01_华润（北京）-生命科学园
北京
An exterior facade precedent for corporate life science buildings, combining warm terracotta cladding with rhythmic vertical glazing and undulating sculptural panel accents.
- What we like about this project
- Vertical terracotta panels curve inward organically in specific bays to soften the otherwise strict orthogonal grid.
Materials
- terracotta
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- terracotta-cladding
- curtain-wall
- undulating-panels
- symmetrical-facade
- recessed-balcony
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- terracotta-screen
- modern
Visual tags
- corporate-campus
- life-sciences
- terracotta
- symmetrical
- contemporary-office
- façade-articulation
- Geometry
- Symmetrical mid-rise block with a central recessed balcony and stepped upper roofline. The facade features alternating vertical glazed bays and terracotta-clad solid piers.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall combined with hung terracotta rainscreen panels and feature undulating metal or ceramic details.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete frame structure with non-loadbearing rainscreen cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise corporate building scale, approximately five stories high above ground.
- Lighting
- Even, diffuse overcast daylight washing across the terracotta panels and glass curtain wall.
- Atmosphere
- Professional, clean, and grounded by the warm earth tones of the terracotta against clear glass.
- Environmental context
- Set within a landscaped science park campus with manicured lawns and young deciduous trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached via a ceremonial central stair through tiered landscaping, leading to a glazed ground-level lobby under deep overhangs.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry with alternating solid terracotta piers and multi-story vertical window bays punctuated by horizontal reveals.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate architecture with terracotta expressionism
- Program
- Corporate headquarters and life science research facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- terracotta, glass, aluminum, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- terracotta-cladding, curtain-wall, undulating-panels, symmetrical-facade, recessed-balcony
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, terracotta-screen, modern
- Visual tags
- corporate-campus, life-sciences, terracotta, symmetrical, contemporary-office, façade-articulation
- Geometry
- Symmetrical mid-rise block with a central recessed balcony and stepped upper roofline. The facade features alternating vertical glazed bays and terracotta-clad solid piers.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall combined with hung terracotta rainscreen panels and feature undulating metal or ceramic details.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete frame structure with non-loadbearing rainscreen cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise corporate building scale, approximately five stories high above ground.
- Lighting
- Even, diffuse overcast daylight washing across the terracotta panels and glass curtain wall.
- Atmosphere
- Professional, clean, and grounded by the warm earth tones of the terracotta against clear glass.
- Environmental context
- Set within a landscaped science park campus with manicured lawns and young deciduous trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached via a ceremonial central stair through tiered landscaping, leading to a glazed ground-level lobby under deep overhangs.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry with alternating solid terracotta piers and multi-story vertical window bays punctuated by horizontal reveals.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate architecture with terracotta expressionism
- Program
- Corporate headquarters and life science research facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture