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Link-Arc建筑事务所

Shanghai-based Link-Arc建筑事务所 designs cultural institutions and exhibition pavilions defined by fragmenting, scale-like roof canopies and floating cantilevered masses that dissolve traditional structural boundaries. The portfolio offers a focused reference when detailing complex roof-to-ceiling transitions, studying porous masonry screens, or integrating vibrant athletic pathways across terraced outdoor landscapes.

Monolithic grey brick volumes with cantilevered massing and recessed dark metal entry by Link-Arc.

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上海

An exterior facade precedent for monolithic grey brick volumes utilizing cantilevers, recessed glazing, and textured brick coursing to articulate mass.

What we like about this project
Subtle changes in brick bonding create textured, porous screens integrated seamlessly into the solid facade.

Materials

  • grey-brick
  • glass
  • black-steel
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • grey-brick
  • cantilevered-volume
  • punched-perforations
  • dark-metal-canopy

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • minimalist
  • rationalist
  • tectonic

Visual tags

  • monolithic
  • contemporary-brick
  • cantilever
  • institutional
  • volumetric
Geometry
Rectilinear volumes composed of interlocking stacked and cantilevered rectangular masses with horizontal coursing.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen grey brick facade with integrated perforated screen panels and curtain wall glazing.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete floor slabs supporting heavy masonry or brick veneer cladding.
Spatial scale
Two-story massing at a civic or institutional scale, with the main entry canopy calibrated to human height.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows under deep soffits and reveals.
Atmosphere
Quiet, solemn, and restrained with cool, overcast tones.
Environmental context
Open site with paved foreground, young landscaped trees, and distant urban construction cranes on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The deep overhang of the upper brick volume creates a compressed, protected entry threshold opening into glazed transparency.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical balanced composition pairing solid cantilevered blocks against vertical glazed reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist rationalism with heavy tectonic massing
Program
Cultural or commercial exhibition pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
grey-brick, glass, black-steel, concrete
Visual identifiers
grey-brick, cantilevered-volume, punched-perforations, dark-metal-canopy
Style tags
contemporary, minimalist, rationalist, tectonic
Visual tags
monolithic, contemporary-brick, cantilever, institutional, volumetric
Geometry
Rectilinear volumes composed of interlocking stacked and cantilevered rectangular masses with horizontal coursing.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen grey brick facade with integrated perforated screen panels and curtain wall glazing.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete floor slabs supporting heavy masonry or brick veneer cladding.
Spatial scale
Two-story massing at a civic or institutional scale, with the main entry canopy calibrated to human height.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows under deep soffits and reveals.
Atmosphere
Quiet, solemn, and restrained with cool, overcast tones.
Environmental context
Open site with paved foreground, young landscaped trees, and distant urban construction cranes on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The deep overhang of the upper brick volume creates a compressed, protected entry threshold opening into glazed transparency.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical balanced composition pairing solid cantilevered blocks against vertical glazed reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist rationalism with heavy tectonic massing
Program
Cultural or commercial exhibition pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Monolithic grey brick volumes with cantilevered massing and recessed dark metal entry by Link-Arc.

图片13

上海

An exterior facade precedent for monolithic grey brick volumes utilizing cantilevers, recessed glazing, and textured brick coursing to articulate mass.

What we like about this project
Subtle changes in brick bonding create textured, porous screens integrated seamlessly into the solid facade.

Materials

  • grey-brick
  • glass
  • black-steel
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • grey-brick
  • cantilevered-volume
  • punched-perforations
  • dark-metal-canopy

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • minimalist
  • rationalist
  • tectonic

Visual tags

  • monolithic
  • contemporary-brick
  • cantilever
  • institutional
  • volumetric
Geometry
Rectilinear volumes composed of interlocking stacked and cantilevered rectangular masses with horizontal coursing.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen grey brick facade with integrated perforated screen panels and curtain wall glazing.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete floor slabs supporting heavy masonry or brick veneer cladding.
Spatial scale
Two-story massing at a civic or institutional scale, with the main entry canopy calibrated to human height.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows under deep soffits and reveals.
Atmosphere
Quiet, solemn, and restrained with cool, overcast tones.
Environmental context
Open site with paved foreground, young landscaped trees, and distant urban construction cranes on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The deep overhang of the upper brick volume creates a compressed, protected entry threshold opening into glazed transparency.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical balanced composition pairing solid cantilevered blocks against vertical glazed reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist rationalism with heavy tectonic massing
Program
Cultural or commercial exhibition pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
grey-brick, glass, black-steel, concrete
Visual identifiers
grey-brick, cantilevered-volume, punched-perforations, dark-metal-canopy
Style tags
contemporary, minimalist, rationalist, tectonic
Visual tags
monolithic, contemporary-brick, cantilever, institutional, volumetric
Geometry
Rectilinear volumes composed of interlocking stacked and cantilevered rectangular masses with horizontal coursing.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen grey brick facade with integrated perforated screen panels and curtain wall glazing.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete floor slabs supporting heavy masonry or brick veneer cladding.
Spatial scale
Two-story massing at a civic or institutional scale, with the main entry canopy calibrated to human height.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows under deep soffits and reveals.
Atmosphere
Quiet, solemn, and restrained with cool, overcast tones.
Environmental context
Open site with paved foreground, young landscaped trees, and distant urban construction cranes on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The deep overhang of the upper brick volume creates a compressed, protected entry threshold opening into glazed transparency.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical balanced composition pairing solid cantilevered blocks against vertical glazed reveals.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist rationalism with heavy tectonic massing
Program
Cultural or commercial exhibition pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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