Ciardullo A&E
An exterior facade precedent for modernist residential design featuring stepped volumes, extensive double-height curtain wall glazing, and a grounded stone base integrated into a sloping wooded site.
- What we like about this project
- The transition between the rustic fieldstone retaining wall and the crisp, lightweight white multi-story curtain wall framing.
Materials
- glass
- stone
- painted-siding
- steel
Visual identifiers
- double-height-glazing
- stone-base
- stepped-massing
- wooded-setting
Style tags
- modernist
- contemporary
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- modernist
- woodland-setting
- curtain-wall
- stepped-volume
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical tiered volumes stepping down a sloping wooded site, featuring a prominent double-height glazed corner volume set atop a rustic stone base.
- Facade system
- Combination of horizontal wood or synthetic siding, multi-pane glass curtain wall, and rubble stone masonry.
- Structural guess
- Steel or timber frame with stone foundation walls and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by the vertical rhythm of tall trees and double-height glazing.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight producing even illumination with minimal harsh shadows across the facade and surrounding lawn.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, contemplative woodland atmosphere with balanced natural light.
- Environmental context
- A sloping, heavily wooded rural or suburban residential site featuring mature deciduous trees and exposed bedrock in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The approach transitions from an exposed natural rock outcropping and lawn to a multi-tiered facade offering varying degrees of openness, from heavy stone to expansive transparent curtain wall.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions on the multi-story glass wall create a strong rhythm contrasting with horizontal white siding bands.
- Style reading
- Mid-century inspired modern residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, stone, painted-siding, steel
- Visual identifiers
- double-height-glazing, stone-base, stepped-massing, wooded-setting
- Style tags
- modernist, contemporary, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, modernist, woodland-setting, curtain-wall, stepped-volume
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical tiered volumes stepping down a sloping wooded site, featuring a prominent double-height glazed corner volume set atop a rustic stone base.
- Facade system
- Combination of horizontal wood or synthetic siding, multi-pane glass curtain wall, and rubble stone masonry.
- Structural guess
- Steel or timber frame with stone foundation walls and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by the vertical rhythm of tall trees and double-height glazing.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight producing even illumination with minimal harsh shadows across the facade and surrounding lawn.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, contemplative woodland atmosphere with balanced natural light.
- Environmental context
- A sloping, heavily wooded rural or suburban residential site featuring mature deciduous trees and exposed bedrock in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The approach transitions from an exposed natural rock outcropping and lawn to a multi-tiered facade offering varying degrees of openness, from heavy stone to expansive transparent curtain wall.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions on the multi-story glass wall create a strong rhythm contrasting with horizontal white siding bands.
- Style reading
- Mid-century inspired modern residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture