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深圳
An architectural precedent showcasing a bold cantilevered upper volume resting on a singular massive stone support and a transparent glass lobby, ideal for studies in institutional gateway design.
- What we like about this project
- A shallow linear water feature with embedded boulders accents the approach plaza alignment.
Materials
- metal-panel
- stone
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- cantilever
- metal-panel-facade
- stone-pier
- glazed-atrium
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- rationalist
Visual tags
- institutional
- cantilever
- double-height-lobby
- facade-rhythm
- contemporary-office
- Geometry
- An orthogonal multi-story block is dramatically undercut by a deep cantilever, creating a sheltered entrance plaza framed by a central limestone-clad column and a glazed double-height lobby.
- Facade system
- Metal panel rainscreen with punched windows above a fully glazed structural glass ground-floor atrium.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel or concrete truss framework enabling the substantial cantilever over the ground level.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story institutional massing with a large, monumental ground-level entry portal.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast sky with warm artificial interior illumination glowing through the punched windows and glass atrium.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, dignified, and monumental, highlighted by the contrast between heavy stone and lightweight glass under twilight light.
- Environmental context
- Set within a landscaped, semi-rural or campus-like environment with gentle slopes and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching the building moves from the open paved exterior plaza under the protective, expansive shadow of the cantilever into the light-filled central atrium.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict horizontal window bands punctured by vertical mullions along the upper facade tiers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate monumentalism
- Program
- Headquarters or international organization center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-panel, stone, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- cantilever, metal-panel-facade, stone-pier, glazed-atrium, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, rationalist
- Visual tags
- institutional, cantilever, double-height-lobby, facade-rhythm, contemporary-office
- Geometry
- An orthogonal multi-story block is dramatically undercut by a deep cantilever, creating a sheltered entrance plaza framed by a central limestone-clad column and a glazed double-height lobby.
- Facade system
- Metal panel rainscreen with punched windows above a fully glazed structural glass ground-floor atrium.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel or concrete truss framework enabling the substantial cantilever over the ground level.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story institutional massing with a large, monumental ground-level entry portal.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast sky with warm artificial interior illumination glowing through the punched windows and glass atrium.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, dignified, and monumental, highlighted by the contrast between heavy stone and lightweight glass under twilight light.
- Environmental context
- Set within a landscaped, semi-rural or campus-like environment with gentle slopes and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching the building moves from the open paved exterior plaza under the protective, expansive shadow of the cantilever into the light-filled central atrium.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict horizontal window bands punctured by vertical mullions along the upper facade tiers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate monumentalism
- Program
- Headquarters or international organization center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture