JUMP
Paris, FR · 2017
Photo · Schnepp Renou, Sebastian van Damme
An exterior facade study of JUMP by KAAN Architecten, illustrating a rhythmic, multi-volume precast concrete grid set against an open landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The stark industrial rigor of the multi-block concrete facade juxtaposed sharply against unruly meadow vegetation.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- glass
Visual identifiers
- concrete-grid
- repeating-volumes
- punched-windows
- monolithic-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- rationalist
- monumental
Visual tags
- modular
- grid
- institutional
- facade-rhythm
- precast-concrete
- Geometry
- A composition of five tall, rectilinear concrete volumes set side-by-side, creating a repeating vertical cadence across the elevation.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete grid facade with recessed rectilinear window openings.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame structure with exterior load-bearing or curtain-wall grid panels.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional or commercial complexes spanning multiple vertical bays.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight producing even illumination with minimal shadows and a washed-out sky.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, austere, and monumental under an expansive overcast sky.
- Environmental context
- Open suburban or brownfield site with wild grasses and low neighboring vernacular buildings in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a monumental, rhythmic mass that dominates the horizon, contrasted against an untamed foreground of wild vegetation.
- Composition rhythm
- Strictly ordered vertical grid repeated across five distinct building blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental rationalism
- Program
- Office or institutional complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, glass
- Visual identifiers
- concrete-grid, repeating-volumes, punched-windows, monolithic-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, rationalist, monumental
- Visual tags
- modular, grid, institutional, facade-rhythm, precast-concrete
- Geometry
- A composition of five tall, rectilinear concrete volumes set side-by-side, creating a repeating vertical cadence across the elevation.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete grid facade with recessed rectilinear window openings.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame structure with exterior load-bearing or curtain-wall grid panels.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional or commercial complexes spanning multiple vertical bays.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight producing even illumination with minimal shadows and a washed-out sky.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, austere, and monumental under an expansive overcast sky.
- Environmental context
- Open suburban or brownfield site with wild grasses and low neighboring vernacular buildings in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a monumental, rhythmic mass that dominates the horizon, contrasted against an untamed foreground of wild vegetation.
- Composition rhythm
- Strictly ordered vertical grid repeated across five distinct building blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental rationalism
- Program
- Office or institutional complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture