Startup Village Jülich (under construction)
A precedent for covered transitional pathways using elevated timber decks and modular building volumes to create outdoor gathering spaces.
- What we like about this project
- String lights strung between slim vertical masts transform the functional elevated deck into an evening event space.
Materials
- timber
- steel
- concrete-pavers
- gravel
- metal-siding
Visual identifiers
- elevated-terrace
- timber-slat-balustrade
- covered-walkway
- modular-cladding
Style tags
- contemporary
- modular
- functionalist
Visual tags
- campus
- outdoor-passage
- timber-detailing
- structural-steel
- modular
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition framing a central concrete-paved pathway passing beneath an elevated horizontal timber-and-steel deck structure.
- Facade system
- Profiled metal siding in contrasting terracotta and muted green flanking a central glazed opening.
- Structural guess
- Steel columns and beams supporting an elevated timber deck and balustrade assembly.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale; the covered passage offers intimate clearance below an elevated viewing deck.
- Lighting
- Warm low-angle morning or evening sunlight casts long shadows and highlights vertical timber slats.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, orderly, and open to the surrounding landscape under clear daylight.
- Environmental context
- Low-scale campus or village development with gravel landscaping and modular buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The eye moves along the axial stone path passing beneath the compressed overhead canopy into an open courtyard beyond.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical posts and timber balustrades establish a steady, rhythmically repeating screen overhead.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modular architecture
- Program
- Startup village or campus hub
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, steel, concrete-pavers, gravel, metal-siding
- Visual identifiers
- elevated-terrace, timber-slat-balustrade, covered-walkway, modular-cladding
- Style tags
- contemporary, modular, functionalist
- Visual tags
- campus, outdoor-passage, timber-detailing, structural-steel, modular
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition framing a central concrete-paved pathway passing beneath an elevated horizontal timber-and-steel deck structure.
- Facade system
- Profiled metal siding in contrasting terracotta and muted green flanking a central glazed opening.
- Structural guess
- Steel columns and beams supporting an elevated timber deck and balustrade assembly.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale; the covered passage offers intimate clearance below an elevated viewing deck.
- Lighting
- Warm low-angle morning or evening sunlight casts long shadows and highlights vertical timber slats.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, orderly, and open to the surrounding landscape under clear daylight.
- Environmental context
- Low-scale campus or village development with gravel landscaping and modular buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The eye moves along the axial stone path passing beneath the compressed overhead canopy into an open courtyard beyond.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical posts and timber balustrades establish a steady, rhythmically repeating screen overhead.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modular architecture
- Program
- Startup village or campus hub
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture