1江阴市新中医院
上海
An exterior architectural precedent showcasing a civic healthcare entrance with a broad protective canopy, slender colonnade, and gridded facade screening.
- What we like about this project
- The combination of heavy traditional-inspired roof proportions with ultra-clean modern glass and metal detailing.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- terracotta
- concrete
- stone-paving
Visual identifiers
- deep-roof-overhang
- slender-columns
- curtain-wall
- terracotta-screen
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- rationalist
Visual tags
- civic
- healthcare
- portico
- curtain-wall
- monumental
- Geometry
- Symmetrical horizontal composition with a massive flat-roofed portico sheltering a double-height glazed curtain wall and gridded terracotta louvers or panels.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing paired with structural terracotta gridded infill panels behind a colonnade.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete frame supporting a large cantilevered roof canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the multi-story portico and slender columns tower over pedestrian-level planters and paving.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows underneath the generous roof canopy; clear blue sky background.
- Atmosphere
- Orderly, calm, and institutional with a welcoming shaded civic entry.
- Environmental context
- Open paved forecourt with integrated planters and surrounding landscaped greenery under clear daytime conditions.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang creates a monumental, protected outdoor threshold before stepping into the expansive lobby.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating slender vertical columns supporting a heavy horizontal roof plane.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental civic architecture
- Program
- Hospital or civic medical center entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, terracotta, concrete, stone-paving
- Visual identifiers
- deep-roof-overhang, slender-columns, curtain-wall, terracotta-screen
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, rationalist
- Visual tags
- civic, healthcare, portico, curtain-wall, monumental
- Geometry
- Symmetrical horizontal composition with a massive flat-roofed portico sheltering a double-height glazed curtain wall and gridded terracotta louvers or panels.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing paired with structural terracotta gridded infill panels behind a colonnade.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete frame supporting a large cantilevered roof canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the multi-story portico and slender columns tower over pedestrian-level planters and paving.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows underneath the generous roof canopy; clear blue sky background.
- Atmosphere
- Orderly, calm, and institutional with a welcoming shaded civic entry.
- Environmental context
- Open paved forecourt with integrated planters and surrounding landscaped greenery under clear daytime conditions.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang creates a monumental, protected outdoor threshold before stepping into the expansive lobby.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating slender vertical columns supporting a heavy horizontal roof plane.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental civic architecture
- Program
- Hospital or civic medical center entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture