Union Channel
A street-level exterior view of Union Channel by Fogarty Finger, demonstrating how faceted metal and glass facade geometry animates an urban residential corner.
- What we like about this project
- The upper terrace glass balustrades align seamlessly with the faceted geometry of the lower floors.
Materials
- metal-panels
- glass
- concrete
- aluminum
Visual identifiers
- faceted-bay-windows
- metal-panel-facade
- rooftop-terraces
- urban-corner
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- rational-expressionism
Visual tags
- residential
- multi-family
- dusk-photography
- faceted-facade
- urban-infill
- Geometry
- Mid-rise block featuring an articulated faceted bay window system that introduces dynamic angles along the street facade, stepping back at upper levels to accommodate landscaped terraces.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel and glass curtain wall system with integrated faceted vertical bays.
- Structural guess
- Concrete flat slab superstructure with perimeter metal stud framing and curtain wall infill.
- Spatial scale
- Seven-story urban residential building with commercial storefronts at ground level and human-scaled bay units.
- Lighting
- Twilight illumination blending ambient purple sky tones with warm interior lighting glowing through floor-to-ceiling windows and streak-lit traffic below.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated and luminous dusk atmosphere where sharp architectural folds catch the last light of day.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street corner with neighboring low-scale brick fabric on the left and a distant city skyline under a dusk sky.
- Spatial experience
- From the street intersection, the faceted facade captures shifting twilight reflections, creating a textured urban edge that contrasts with the surrounding context.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical faceted modules create a rhythmic undulation across the primary street elevations.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban residential
- Program
- Mixed-use residential apartment building with ground-floor retail.
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-panels, glass, concrete, aluminum
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-bay-windows, metal-panel-facade, rooftop-terraces, urban-corner
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, rational-expressionism
- Visual tags
- residential, multi-family, dusk-photography, faceted-facade, urban-infill
- Geometry
- Mid-rise block featuring an articulated faceted bay window system that introduces dynamic angles along the street facade, stepping back at upper levels to accommodate landscaped terraces.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel and glass curtain wall system with integrated faceted vertical bays.
- Structural guess
- Concrete flat slab superstructure with perimeter metal stud framing and curtain wall infill.
- Spatial scale
- Seven-story urban residential building with commercial storefronts at ground level and human-scaled bay units.
- Lighting
- Twilight illumination blending ambient purple sky tones with warm interior lighting glowing through floor-to-ceiling windows and streak-lit traffic below.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated and luminous dusk atmosphere where sharp architectural folds catch the last light of day.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street corner with neighboring low-scale brick fabric on the left and a distant city skyline under a dusk sky.
- Spatial experience
- From the street intersection, the faceted facade captures shifting twilight reflections, creating a textured urban edge that contrasts with the surrounding context.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical faceted modules create a rhythmic undulation across the primary street elevations.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban residential
- Program
- Mixed-use residential apartment building with ground-floor retail.
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture