Perspective — Johnson Favaro
An exterior courtyard precedent by Johnson Favaro featuring a rhythmic white arcade contrasted against vibrant red-orange wall panels.
- What we like about this project
- Vibrant red panels set behind white arches create a striking multi-layered depth and color contrast.
Materials
- stucco
- concrete-paver
- glass
- paint
Visual identifiers
- arched-colonnade
- red-orange-panels
- white-stucco
- courtyard-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- polychrome
Visual tags
- campus
- courtyard
- colonnade
- color-contrast
- public-realm
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal massing articulated by a rhythmic series of arched colonnades and contrasting red-orange infill panels.
- Facade system
- Stucco-finished wall with repeating arched openings and colored accent infill panels.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing walls with flat slab roof.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled single-story courtyard campus with wide walkways and seating areas.
- Lighting
- Direct midday sunlight casting sharp shadows from overhead trees and colonnade arches onto the ground plane.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, active, and cheerful public atmosphere framed by lush greenery and clean white stucco.
- Environmental context
- Open suburban or campus landscape with mature deciduous trees framing the low building elevation.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian approach moves across open landscaped courtyards toward sheltered arcade walks beneath deep structural reveals.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating arched openings create a steady, measured horizontal cadence along the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary playful civic architecture
- Program
- Educational or community campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, concrete-paver, glass, paint
- Visual identifiers
- arched-colonnade, red-orange-panels, white-stucco, courtyard-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, polychrome
- Visual tags
- campus, courtyard, colonnade, color-contrast, public-realm
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal massing articulated by a rhythmic series of arched colonnades and contrasting red-orange infill panels.
- Facade system
- Stucco-finished wall with repeating arched openings and colored accent infill panels.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing walls with flat slab roof.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled single-story courtyard campus with wide walkways and seating areas.
- Lighting
- Direct midday sunlight casting sharp shadows from overhead trees and colonnade arches onto the ground plane.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, active, and cheerful public atmosphere framed by lush greenery and clean white stucco.
- Environmental context
- Open suburban or campus landscape with mature deciduous trees framing the low building elevation.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian approach moves across open landscaped courtyards toward sheltered arcade walks beneath deep structural reveals.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating arched openings create a steady, measured horizontal cadence along the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary playful civic architecture
- Program
- Educational or community campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture