MVMK
A multi-family residential or commercial mixed-use facade precedent combining repetitive punched grid fenestration with pronounced horizontal balcony bands and an active double-height retail base.
- What we like about this project
- Warm wood-toned soffits under the primary building overhangs contrast with the cool grey facade panels.
Materials
- glass
- metal-panel
- concrete
- wood-soffit
Visual identifiers
- horizontal-band-balconies
- grid-window-system
- double-height-base
- corner-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- rationalist
- urban
Visual tags
- mixed-use
- multi-family
- urban-infill
- contemporary-facade
- balconies
- Geometry
- An angular multi-story block featuring regular vertical window bays, punctuated by continuous horizontal balcony slabs spanning the perimeter.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel and window wall system with integrated glazed balcony railings.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete flat slab structure with perimeter columns.
- Spatial scale
- Ten-story residential or mixed-use volume towering over street-level pedestrians and vehicles.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting soft shadows across the facade panels and highlighting the contrasting overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and forward-looking commercial presentation atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection with multi-lane roadways, parked cars, and low-scale neighboring landscape under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a commanding urban edge from the street corner, with a double-height commercial base welcoming pedestrian activity.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical grid punctuated by strong horizontal slab edges every two stories.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban mixed-use architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use residential apartment building with ground-floor retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal-panel, concrete, wood-soffit
- Visual identifiers
- horizontal-band-balconies, grid-window-system, double-height-base, corner-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, rationalist, urban
- Visual tags
- mixed-use, multi-family, urban-infill, contemporary-facade, balconies
- Geometry
- An angular multi-story block featuring regular vertical window bays, punctuated by continuous horizontal balcony slabs spanning the perimeter.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel and window wall system with integrated glazed balcony railings.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete flat slab structure with perimeter columns.
- Spatial scale
- Ten-story residential or mixed-use volume towering over street-level pedestrians and vehicles.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting soft shadows across the facade panels and highlighting the contrasting overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and forward-looking commercial presentation atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection with multi-lane roadways, parked cars, and low-scale neighboring landscape under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a commanding urban edge from the street corner, with a double-height commercial base welcoming pedestrian activity.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical grid punctuated by strong horizontal slab edges every two stories.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban mixed-use architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use residential apartment building with ground-floor retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture