中国北京中央美术学院
上海
An aerial precedent for complex compound-curved roof envelopes clad in slate tiles, illustrating how organic forms interface with orthogonal institutional buildings.
- What we like about this project
- The roof dramatically curls upward at the corners like traditional sweeping eaves rendered in modern slate.
Materials
- slate
- stone
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- undulating-roof
- slate-shingles
- curved-envelope
- dark-stone-cladding
Style tags
- contemporary
- sculptural
- expressionist
Visual tags
- institutional
- sculptural-roof
- complex-geometry
- campus
- monolithic
- Geometry
- Complex compound-curved roof swoops and dips across an orthogonal base, creating dynamic hyperbolic paraboloid geometry.
- Facade system
- Dark stone tile rainscreen combined with a curved shingled roof membrane.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame supporting the complex curved roof geometry over concrete core walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale institutional building spanning multiple stories, dwarfing nearby pedestrian pathways.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the texture of the curved slate tiles.
- Atmosphere
- Solemn and monumental, accented by the muted gray palette and sweeping organic curves.
- Environmental context
- Urban institutional campus setting with neighboring multi-story buildings and paved courtyards.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping roofline visually anchors the surrounding institutional campus while drawing the eye along its fluid contours toward the entrance bridge.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding of small roof shingles offsets the massive verticality of the base walls.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural architectural design
- Program
- Museum or cultural art center
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- slate, stone, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- undulating-roof, slate-shingles, curved-envelope, dark-stone-cladding
- Style tags
- contemporary, sculptural, expressionist
- Visual tags
- institutional, sculptural-roof, complex-geometry, campus, monolithic
- Geometry
- Complex compound-curved roof swoops and dips across an orthogonal base, creating dynamic hyperbolic paraboloid geometry.
- Facade system
- Dark stone tile rainscreen combined with a curved shingled roof membrane.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame supporting the complex curved roof geometry over concrete core walls.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale institutional building spanning multiple stories, dwarfing nearby pedestrian pathways.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the texture of the curved slate tiles.
- Atmosphere
- Solemn and monumental, accented by the muted gray palette and sweeping organic curves.
- Environmental context
- Urban institutional campus setting with neighboring multi-story buildings and paved courtyards.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping roofline visually anchors the surrounding institutional campus while drawing the eye along its fluid contours toward the entrance bridge.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding of small roof shingles offsets the massive verticality of the base walls.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural architectural design
- Program
- Museum or cultural art center
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture