2 Trafalgar Way_CGI_EXT_04
A high-rise podium precedent utilizing sweeping curved glazing and smooth precast bands to soften a large urban footprint and engage the public plaza.
Materials
- glass
- precast-concrete
- stone-pavers
- metal
Visual identifiers
- curved-facade
- precast-concrete
- curved-glazing
- civic-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- curvilinear
- corporate
Visual tags
- commercial-podium
- curvilinear
- public-realm
- glazed-curtain-wall
- urban-integration
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-story podium wrapping a sweeping radius corner, topped by a curved tower with continuous horizontal slab bands.
- Facade system
- Curved unitized curtain wall with precast concrete horizontal floor bands.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with perimeter columns supporting cantilevered floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale multi-story tower and podium set against a generous civic plaza.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows across the curved facade elements and patterned paving.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, open, and welcoming civic interaction space.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza with mature trees and pedestrian activity framing the building front.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping, transparent ground floor and curving plaza paving draw pedestrians inward toward a central recessed entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of precast spandrels counterpointed by regular vertical mullions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate curve architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and residential tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, precast-concrete, stone-pavers, metal
- Visual identifiers
- curved-facade, precast-concrete, curved-glazing, civic-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, curvilinear, corporate
- Visual tags
- commercial-podium, curvilinear, public-realm, glazed-curtain-wall, urban-integration
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-story podium wrapping a sweeping radius corner, topped by a curved tower with continuous horizontal slab bands.
- Facade system
- Curved unitized curtain wall with precast concrete horizontal floor bands.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with perimeter columns supporting cantilevered floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale multi-story tower and podium set against a generous civic plaza.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows across the curved facade elements and patterned paving.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, open, and welcoming civic interaction space.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza with mature trees and pedestrian activity framing the building front.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping, transparent ground floor and curving plaza paving draw pedestrians inward toward a central recessed entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of precast spandrels counterpointed by regular vertical mullions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate curve architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and residential tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture