Abundance of what? — Johnson Favaro
Photo · Vallejo Community Development Projects Registry
An aerial master plan rendering showing a civic library pavilion anchoring a triangular park flanked by curved residential or commercial perimeter blocks by Johnson Favaro.
- What we like about this project
- The clever integration of a triangular site into a symmetrical public green space framed by curved perimeter blocks.
Materials
- brick
- stone
- glass
- concrete
- planting
Visual identifiers
- triangular-site
- civic-pavilion
- curved-brick-blocks
- central-park
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- masterplan
Visual tags
- masterplan
- civic
- suburban-infill
- mixed-use
- public-realm
- Geometry
- Low-rise pavilion library centered in a triangular green space, framed by two curved multi-story brick residential or office blocks aligning with curving perimeter streets.
- Facade system
- Punched opening stone or precast concrete pavilion paired with rhythmic brick facades on the curved flanking blocks.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or reinforced concrete with precast/masonry cladding systems.
- Spatial scale
- Civic scale spanning several blocks, featuring a two-story library pavilion and three-to-four-story surrounding neighborhood blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear, soft shadows across roofs, pavement, and newly planted trees.
- Atmosphere
- Optimistic, open suburban civic campus design integrated with surrounding neighborhood infrastructure.
- Environmental context
- Suburban street intersection with mature mountains visible in the distant background.
- Spatial experience
- The composition opens from a high-angle aerial view into a welcoming civic green space with clear sightlines from surrounding thoroughfares toward the central civic library pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Curved linear facade rhythms on the perimeter blocks contrasting with the balanced colonnade of the central pavilion.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic master planning
- Program
- Library, public park, and neighborhood mixed-use development
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stone, glass, concrete, planting
- Visual identifiers
- triangular-site, civic-pavilion, curved-brick-blocks, central-park
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, masterplan
- Visual tags
- masterplan, civic, suburban-infill, mixed-use, public-realm
- Geometry
- Low-rise pavilion library centered in a triangular green space, framed by two curved multi-story brick residential or office blocks aligning with curving perimeter streets.
- Facade system
- Punched opening stone or precast concrete pavilion paired with rhythmic brick facades on the curved flanking blocks.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or reinforced concrete with precast/masonry cladding systems.
- Spatial scale
- Civic scale spanning several blocks, featuring a two-story library pavilion and three-to-four-story surrounding neighborhood blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear, soft shadows across roofs, pavement, and newly planted trees.
- Atmosphere
- Optimistic, open suburban civic campus design integrated with surrounding neighborhood infrastructure.
- Environmental context
- Suburban street intersection with mature mountains visible in the distant background.
- Spatial experience
- The composition opens from a high-angle aerial view into a welcoming civic green space with clear sightlines from surrounding thoroughfares toward the central civic library pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Curved linear facade rhythms on the perimeter blocks contrasting with the balanced colonnade of the central pavilion.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic master planning
- Program
- Library, public park, and neighborhood mixed-use development
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture