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MAT 超级建筑事务所

Based in Beijing, MAT 超级建筑事务所 structures its cultural, corporate, and coastal public facilities around dramatic volumetric cantilevers, sweeping roof geometries, and expressive structural elements that contrast solid massing with transparent glass connectors. This portfolio serves as a direct reference when detailing suspended overhangs above public thoroughfares, integrating rhythmic leaning supports into glass curtain walls, or articulating complex roof transitions that frame light-filled courtyards.

Exterior facade of MAT-designed R&D building in Beijing featuring external louver shading and A-frame ground floor columns.

MAT_山东某园区研发楼

北京

An exterior facade precedent demonstrating integrated external solar shading louvers paired with expressed structural A-frame ground columns for a corporate R&D facility.

What we like about this project
The structural V-columns lean outward rhythmically against the orthogonal grid of the curtain wall above.

Materials

  • aluminum
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • external-louvers
  • a-frame-columns
  • curtain-wall
  • ground-canopy

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • high-tech
  • rationalist

Visual tags

  • corporate
  • solar-shading
  • façade-engineering
  • office-building
  • structural-expression
Geometry
Orthogonal multi-story facade featuring a rhythmic grid of horizontal louvers and vertical mullions, anchored by expressed A-frame columns at the ground level colonnade.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall shielded by adjustable or fixed horizontal perforated metal louver assemblies.
Structural guess
Steel or composite frame with exterior V-shaped steel columns supporting the ground-level canopy and perimeter loads.
Spatial scale
Large corporate research building with a multi-story upper facade and a double-height or generous single-story ground colonnade.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows under the entry canopy and highlighting the perforated metal louvers on upper levels.
Atmosphere
Clean, precise, and professional, characterized by metallic textures and orderly solar control.
Environmental context
Urban office park setting with a wide ground-level paved forecourt and surrounding open landscape visible through the ground glass.
Spatial experience
The deep ground-floor canopy and V-shaped supports create a sheltered, transparent threshold between the open paved plaza and the interior lobby.
Composition rhythm
Strictly modular vertical and horizontal grid broken by the diagonal geometry of the support columns.
Style reading
Contemporary high-tech corporate architecture
Program
Corporate R&D office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
aluminum, glass, steel, concrete
Visual identifiers
external-louvers, a-frame-columns, curtain-wall, ground-canopy
Style tags
contemporary, high-tech, rationalist
Visual tags
corporate, solar-shading, façade-engineering, office-building, structural-expression
Geometry
Orthogonal multi-story facade featuring a rhythmic grid of horizontal louvers and vertical mullions, anchored by expressed A-frame columns at the ground level colonnade.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall shielded by adjustable or fixed horizontal perforated metal louver assemblies.
Structural guess
Steel or composite frame with exterior V-shaped steel columns supporting the ground-level canopy and perimeter loads.
Spatial scale
Large corporate research building with a multi-story upper facade and a double-height or generous single-story ground colonnade.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows under the entry canopy and highlighting the perforated metal louvers on upper levels.
Atmosphere
Clean, precise, and professional, characterized by metallic textures and orderly solar control.
Environmental context
Urban office park setting with a wide ground-level paved forecourt and surrounding open landscape visible through the ground glass.
Spatial experience
The deep ground-floor canopy and V-shaped supports create a sheltered, transparent threshold between the open paved plaza and the interior lobby.
Composition rhythm
Strictly modular vertical and horizontal grid broken by the diagonal geometry of the support columns.
Style reading
Contemporary high-tech corporate architecture
Program
Corporate R&D office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior facade of MAT-designed R&D building in Beijing featuring external louver shading and A-frame ground floor columns.

MAT_山东某园区研发楼

北京

An exterior facade precedent demonstrating integrated external solar shading louvers paired with expressed structural A-frame ground columns for a corporate R&D facility.

What we like about this project
The structural V-columns lean outward rhythmically against the orthogonal grid of the curtain wall above.

Materials

  • aluminum
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • external-louvers
  • a-frame-columns
  • curtain-wall
  • ground-canopy

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • high-tech
  • rationalist

Visual tags

  • corporate
  • solar-shading
  • façade-engineering
  • office-building
  • structural-expression
Geometry
Orthogonal multi-story facade featuring a rhythmic grid of horizontal louvers and vertical mullions, anchored by expressed A-frame columns at the ground level colonnade.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall shielded by adjustable or fixed horizontal perforated metal louver assemblies.
Structural guess
Steel or composite frame with exterior V-shaped steel columns supporting the ground-level canopy and perimeter loads.
Spatial scale
Large corporate research building with a multi-story upper facade and a double-height or generous single-story ground colonnade.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows under the entry canopy and highlighting the perforated metal louvers on upper levels.
Atmosphere
Clean, precise, and professional, characterized by metallic textures and orderly solar control.
Environmental context
Urban office park setting with a wide ground-level paved forecourt and surrounding open landscape visible through the ground glass.
Spatial experience
The deep ground-floor canopy and V-shaped supports create a sheltered, transparent threshold between the open paved plaza and the interior lobby.
Composition rhythm
Strictly modular vertical and horizontal grid broken by the diagonal geometry of the support columns.
Style reading
Contemporary high-tech corporate architecture
Program
Corporate R&D office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
aluminum, glass, steel, concrete
Visual identifiers
external-louvers, a-frame-columns, curtain-wall, ground-canopy
Style tags
contemporary, high-tech, rationalist
Visual tags
corporate, solar-shading, façade-engineering, office-building, structural-expression
Geometry
Orthogonal multi-story facade featuring a rhythmic grid of horizontal louvers and vertical mullions, anchored by expressed A-frame columns at the ground level colonnade.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall shielded by adjustable or fixed horizontal perforated metal louver assemblies.
Structural guess
Steel or composite frame with exterior V-shaped steel columns supporting the ground-level canopy and perimeter loads.
Spatial scale
Large corporate research building with a multi-story upper facade and a double-height or generous single-story ground colonnade.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows under the entry canopy and highlighting the perforated metal louvers on upper levels.
Atmosphere
Clean, precise, and professional, characterized by metallic textures and orderly solar control.
Environmental context
Urban office park setting with a wide ground-level paved forecourt and surrounding open landscape visible through the ground glass.
Spatial experience
The deep ground-floor canopy and V-shaped supports create a sheltered, transparent threshold between the open paved plaza and the interior lobby.
Composition rhythm
Strictly modular vertical and horizontal grid broken by the diagonal geometry of the support columns.
Style reading
Contemporary high-tech corporate architecture
Program
Corporate R&D office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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