Curved commercial shopping mall facade with textured white tiling
A large-scale commercial retail precedent featuring a sweeping curved facade clad in textured white tiles and a dynamic sculptural entry element.
- What we like about this project
- A metallic scale-like sculptural element wraps down from the upper roofline to form a dramatic entrance canopy.
Materials
- ceramic-tile
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- stone
Visual identifiers
- curved-facade
- textured-tile
- sculptural-ribbon
- commercial-mall
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- expressive
Visual tags
- retail
- commercial
- curved-geometry
- facade-texture
- dusk-lighting
- contemporary-architecture
- Geometry
- Sweeping curved massing with stepped floor plates, accented by an overlapping sculptural metallic ribbon element twisting downward.
- Facade system
- Textured ceramic or composite panel rainscreen on a curved steel and concrete backing structure with punch-out storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with composite floor slabs and curved perimeter framing.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale retail complex spanning multiple commercial stories with a monumental entry canopy.
- Lighting
- Dusk sky with warm interior illumination glowing through storefronts and signage boxes against cooler exterior ambient twilight.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and inviting twilight atmosphere highlighting the complex geometry and smooth facade skin.
- Environmental context
- Urban commercial precinct with high-rise residential towers visible in the background and perimeter perimeter planting.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the vehicular and pedestrian plaza, the undulating facade draws the eye continuously along its soft curve toward the prominent entrance signage.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal retail windows and ribbon banding break up the vast expanse of textured vertical tile units.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial vernacular with expressive sculptural detailing
- Program
- Shopping mall and retail complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- ceramic-tile, glass, aluminum, steel, stone
- Visual identifiers
- curved-facade, textured-tile, sculptural-ribbon, commercial-mall
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, expressive
- Visual tags
- retail, commercial, curved-geometry, facade-texture, dusk-lighting, contemporary-architecture
- Geometry
- Sweeping curved massing with stepped floor plates, accented by an overlapping sculptural metallic ribbon element twisting downward.
- Facade system
- Textured ceramic or composite panel rainscreen on a curved steel and concrete backing structure with punch-out storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with composite floor slabs and curved perimeter framing.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale retail complex spanning multiple commercial stories with a monumental entry canopy.
- Lighting
- Dusk sky with warm interior illumination glowing through storefronts and signage boxes against cooler exterior ambient twilight.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and inviting twilight atmosphere highlighting the complex geometry and smooth facade skin.
- Environmental context
- Urban commercial precinct with high-rise residential towers visible in the background and perimeter perimeter planting.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the vehicular and pedestrian plaza, the undulating facade draws the eye continuously along its soft curve toward the prominent entrance signage.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal retail windows and ribbon banding break up the vast expanse of textured vertical tile units.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial vernacular with expressive sculptural detailing
- Program
- Shopping mall and retail complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture