HUB26 — Divercity Architects
Thessaloniki, Greece
Photo · Kim Powell, Ektoras Nikolakis
HUB26 by Divercity Architects demonstrates how textured masonry spandrels and a monumental arched ground arcade can combine to create a solid yet permeable urban office facade.
- What we like about this project
- The brick panels feature varied projection textures that catch oblique sunlight across the upper elevations.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- rendered-concrete
- steel
Visual identifiers
- ground-floor-arcade
- textured-brick-facade
- continuous-strip-windows
- rounded-arches
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- rationalist
Visual tags
- commercial
- office-building
- brick-detailing
- arcade
- urban-facade
- Geometry
- Multi-story prismatic volume sitting above a rhythmic open arcade base, punctuated by continuous horizontal strip windows and patterned brick spandrels.
- Facade system
- Unitized ribbon glazing paired with patterned masonry spandrel panels and a smooth render base arcade.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with perimeter columns and flat slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise commercial office block; the ground arcade stands roughly two stories high relative to the sidewalk.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp directional shadows under the ground-floor arches and revealing relief textures in the brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Structured, grounded, and warm due to the red terracotta tones under bright sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with adjacent sidewalks and neighboring low-rise infrastructure under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The deep ground-floor arcade offers a sheltered pedestrian threshold along the street edge, transitioning upward into stacked office floors.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal ribbon windows alternating with textured brick bands, grounded by a steady sequence of generous arches.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, rendered-concrete, steel
- Visual identifiers
- ground-floor-arcade, textured-brick-facade, continuous-strip-windows, rounded-arches
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, rationalist
- Visual tags
- commercial, office-building, brick-detailing, arcade, urban-facade
- Geometry
- Multi-story prismatic volume sitting above a rhythmic open arcade base, punctuated by continuous horizontal strip windows and patterned brick spandrels.
- Facade system
- Unitized ribbon glazing paired with patterned masonry spandrel panels and a smooth render base arcade.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with perimeter columns and flat slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise commercial office block; the ground arcade stands roughly two stories high relative to the sidewalk.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp directional shadows under the ground-floor arches and revealing relief textures in the brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Structured, grounded, and warm due to the red terracotta tones under bright sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with adjacent sidewalks and neighboring low-rise infrastructure under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The deep ground-floor arcade offers a sheltered pedestrian threshold along the street edge, transitioning upward into stacked office floors.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal ribbon windows alternating with textured brick bands, grounded by a steady sequence of generous arches.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture