Exterior dusk view of Monroe College building with lit vertical signage
An institutional facade precedent showcasing how a vertical lit sign and a contrasting glazed corner tower can anchor a repetitive multi-story brick wing.
- What we like about this project
- The vertical illuminated signage forms an integral part of the main architectural tower mass rather than just being an applied sign.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- illuminated-signage
- vertical-tower
- curtain-wall-corner
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- urban-infill
Visual tags
- institutional
- educational
- urban-facade
- dusk-photography
- mixed-massing
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical massing featuring a vertical brick tower with illuminated signage anchoring a corner, flanked by a repeating punched-window residential wing and a glazed corner curtain wall tower.
- Facade system
- Combination of punched window masonry walls, vertical projecting signage tower, and structural glass curtain wall at the corner.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with non-load-bearing masonry and curtain wall envelopes.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise institutional building, approximately six to seven stories tall relative to street furniture and pedestrians.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour lighting balanced with warm interior illumination and glowing vertical halo signage on the facade.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and welcoming twilight atmosphere with strong vertical branding accents.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with neighboring low-rise commercial structures and evening vehicular traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach transitions from an active sidewalk to a vertical tower element that marks the entry corner against twilight skies.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady horizontal rows of operable punched windows contrasted against the strong vertical sweep of the lit tower signage.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional adaptive reuse or infill architecture
- Program
- Educational institution or college residence hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, aluminum, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- illuminated-signage, vertical-tower, curtain-wall-corner, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, urban-infill
- Visual tags
- institutional, educational, urban-facade, dusk-photography, mixed-massing
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical massing featuring a vertical brick tower with illuminated signage anchoring a corner, flanked by a repeating punched-window residential wing and a glazed corner curtain wall tower.
- Facade system
- Combination of punched window masonry walls, vertical projecting signage tower, and structural glass curtain wall at the corner.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with non-load-bearing masonry and curtain wall envelopes.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise institutional building, approximately six to seven stories tall relative to street furniture and pedestrians.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour lighting balanced with warm interior illumination and glowing vertical halo signage on the facade.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and welcoming twilight atmosphere with strong vertical branding accents.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with neighboring low-rise commercial structures and evening vehicular traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach transitions from an active sidewalk to a vertical tower element that marks the entry corner against twilight skies.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady horizontal rows of operable punched windows contrasted against the strong vertical sweep of the lit tower signage.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional adaptive reuse or infill architecture
- Program
- Educational institution or college residence hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture