an illusion that the top of the building is evaporating into the sky.
Materials
- metal
- glass
- composite-panels
Visual identifiers
- vertical-louvers
- canal-front
- translucent-parapet
- monolithic-mass
Style tags
- contemporary
- industrial
- rationalist
Visual tags
- waterfront
- facade-rhythm
- large-scale
- contextual
- commercial
- Geometry
- Long rectangular horizontal massing running parallel to a water edge, featuring a rhythm of solid and louvered vertical panels across multiple stories, topped by a luminous translucent attic volume.
- Facade system
- Vertical louvered and solid cladding system with a continuous clerestory or translucent roof enclosure above.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with large-span structural bays behind a curtain wall or rainscreen envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale urban infrastructure or commercial building, roughly four to five stories high relative to boats and pedestrians along the bank.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with soft diffuse sky overhead, casting gentle shadows across the vertically striped facade elements.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, civic waterfront mood under an open sky.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront urban context featuring a canal edge, moored boats, mature trees, and a landscaped linear walkway.
- Spatial experience
- Viewed across the canal, the structure forms a massive continuous edge softened by intervening tree lines and the linear path of the towpath.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating narrow vertical panel bays creating a continuous texture along the long horizontal elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial-commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial or industrial utility facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal, glass, composite-panels
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-louvers, canal-front, translucent-parapet, monolithic-mass
- Style tags
- contemporary, industrial, rationalist
- Visual tags
- waterfront, facade-rhythm, large-scale, contextual, commercial
- Geometry
- Long rectangular horizontal massing running parallel to a water edge, featuring a rhythm of solid and louvered vertical panels across multiple stories, topped by a luminous translucent attic volume.
- Facade system
- Vertical louvered and solid cladding system with a continuous clerestory or translucent roof enclosure above.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with large-span structural bays behind a curtain wall or rainscreen envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale urban infrastructure or commercial building, roughly four to five stories high relative to boats and pedestrians along the bank.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with soft diffuse sky overhead, casting gentle shadows across the vertically striped facade elements.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, civic waterfront mood under an open sky.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront urban context featuring a canal edge, moored boats, mature trees, and a landscaped linear walkway.
- Spatial experience
- Viewed across the canal, the structure forms a massive continuous edge softened by intervening tree lines and the linear path of the towpath.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating narrow vertical panel bays creating a continuous texture along the long horizontal elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial-commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial or industrial utility facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture