08上海市第二中级人民法院（中标建筑方案）
上海
An institutional civic precedent showcasing a dramatic multi-story cantilever and strict symmetry to communicate authority and formal presence.
- What we like about this project
- The upper volume appears impossibly light despite its massive scale due to the continuous luminous grid wrapping the box.
Materials
- glass
- white-aluminum
- steel
- concrete
- stone
Visual identifiers
- monumental-cantilever
- grid-facade
- axial-approach
- symmetrical-elevation
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- monumental
- rationalist
Visual tags
- institutional
- civic
- monumental
- cantilever
- formal-entry
- Geometry
- Strictly symmetrical elevation featuring a heavy, highly proportioned horizontal rectangular volume cantilevered above a recessed, transparent ground level.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall system with regular vertical mullions and an integrated central national emblem.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel truss or post-tensioned concrete transfer slab supporting the massive upper cantilever.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the multi-story upper block dwarfs the human figures traversing the central approach plaza.
- Lighting
- Bright midday daylight casting sharp vertical highlights on the grid facade and casting a deep shadow beneath the massive cantilever.
- Atmosphere
- Authoritative, serene, and imposing due to the floating mass and unbroken facade grid.
- Environmental context
- Open flat site with low native plantings, reflective water features flanking the approach path, and perimeter security fencing.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching the building moves visitors along a grand axial paved plaza directly beneath the heavy, hovering upper volume, creating a strong sense of formal procession and protection.
- Composition rhythm
- Rigid, fine-grained vertical grid lines across the upper volume balanced by the solid horizontal plane of the underside overhang.
- Style reading
- Monumental contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- Courthouse / Legal institution
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, white-aluminum, steel, concrete, stone
- Visual identifiers
- monumental-cantilever, grid-facade, axial-approach, symmetrical-elevation
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, monumental, rationalist
- Visual tags
- institutional, civic, monumental, cantilever, formal-entry
- Geometry
- Strictly symmetrical elevation featuring a heavy, highly proportioned horizontal rectangular volume cantilevered above a recessed, transparent ground level.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall system with regular vertical mullions and an integrated central national emblem.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel truss or post-tensioned concrete transfer slab supporting the massive upper cantilever.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the multi-story upper block dwarfs the human figures traversing the central approach plaza.
- Lighting
- Bright midday daylight casting sharp vertical highlights on the grid facade and casting a deep shadow beneath the massive cantilever.
- Atmosphere
- Authoritative, serene, and imposing due to the floating mass and unbroken facade grid.
- Environmental context
- Open flat site with low native plantings, reflective water features flanking the approach path, and perimeter security fencing.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching the building moves visitors along a grand axial paved plaza directly beneath the heavy, hovering upper volume, creating a strong sense of formal procession and protection.
- Composition rhythm
- Rigid, fine-grained vertical grid lines across the upper volume balanced by the solid horizontal plane of the underside overhang.
- Style reading
- Monumental contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- Courthouse / Legal institution
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture