Lamster: A new sacred space in Texas shines bright — and makes a statement
An interior precedent featuring a monumental, symmetrically stepped pyramidal atrium with perforated acoustic or decorative cladding and a central overhead skylight.
- What we like about this project
- The complex triangular perforation pattern on every interior surface creates an intricate textile-like texture over massive structural forms.
Materials
- perforated-metal
- glass
- steel
- composite-panels
Visual identifiers
- perforated-panels
- pyramidal-atrium
- square-skylight
- stepped-geometry
- monumental-stairs
Style tags
- contemporary
- geometric
- monumental
- high-tech
Visual tags
- sacred-architecture
- atrium
- daylighting
- symmetrical
- perforated-metal
- monumental
- Geometry
- Symmetrical multi-tiered stepped pyramidal atrium leading up to a central square oculus skylight.
- Facade system
- Internal perforated panel cladding system framing high vertical glazed walls below.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame supporting large cantilevers and nested pyramidal ceiling volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; figures on the stair emphasize the immense height and volume of the stepped atrium.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight spilling from the central overhead oculus, casting soft diffuse light across the folded interior surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Ethereal, bright, and reverent space defined by precise mathematical geometry and diffuse top-lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior hall of a public or sacred building with large vertical glazing visible below the upper atrium level.
- Spatial experience
- A monumental vertical progression drawing the eye upward from a grand stair toward a central light source through nested geometric volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Concentric nested squares and triangular facets repeating rhythmically toward the central oculus.
- Style reading
- Contemporary geometric monumentality
- Program
- Sacred space or civic cultural hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- perforated-metal, glass, steel, composite-panels
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-panels, pyramidal-atrium, square-skylight, stepped-geometry, monumental-stairs
- Style tags
- contemporary, geometric, monumental, high-tech
- Visual tags
- sacred-architecture, atrium, daylighting, symmetrical, perforated-metal, monumental
- Geometry
- Symmetrical multi-tiered stepped pyramidal atrium leading up to a central square oculus skylight.
- Facade system
- Internal perforated panel cladding system framing high vertical glazed walls below.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame supporting large cantilevers and nested pyramidal ceiling volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; figures on the stair emphasize the immense height and volume of the stepped atrium.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight spilling from the central overhead oculus, casting soft diffuse light across the folded interior surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Ethereal, bright, and reverent space defined by precise mathematical geometry and diffuse top-lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior hall of a public or sacred building with large vertical glazing visible below the upper atrium level.
- Spatial experience
- A monumental vertical progression drawing the eye upward from a grand stair toward a central light source through nested geometric volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Concentric nested squares and triangular facets repeating rhythmically toward the central oculus.
- Style reading
- Contemporary geometric monumentality
- Program
- Sacred space or civic cultural hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture