Sacred
An exterior facade precedent showcasing operable or fixed colored perforated louvers and an overhead timber trellis, offering solar control and intricate light filtration.
- What we like about this project
- Triangular perforations cast a complex, starry stenciled pattern of light across the shaded surfaces.
Materials
- perforated-metal
- timber
- coated-aluminum
- glass
Visual identifiers
- perforated-panels
- timber-canopy
- colored-louvers
- sun-shading
Style tags
- contemporary
- bioclimatic
- contextual
Visual tags
- facade-detail
- solar-control
- perforated-metal
- timber-structure
- color-accent
- Geometry
- Low-angle perspective looking up at a layered facade with vertical timber mullions supporting operable or fixed horizontal louvers on the left and a deep overhead trellis on the right.
- Facade system
- Multi-layer louver and canopy system with perforated metal panels on timber structure.
- Structural guess
- Glue-laminated timber beams supporting metal shading cassettes mounted to a primary building frame.
- Spatial scale
- Building scale; multi-story facade element seen from ground level looking up.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows through thousands of tiny triangular perforations in the panels.
- Atmosphere
- Playful yet structured, with dappled light filtering through patterned metal screens.
- Environmental context
- Exterior architectural detail viewed against a bright clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing upward emphasizes the interplay of heavy timber framing against filtered light and colorful shading elements against a clear blue sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal perspective accentuates the repetitive rhythm of the louvers and overhead canopy beams.
- Style reading
- Contemporary bioclimatic architecture
- Program
- Educational, community, or civic building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- perforated-metal, timber, coated-aluminum, glass
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-panels, timber-canopy, colored-louvers, sun-shading
- Style tags
- contemporary, bioclimatic, contextual
- Visual tags
- facade-detail, solar-control, perforated-metal, timber-structure, color-accent
- Geometry
- Low-angle perspective looking up at a layered facade with vertical timber mullions supporting operable or fixed horizontal louvers on the left and a deep overhead trellis on the right.
- Facade system
- Multi-layer louver and canopy system with perforated metal panels on timber structure.
- Structural guess
- Glue-laminated timber beams supporting metal shading cassettes mounted to a primary building frame.
- Spatial scale
- Building scale; multi-story facade element seen from ground level looking up.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows through thousands of tiny triangular perforations in the panels.
- Atmosphere
- Playful yet structured, with dappled light filtering through patterned metal screens.
- Environmental context
- Exterior architectural detail viewed against a bright clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing upward emphasizes the interplay of heavy timber framing against filtered light and colorful shading elements against a clear blue sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal perspective accentuates the repetitive rhythm of the louvers and overhead canopy beams.
- Style reading
- Contemporary bioclimatic architecture
- Program
- Educational, community, or civic building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture