海宁路小学改造01
上海
An urban adaptive-reuse or infill project precedent that blends historic red brick masonry with clean white stucco volumes, offering ideas for integrating low-rise and high-rise volumes along a street edge.
- What we like about this project
- Integrated linear LED lighting outlines the perimeter of the highest white stucco volume, emphasizing its sharp silhouette against the sky.
Materials
- stucco
- red-brick
- glass
- aluminum
- stone-bollards
Visual identifiers
- white-stucco
- red-brick-base
- punched-windows
- pedestrian-plaza
- integrated-linear-lighting
Style tags
- contemporary
- vernacular-hybrid
- minimal-stucco
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- urban-infill
- mixed-massing
- street-edge
- contemporary-renovation
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical massing composition combining low-rise white stucco volumes atop red brick storefront bases, juxtaposed against a taller glass and metal tower in the background.
- Facade system
- Combination of smooth exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) / stucco over masonry, with aluminum-framed storefront glazing and brick cladding at ground level.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with masonry infill and structural steel tower elements in the background.
- Spatial scale
- Medium-scale urban infill development, ranging from two to several stories in the foreground up to a high-rise tower behind.
- Lighting
- Dusk or early morning light with integrated linear architectural lighting highlighting the rooflines and window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp and welcoming urban twilight atmosphere, enhanced by glowing linear highlights and warm storefront illumination.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban streetscape with mixed historic red brick structures and modern high-rises in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the urban street edge with a welcoming pedestrian plaza marked by spherical bollards, creating a clear transition from sidewalk to entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal bands of punched windows contrasted by vertical tower elements and the vertical rhythm of ground-floor storefront bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban vernacular combining historic masonry references with clean modern stucco masses
- Program
- Educational or mixed-use commercial facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, red-brick, glass, aluminum, stone-bollards
- Visual identifiers
- white-stucco, red-brick-base, punched-windows, pedestrian-plaza, integrated-linear-lighting
- Style tags
- contemporary, vernacular-hybrid, minimal-stucco
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, urban-infill, mixed-massing, street-edge, contemporary-renovation
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical massing composition combining low-rise white stucco volumes atop red brick storefront bases, juxtaposed against a taller glass and metal tower in the background.
- Facade system
- Combination of smooth exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) / stucco over masonry, with aluminum-framed storefront glazing and brick cladding at ground level.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with masonry infill and structural steel tower elements in the background.
- Spatial scale
- Medium-scale urban infill development, ranging from two to several stories in the foreground up to a high-rise tower behind.
- Lighting
- Dusk or early morning light with integrated linear architectural lighting highlighting the rooflines and window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp and welcoming urban twilight atmosphere, enhanced by glowing linear highlights and warm storefront illumination.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban streetscape with mixed historic red brick structures and modern high-rises in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the urban street edge with a welcoming pedestrian plaza marked by spherical bollards, creating a clear transition from sidewalk to entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal bands of punched windows contrasted by vertical tower elements and the vertical rhythm of ground-floor storefront bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban vernacular combining historic masonry references with clean modern stucco masses
- Program
- Educational or mixed-use commercial facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture