沧海一帆
上海
An aerial perspective of a distinctive sculptural building featuring monolithic pink-tinted plaster surfaces, a barrel-vaulted roof profile, and deeply recessed window boxes.
- What we like about this project
- A perforated arched screen fills the upper facade of the barrel vault, contrasting with the solid plastered walls below.
Materials
- pigmented-plaster
- corten-steel
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- pink-plaster
- barrel-vault
- cylindrical-core
- recessed-balconies
- monolithic-mass
Style tags
- contemporary
- sculptural
- monolithic
- vernacular-hybrid
Visual tags
- sculptural
- monolithic
- aerial-view
- textured-plaster
- urban-context
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical sculptural massing combining an orthogonal multi-story block with a barrel-vaulted top and a contrasting cylindrical stair or vertical circulation core at the rear.
- Facade system
- Monolithic colored plaster finish with punched, deep-set punched openings and a perforated screen backing the upper arch.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame and shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise freestanding building, approximately four to five stories high relative to surrounding pedestrians and trees.
- Lighting
- Warm, low-angle golden hour sunlight casting sharp highlights and long shadows across the pink plaster surfaces and surrounding paving.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and dramatic under low sunlight, emphasizing the heavy texture and monolithic quality of the colored mass.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban fabric surrounded by mature green tree canopies, traditional pitched tile roofs, and narrow asphalt streets.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as a solid, carved terracotta-toned object rising from an urban fabric, with volumetric recesses creating shadow and depth.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balancing the heavy curved crown against irregular cantilevered window frames and a vertical cylindrical element.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural vernacular with monolithic finishes
- Program
- Cultural or multi-use studio building
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- pigmented-plaster, corten-steel, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- pink-plaster, barrel-vault, cylindrical-core, recessed-balconies, monolithic-mass
- Style tags
- contemporary, sculptural, monolithic, vernacular-hybrid
- Visual tags
- sculptural, monolithic, aerial-view, textured-plaster, urban-context
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical sculptural massing combining an orthogonal multi-story block with a barrel-vaulted top and a contrasting cylindrical stair or vertical circulation core at the rear.
- Facade system
- Monolithic colored plaster finish with punched, deep-set punched openings and a perforated screen backing the upper arch.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame and shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise freestanding building, approximately four to five stories high relative to surrounding pedestrians and trees.
- Lighting
- Warm, low-angle golden hour sunlight casting sharp highlights and long shadows across the pink plaster surfaces and surrounding paving.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and dramatic under low sunlight, emphasizing the heavy texture and monolithic quality of the colored mass.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban fabric surrounded by mature green tree canopies, traditional pitched tile roofs, and narrow asphalt streets.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as a solid, carved terracotta-toned object rising from an urban fabric, with volumetric recesses creating shadow and depth.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balancing the heavy curved crown against irregular cantilevered window frames and a vertical cylindrical element.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural vernacular with monolithic finishes
- Program
- Cultural or multi-use studio building
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture