Csm 1744 House Of Silhoette Kottlorz 38 10a316f80f
A storefront precedent by Ippolito Fleitz Group showing how contemporary retail programming and lighting insert neatly into a historic arched stone facade.
- What we like about this project
- The central glazed door swings outward, breaking the flat plane of the arcade opening.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- arched-storefront
- neoclassical-facade
- halo-signage
- retail-display
Style tags
- contemporary
- historic-adaptive
- retail-design
Visual tags
- commercial
- retail
- storefront
- urban-facade
- historic-integration
- Geometry
- Symmetrical three-bay neoclassical stone facade featuring large arched openings integrated into a heavier rusticated ground floor.
- Facade system
- Restored historic stone masonry framing dark metal-framed glazed storefronts and doors.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry base with altered storefront openings.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story commercial storefront scale, easily navigated by pedestrians.
- Lighting
- Twilight external condition contrasts with warm, controlled interior display lighting and glowing halo signage.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and crisp, with warm interior glows punctuating the cool evening twilight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with a paved stone sidewalk and historic masonry building fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach presents a clear, glowing threshold into a retail interior, with deep arched reveals drawing the eye inward.
- Composition rhythm
- Tripartite rhythm of arched bays anchored by rusticated stone piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary retail insertion into historic architecture
- Program
- Optical retail showroom
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- arched-storefront, neoclassical-facade, halo-signage, retail-display
- Style tags
- contemporary, historic-adaptive, retail-design
- Visual tags
- commercial, retail, storefront, urban-facade, historic-integration
- Geometry
- Symmetrical three-bay neoclassical stone facade featuring large arched openings integrated into a heavier rusticated ground floor.
- Facade system
- Restored historic stone masonry framing dark metal-framed glazed storefronts and doors.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry base with altered storefront openings.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story commercial storefront scale, easily navigated by pedestrians.
- Lighting
- Twilight external condition contrasts with warm, controlled interior display lighting and glowing halo signage.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and crisp, with warm interior glows punctuating the cool evening twilight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with a paved stone sidewalk and historic masonry building fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach presents a clear, glowing threshold into a retail interior, with deep arched reveals drawing the eye inward.
- Composition rhythm
- Tripartite rhythm of arched bays anchored by rusticated stone piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary retail insertion into historic architecture
- Program
- Optical retail showroom
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture