Dark corrugated metal modern infill house wedged between two
An urban infill residential precedent by Mork-Ulnes Architects demonstrating how dark corrugated metal cladding and clean ribbon glazing can reinterpret traditional gabled neighborhood massing.
- What we like about this project
- The upper floor ribbon window cuts continuously across the gable facade, subverting the traditional domestic window hierarchy.
Materials
- corrugated-metal
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal
- dark-facade
- urban-infill
- ribbon-window
- pitched-roof
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- vernacular-reinterpretation
Visual tags
- contextual-contrast
- modern-infill
- residential
- steep-slope
- monochromatic
- Geometry
- Rectangular infill volume with a pitched gable roof profile matching adjacent context, featuring a ribbon window band on the upper floor and asymmetrical punched openings.
- Facade system
- Dark corrugated metal rainscreen over framed construction with flush ribbon glazing.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel flitched beams supporting large upper openings.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story urban infill residential scale matching adjacent neighborhood heights.
- Lighting
- Direct overcast daylight producing soft, diffuse shadows across the dark corrugated metal siding.
- Atmosphere
- Striking, bold, and contemporary against the traditional pastel surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Steep urban residential street with parked cars and mature trees framing the hillside context.
- Spatial experience
- The dark massing aggressively contrasts with the traditional neighboring Victorian homes while respecting the shared street wall and roof datum.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical window placement balanced by the strong vertical fluting of the corrugated metal siding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist vernacular
- Program
- Single-family urban residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corrugated-metal, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal, dark-facade, urban-infill, ribbon-window, pitched-roof
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, vernacular-reinterpretation
- Visual tags
- contextual-contrast, modern-infill, residential, steep-slope, monochromatic
- Geometry
- Rectangular infill volume with a pitched gable roof profile matching adjacent context, featuring a ribbon window band on the upper floor and asymmetrical punched openings.
- Facade system
- Dark corrugated metal rainscreen over framed construction with flush ribbon glazing.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel flitched beams supporting large upper openings.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story urban infill residential scale matching adjacent neighborhood heights.
- Lighting
- Direct overcast daylight producing soft, diffuse shadows across the dark corrugated metal siding.
- Atmosphere
- Striking, bold, and contemporary against the traditional pastel surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Steep urban residential street with parked cars and mature trees framing the hillside context.
- Spatial experience
- The dark massing aggressively contrasts with the traditional neighboring Victorian homes while respecting the shared street wall and roof datum.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical window placement balanced by the strong vertical fluting of the corrugated metal siding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist vernacular
- Program
- Single-family urban residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture