HALCYON SCHOOL
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A rooftop terrace precedent by NOOMA Studio utilizing curved timber seating and integrated planting to soften a dense urban roofscape.
- What we like about this project
- Curved vertical timber slats wrap seamlessly around circular bench modules, blending furniture with architectural boundaries.
Materials
- timber
- brick
- perforated-metal
- plant-matter
Visual identifiers
- curved-timber-bench
- rooftop-terrace
- perforated-metal-screening
- raised-planters
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- contextual
Visual tags
- rooftop
- landscape
- urban-intervention
- timber
- outdoor-learning
- terrace
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical rooftop layout featuring curved timber-clad planter benches contrasting with the orthogonal brick and render party walls of surrounding buildings.
- Facade system
- Perforated metal safety screening paired with brick parapets.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight rooftop timber structures and planter assemblies over an existing structural slab.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate rooftop scale designed for small groups, framed by taller surrounding structures.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows across the curved timber and planting beds.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, sheltered atmosphere contrasting natural timber and soft planting against hard masonry party walls.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban context surrounded by historic brick and rendered party walls with various window alignments.
- Spatial experience
- A sheltered, human-scale urban oasis elevated above street level, combining enclosed seating zones with planted green edges.
- Composition rhythm
- Curved forms break up the rigid orthogonal geometry of the surrounding historic rooflines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban rooftop landscape
- Program
- School rooftop amenity or outdoor learning terrace
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, brick, perforated-metal, plant-matter
- Visual identifiers
- curved-timber-bench, rooftop-terrace, perforated-metal-screening, raised-planters
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, contextual
- Visual tags
- rooftop, landscape, urban-intervention, timber, outdoor-learning, terrace
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical rooftop layout featuring curved timber-clad planter benches contrasting with the orthogonal brick and render party walls of surrounding buildings.
- Facade system
- Perforated metal safety screening paired with brick parapets.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight rooftop timber structures and planter assemblies over an existing structural slab.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate rooftop scale designed for small groups, framed by taller surrounding structures.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows across the curved timber and planting beds.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, sheltered atmosphere contrasting natural timber and soft planting against hard masonry party walls.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban context surrounded by historic brick and rendered party walls with various window alignments.
- Spatial experience
- A sheltered, human-scale urban oasis elevated above street level, combining enclosed seating zones with planted green edges.
- Composition rhythm
- Curved forms break up the rigid orthogonal geometry of the surrounding historic rooflines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban rooftop landscape
- Program
- School rooftop amenity or outdoor learning terrace
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture