Physical architectural model of a low-rise modern building set into a
An architectural model study by Escher GuneWardena Architecture illustrating a low-slung building integrated into a sloping landscape with intricate perforated screening elements.
- What we like about this project
- Organic camouflage-like laser-cut screens juxtaposed with rigid geometric ribbon glazing.
Materials
- wood
- veneer
- acrylic
- cardboard
- moss
Visual identifiers
- architectural-model
- perforated-screen
- glazed-pavilion
- sloped-topography
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- contextual
Visual tags
- physical-model
- massing
- site-integration
- wood-veneer
- contemporary-architecture
- Geometry
- Low horizontal massing set into a sloped topography, featuring a heavy solid base contrasting with a glazed upper floor.
- Facade system
- Combination of solid wood-veneered base with circular perforations, open-air glazed ribbon windows, and intricate laser-cut privacy screens.
- Structural guess
- Cantilevering floor plates supported by internal columns and base shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Architectural massing model at a scale showing overall form and site integration.
- Lighting
- Studio daylight illuminating the model from above and the side, casting soft shadows across the topography.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, precise, and tactile studio presentation of mass and landscape.
- Environmental context
- Modeled within a contoured site model representing sand or earth banks, populated with clustered moss landscape elements.
- Spatial experience
- The model demonstrates a progression from a buried or earth-sheltered base up to an open, daylit pavilion level wrapped in continuous glazing and decorative screens.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of the upper ribbon windows balanced against irregular clusters of perforated openings.
- Style reading
- Modern contextual model with craft-oriented materiality
- Program
- Residential or cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Model / Physical
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, veneer, acrylic, cardboard, moss
- Visual identifiers
- architectural-model, perforated-screen, glazed-pavilion, sloped-topography
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, contextual
- Visual tags
- physical-model, massing, site-integration, wood-veneer, contemporary-architecture
- Geometry
- Low horizontal massing set into a sloped topography, featuring a heavy solid base contrasting with a glazed upper floor.
- Facade system
- Combination of solid wood-veneered base with circular perforations, open-air glazed ribbon windows, and intricate laser-cut privacy screens.
- Structural guess
- Cantilevering floor plates supported by internal columns and base shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Architectural massing model at a scale showing overall form and site integration.
- Lighting
- Studio daylight illuminating the model from above and the side, casting soft shadows across the topography.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, precise, and tactile studio presentation of mass and landscape.
- Environmental context
- Modeled within a contoured site model representing sand or earth banks, populated with clustered moss landscape elements.
- Spatial experience
- The model demonstrates a progression from a buried or earth-sheltered base up to an open, daylit pavilion level wrapped in continuous glazing and decorative screens.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of the upper ribbon windows balanced against irregular clusters of perforated openings.
- Style reading
- Modern contextual model with craft-oriented materiality
- Program
- Residential or cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Model / Physical
- Discipline
- architecture