Housing
A multifamily housing facade precedent that uses colorful perforated metal sunshade blades mounted on an external steel framework to provide solar control and visual depth.
- What we like about this project
- The multi-colored pastel palette (blue, green, grey) softens the industrial feel of the perforated mesh.
Materials
- perforated-metal
- steel
- fiber-cement-siding
- glass
Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal
- sunshades
- colored-louvers
- lap-siding
- steel-columns
Style tags
- contemporary
- functionalist
- solar-responsive
Visual tags
- solar-shading
- facade-depth
- color-accent
- multifamily-housing
- perforated-screen
- Geometry
- Multi-layered facade plane featuring an offset rhythm of horizontal lap siding and vertical steel support columns, punctuated by angular, projecting sunshade blades.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen or lap siding with secondary external steel frame supporting perforated metal sunshades.
- Structural guess
- Steel outrigger frame attached to wood or steel-stud building structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale, with sunshades spanning individual window bays.
- Lighting
- Direct overhead daylight casting sharp shadows from the perforated blades onto the pale siding and structural columns.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and dynamic interplay of light and colored metal screening.
- Environmental context
- Exterior multifamily housing facade under clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The deep layering of perforated metal shades creates an active play of light, shadow, and color across the flat residential siding, giving depth to a standard envelope.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal stacking of colored louvers counterbalancing the vertical columns and horizontal siding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary functionalist residential architecture
- Program
- Multifamily residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- perforated-metal, steel, fiber-cement-siding, glass
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal, sunshades, colored-louvers, lap-siding, steel-columns
- Style tags
- contemporary, functionalist, solar-responsive
- Visual tags
- solar-shading, facade-depth, color-accent, multifamily-housing, perforated-screen
- Geometry
- Multi-layered facade plane featuring an offset rhythm of horizontal lap siding and vertical steel support columns, punctuated by angular, projecting sunshade blades.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen or lap siding with secondary external steel frame supporting perforated metal sunshades.
- Structural guess
- Steel outrigger frame attached to wood or steel-stud building structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale, with sunshades spanning individual window bays.
- Lighting
- Direct overhead daylight casting sharp shadows from the perforated blades onto the pale siding and structural columns.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and dynamic interplay of light and colored metal screening.
- Environmental context
- Exterior multifamily housing facade under clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The deep layering of perforated metal shades creates an active play of light, shadow, and color across the flat residential siding, giving depth to a standard envelope.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal stacking of colored louvers counterbalancing the vertical columns and horizontal siding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary functionalist residential architecture
- Program
- Multifamily residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture