The Fold — Morrow + Lorraine
Photo · Ed Reeves Location London
An adaptive reuse project precedent illustrating how a contemporary glazed rooftop pavilion and open pergola sit atop a heavily articulated historic brick warehouse facade.
- What we like about this project
- The crisp edge of the modern copper-toned roof pergola sharply contrasts with the weathered masonry below.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- timber
Visual identifiers
- historic-brick
- arched-windows
- rooftop-extension
- glazed-pavilion
- industrial-conversion
Style tags
- adaptive-reuse
- industrial-heritage
- contemporary-addition
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- historic-preservation
- facade-restoration
- rooftop-addition
- urban-context
- Geometry
- Long, multi-bay historic brick facade featuring repetitive arched window bays, topped by a contemporary recessed glass and metal pavilion with an open pergola roof.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing historic brick masonry wall with punched rectilinear and arched windows, capped by a contemporary structural steel and glass curtain wall extension.
- Structural guess
- Historic masonry bearing walls with heavy timber or steel interior framing, supporting a lightweight steel and glass rooftop addition.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story warehouse scale with a prominent multi-bay horizontal footprint.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp shadows under a partly cloudy sky, illuminating the front facade and highlighting the deep brick reveals.
- Atmosphere
- A confident blend of rugged industrial heritage and sleek modern vertical expansion.
- Environmental context
- Urban arterial roadway setting with moving traffic in the foreground and neighboring historic structures.
- Spatial experience
- Viewed across a busy urban multi-lane roadway, presenting a strong horizontal volume that juxtaposes historic industrial mass with light modern additions.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive vertical bay rhythm created by uniform brick piers and upper arched window headers.
- Style reading
- Industrial adaptive reuse with modern rooftop intervention
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial office or residential conversion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, timber
- Visual identifiers
- historic-brick, arched-windows, rooftop-extension, glazed-pavilion, industrial-conversion
- Style tags
- adaptive-reuse, industrial-heritage, contemporary-addition
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, historic-preservation, facade-restoration, rooftop-addition, urban-context
- Geometry
- Long, multi-bay historic brick facade featuring repetitive arched window bays, topped by a contemporary recessed glass and metal pavilion with an open pergola roof.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing historic brick masonry wall with punched rectilinear and arched windows, capped by a contemporary structural steel and glass curtain wall extension.
- Structural guess
- Historic masonry bearing walls with heavy timber or steel interior framing, supporting a lightweight steel and glass rooftop addition.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story warehouse scale with a prominent multi-bay horizontal footprint.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp shadows under a partly cloudy sky, illuminating the front facade and highlighting the deep brick reveals.
- Atmosphere
- A confident blend of rugged industrial heritage and sleek modern vertical expansion.
- Environmental context
- Urban arterial roadway setting with moving traffic in the foreground and neighboring historic structures.
- Spatial experience
- Viewed across a busy urban multi-lane roadway, presenting a strong horizontal volume that juxtaposes historic industrial mass with light modern additions.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive vertical bay rhythm created by uniform brick piers and upper arched window headers.
- Style reading
- Industrial adaptive reuse with modern rooftop intervention
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial office or residential conversion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture