Simon Fraser University Phase 2 Student Residence
An institutional residential precedent by Dialog showcasing precast concrete panel articulation, corner curtain-wall glazing, and playful red fin accents at the base.
- What we like about this project
- Bright red vertical fins create a vibrant kinetic boundary fence at the base of the lower wing, blocky wing.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- glass
- aluminum
- painted-steel
Visual identifiers
- precast-concrete-panels
- vertical-curtain-wall
- red-vertical-fins
- tower-and-podium
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- rationalist
Visual tags
- student-housing
- institutional
- precast-facade
- urban-corner
- contemporary
- Geometry
- An L-shaped massing configuration combining a taller multistory residential tower wing with a lower, blocky podium wing, set against a sloping roadway intersection.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete panel rainscreen system paired with multi-story stick-built curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab construction and shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional residence complex; the tower rises roughly eight to nine stories above the street.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight creates soft ambient illumination, contrasted by warm interior lighting and vibrant red accent lights at the ground level.
- Atmosphere
- Cool, crisp exterior light balanced by inviting warm glows and striking red highlights from the interior and ground-level art elements.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection and roadway edge framed by mature trees under an overcast sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a corner street condition, with deep structural ground-level column bays welcoming pedestrians and warm interior lighting drawing the eye inward.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical alternating rhythm of precast concrete panels and punched window bands, anchored by a massive multi-story glass corner bay.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- University student residence and housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, glass, aluminum, painted-steel
- Visual identifiers
- precast-concrete-panels, vertical-curtain-wall, red-vertical-fins, tower-and-podium
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, rationalist
- Visual tags
- student-housing, institutional, precast-facade, urban-corner, contemporary
- Geometry
- An L-shaped massing configuration combining a taller multistory residential tower wing with a lower, blocky podium wing, set against a sloping roadway intersection.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete panel rainscreen system paired with multi-story stick-built curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab construction and shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional residence complex; the tower rises roughly eight to nine stories above the street.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight creates soft ambient illumination, contrasted by warm interior lighting and vibrant red accent lights at the ground level.
- Atmosphere
- Cool, crisp exterior light balanced by inviting warm glows and striking red highlights from the interior and ground-level art elements.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection and roadway edge framed by mature trees under an overcast sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a corner street condition, with deep structural ground-level column bays welcoming pedestrians and warm interior lighting drawing the eye inward.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical alternating rhythm of precast concrete panels and punched window bands, anchored by a massive multi-story glass corner bay.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- University student residence and housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture