Interior atrium of a multi-level shopping mall with curved balconies
An interior architectural precedent for large commercial atriums utilizing organic, flowing floor plates and continuous cove lighting to frame a dramatic central skylight.
- What we like about this project
- The complex, organic geometry of the ceiling slot frames a converging triangular diagrid skylight that visually compresses the deep space.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- polished-stone
- plaster
- wood-veneer
Visual identifiers
- curved-atrium
- diagrid-skylight
- stacked-escalators
- organic-floor-plates
- cove-lighting
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- fluid
- luminous
Visual tags
- retail
- atrium
- commercial
- daylit
- curvilinear
- grand-scale
- Geometry
- Expansive multi-story atrium defined by flowing, organic curved floor plates stacked vertically, featuring stacked escalators and a tapering glazed roof.
- Facade system
- Glass balustrades with metal handrails fronting open multi-level retail concourses.
- Structural guess
- Long-span steel trusses supporting the upper roof skylight with composite steel and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental commercial scale spanning multiple stories, with human figures providing a sense of grand proportion on the lower and upper concourses.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight flooding through the top diagrid skylight, augmented by continuous integrated LED cove lighting along the curved floor edges.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, uplifting, and highly energetic commercial atmosphere bathed in soft, diffused daylight and glowing architectural lines.
- Environmental context
- Large commercial indoor retail atrium with polished stone floors reflecting ambient light and storefront facades lining the lower perimeter.
- Spatial experience
- Vast, luminous, and fluid environment where continuous sightlines across levels pull the eye upward toward the central glazed canopy.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping horizontal bands of white balconies stack in a diminishing perspective toward the rear focal point, punctuated by the diagonal movement of escalators.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial biophilic-inspired fluidism
- Program
- Commercial retail shopping center
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, polished-stone, plaster, wood-veneer
- Visual identifiers
- curved-atrium, diagrid-skylight, stacked-escalators, organic-floor-plates, cove-lighting
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, fluid, luminous
- Visual tags
- retail, atrium, commercial, daylit, curvilinear, grand-scale
- Geometry
- Expansive multi-story atrium defined by flowing, organic curved floor plates stacked vertically, featuring stacked escalators and a tapering glazed roof.
- Facade system
- Glass balustrades with metal handrails fronting open multi-level retail concourses.
- Structural guess
- Long-span steel trusses supporting the upper roof skylight with composite steel and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental commercial scale spanning multiple stories, with human figures providing a sense of grand proportion on the lower and upper concourses.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight flooding through the top diagrid skylight, augmented by continuous integrated LED cove lighting along the curved floor edges.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, uplifting, and highly energetic commercial atmosphere bathed in soft, diffused daylight and glowing architectural lines.
- Environmental context
- Large commercial indoor retail atrium with polished stone floors reflecting ambient light and storefront facades lining the lower perimeter.
- Spatial experience
- Vast, luminous, and fluid environment where continuous sightlines across levels pull the eye upward toward the central glazed canopy.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping horizontal bands of white balconies stack in a diminishing perspective toward the rear focal point, punctuated by the diagonal movement of escalators.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial biophilic-inspired fluidism
- Program
- Commercial retail shopping center
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture