Projects — Coop Himmelb(l)au
A striking deconstructivist exterior precedent showcasing a dramatic cantilevered roof plane combined with fluid louvered envelopes.
Materials
- aluminum-panels
- glass
- structural-steel
Visual identifiers
- massive-cantilever
- curved-louvers
- layered-facade
- soffit-lighting
Style tags
- deconstructivist
- futuristic
- high-tech
Visual tags
- futuristic
- cantilever
- deconstructivist
- curvilinear
- complex-geometry
- Geometry
- Complex organic curves intersect with a massive orthogonal cantilevered roof plane, featuring layered horizontal louvers wrapping the lower glazed volumes.
- Facade system
- Curved metallic louver system combined with structural glass curtain walling and flush panel soffits.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel truss framework supporting a long-span cantilevered roof slab.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the massive cantilever overhang spans several building stories.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft highlights on the metallic panels, contrasted by warm artificial downlights embedded in the soffit.
- Atmosphere
- Sleek, futuristic, and dramatic under soft overcast light.
- Environmental context
- Minimalist overcast sky background highlighting the sculptural silhouette of the roof and facade elements.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang creates a monumental sheltered zone while fluid lower tiers pull the eye through layered apertures.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic diagonal sweep of the cantilever contrasted against the tight horizontal banding of the louvers.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist futuristic architecture
- Program
- Cultural center, transport hub, or civic exhibition hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- aluminum-panels, glass, structural-steel
- Visual identifiers
- massive-cantilever, curved-louvers, layered-facade, soffit-lighting
- Style tags
- deconstructivist, futuristic, high-tech
- Visual tags
- futuristic, cantilever, deconstructivist, curvilinear, complex-geometry
- Geometry
- Complex organic curves intersect with a massive orthogonal cantilevered roof plane, featuring layered horizontal louvers wrapping the lower glazed volumes.
- Facade system
- Curved metallic louver system combined with structural glass curtain walling and flush panel soffits.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel truss framework supporting a long-span cantilevered roof slab.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the massive cantilever overhang spans several building stories.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft highlights on the metallic panels, contrasted by warm artificial downlights embedded in the soffit.
- Atmosphere
- Sleek, futuristic, and dramatic under soft overcast light.
- Environmental context
- Minimalist overcast sky background highlighting the sculptural silhouette of the roof and facade elements.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang creates a monumental sheltered zone while fluid lower tiers pull the eye through layered apertures.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic diagonal sweep of the cantilever contrasted against the tight horizontal banding of the louvers.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist futuristic architecture
- Program
- Cultural center, transport hub, or civic exhibition hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture