York Central
A residential masterplan precedent by Haworth Tompkins showcasing a pedestrian square framed by contrasting blue and red brick multi-family blocks.
Materials
- glazed-brick
- red-brick
- precast-concrete
- timber
- glass
Visual identifiers
- blue-brick
- red-brick-townhouses
- communal-courtyard
- gabled-roofs
Style tags
- contextual
- contemporary
- residential
Visual tags
- residential-quarter
- public-realm
- masonry
- landscape-led
- urban-housing
- Geometry
- Low-rise perimeter blocks frame an open communal courtyard garden with winding paths and native planting.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry facade with punched windows and expressed precast-concrete lintel surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry wall construction with timber or concrete floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale pedestrian realm flanked by three- to four-story residential blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight with soft shadows under a partly cloudy sky.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, welcoming neighborhood atmosphere centered around shared green spaces.
- Environmental context
- Medium-density residential quarter featuring contrasting masonry block facades and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- A human-scaled residential square flows smoothly between active building thresholds and soft green common spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical window bays on the blue brick facade contrast with the irregular gabled rhythms of the red brick housing blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual urban housing
- Program
- Residential mixed-use housing development
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glazed-brick, red-brick, precast-concrete, timber, glass
- Visual identifiers
- blue-brick, red-brick-townhouses, communal-courtyard, gabled-roofs
- Style tags
- contextual, contemporary, residential
- Visual tags
- residential-quarter, public-realm, masonry, landscape-led, urban-housing
- Geometry
- Low-rise perimeter blocks frame an open communal courtyard garden with winding paths and native planting.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry facade with punched windows and expressed precast-concrete lintel surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry wall construction with timber or concrete floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale pedestrian realm flanked by three- to four-story residential blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight with soft shadows under a partly cloudy sky.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, welcoming neighborhood atmosphere centered around shared green spaces.
- Environmental context
- Medium-density residential quarter featuring contrasting masonry block facades and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- A human-scaled residential square flows smoothly between active building thresholds and soft green common spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical window bays on the blue brick facade contrast with the irregular gabled rhythms of the red brick housing blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual urban housing
- Program
- Residential mixed-use housing development
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture