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An exterior facade precedent by Mork-Ulnes Architects demonstrating horizontal massing, deep shaded porches, and green roofs suited for tropical climates.
- What we like about this project
- Subtle circular window punctures punctuate the dark massing on the right wing.
Materials
- standing-seam-metal
- glass
- concrete
- timber
Visual identifiers
- dark-grey-facade
- deep-overhangs
- green-roof
- covered-lanai
Style tags
- contemporary
- tropical-modern
- minimalist
Visual tags
- tropical-modernism
- residential
- indoor-outdoor
- landscaped-roof
- Geometry
- Low horizontal composition featuring stacked rectangular masses, deep projecting eaves, and an open central patio framed by dark columns.
- Facade system
- Dark panelized rainscreen cladding paired with floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete foundation and cantilevered roof overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale with expansive horizontal proportions stretching across the garden.
- Lighting
- Bright tropical daylight under scattered clouds casting soft shadows across the lawn and deep roof overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, balancing sleek dark cladding with soft natural greenery and open skies.
- Environmental context
- Coastal or tropical residential setting surrounded by palm trees, green turf, and dense perimeter vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- The deep porch provides a shaded intermediary zone transitioning from the open sunlit lawn into the glazed interior living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical front porch framing with repeating vertical pillars and horizontal datum lines from roof plates.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical modernism
- Program
- Residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- standing-seam-metal, glass, concrete, timber
- Visual identifiers
- dark-grey-facade, deep-overhangs, green-roof, covered-lanai
- Style tags
- contemporary, tropical-modern, minimalist
- Visual tags
- tropical-modernism, residential, indoor-outdoor, landscaped-roof
- Geometry
- Low horizontal composition featuring stacked rectangular masses, deep projecting eaves, and an open central patio framed by dark columns.
- Facade system
- Dark panelized rainscreen cladding paired with floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete foundation and cantilevered roof overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale with expansive horizontal proportions stretching across the garden.
- Lighting
- Bright tropical daylight under scattered clouds casting soft shadows across the lawn and deep roof overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, balancing sleek dark cladding with soft natural greenery and open skies.
- Environmental context
- Coastal or tropical residential setting surrounded by palm trees, green turf, and dense perimeter vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- The deep porch provides a shaded intermediary zone transitioning from the open sunlit lawn into the glazed interior living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical front porch framing with repeating vertical pillars and horizontal datum lines from roof plates.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical modernism
- Program
- Residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture