Mecca - Auckland
A storefront design precedent demonstrating how an expansive corner glass facade and a prominent glass-and-steel canopy engage dense urban pedestrian traffic.
- What we like about this project
- Angled tension rods supporting the glass canopy create an intersecting geometric graphic across the upper facade.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- painted-metal
- stone
Visual identifiers
- corner-storefront
- cantilevered-canopy
- full-height-glazing
- illuminated-signage
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- transparent
Visual tags
- retail
- urban-corner
- storefront
- commercial
- transparency
- Geometry
- Corner retail storefront featuring large full-height glass expanses on two sides beneath an extensive steel-and-glass cantilevered canopy.
- Facade system
- Structural glass storefront system with spider fittings and a suspended glass canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel tie-rod supported glass canopy hanging from the existing concrete and stone commercial building structure.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height retail base integrated into the lower floors of a larger mid-rise commercial building.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight on the exterior street corner contrasting with warm, intense interior retail illumination and glowing signage.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, luminous, and welcoming urban retail presence embedded in a busy street context.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street corner intersection with traffic signals, street signs (Queen St and Victoria), and pedestrians.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the busy urban sidewalk, the open double-height corner glazing dissolves the boundary between the city street and the bright interior retail environment.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of the glazed storefront base anchored by vertical structural piers and angled canopy support ties.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial retail architecture
- Program
- Retail flagship store
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, painted-metal, stone
- Visual identifiers
- corner-storefront, cantilevered-canopy, full-height-glazing, illuminated-signage
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, transparent
- Visual tags
- retail, urban-corner, storefront, commercial, transparency
- Geometry
- Corner retail storefront featuring large full-height glass expanses on two sides beneath an extensive steel-and-glass cantilevered canopy.
- Facade system
- Structural glass storefront system with spider fittings and a suspended glass canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel tie-rod supported glass canopy hanging from the existing concrete and stone commercial building structure.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height retail base integrated into the lower floors of a larger mid-rise commercial building.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight on the exterior street corner contrasting with warm, intense interior retail illumination and glowing signage.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, luminous, and welcoming urban retail presence embedded in a busy street context.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street corner intersection with traffic signals, street signs (Queen St and Victoria), and pedestrians.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the busy urban sidewalk, the open double-height corner glazing dissolves the boundary between the city street and the bright interior retail environment.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of the glazed storefront base anchored by vertical structural piers and angled canopy support ties.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial retail architecture
- Program
- Retail flagship store
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture