WechatIMG153
杭州
An aerial urban precedent illustrating the integration of slender towers with extended horizontal podiums within a waterfront context at twilight.
- What we like about this project
- The slender, tapered landmark tower rising dramatically behind the symmetrical mid-rise corporate blocks.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
- stone
Visual identifiers
- high-rise-towers
- horizontal-podiums
- urban-waterfront
- sunset-skyline
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- commercial
Visual tags
- urban-planning
- high-rise
- waterfront
- mixed-use
- aerial-view
- Geometry
- Composition features slender vertical towers paired with expansive horizontal podium bases set within an urban waterfront context.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with vertical fin elements on the towers and layered horizontal louvers on the podiums.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete composite superstructures with outrigger systems for the tall towers.
- Spatial scale
- Macro urban scale showing multi-story high-rise towers and extensive public realm.
- Lighting
- Soft ambient twilight lighting with a pastel pink and blue gradient sky casting even illumination across the urban landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and expansive evening mood framed by a pastel horizon.
- Environmental context
- Expansive urban waterfront setting with rolling hills in the distant background and mature trees in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- From the aerial viewpoint, the buildings create a balanced skyline rhythm that bridges dense urban fabric with open landscape zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical accents of the towers balanced by layered horizontal bands of the podium terraces.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial mixed-use civic center
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, concrete, stone
- Visual identifiers
- high-rise-towers, horizontal-podiums, urban-waterfront, sunset-skyline
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, commercial
- Visual tags
- urban-planning, high-rise, waterfront, mixed-use, aerial-view
- Geometry
- Composition features slender vertical towers paired with expansive horizontal podium bases set within an urban waterfront context.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with vertical fin elements on the towers and layered horizontal louvers on the podiums.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete composite superstructures with outrigger systems for the tall towers.
- Spatial scale
- Macro urban scale showing multi-story high-rise towers and extensive public realm.
- Lighting
- Soft ambient twilight lighting with a pastel pink and blue gradient sky casting even illumination across the urban landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and expansive evening mood framed by a pastel horizon.
- Environmental context
- Expansive urban waterfront setting with rolling hills in the distant background and mature trees in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- From the aerial viewpoint, the buildings create a balanced skyline rhythm that bridges dense urban fabric with open landscape zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical accents of the towers balanced by layered horizontal bands of the podium terraces.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial mixed-use civic center
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture