Curved brick massing behind a heavily planted concrete wall and fence
An exterior architectural precedent exploring the integration of curving masonry volumes and heavily landscaped retaining walls along a street boundary.
Materials
- brick
- concrete
- metal-screens
- vegetation
Visual identifiers
- curved-brick-towers
- planted-perimeter-wall
- vertical-fins
- green-roof
Style tags
- contemporary
- organic-modern
- biophilic
Visual tags
- masonry
- landscape-integration
- curvilinear
- perimeter-wall
- suburban
- Geometry
- A solid, battered-base perimeter wall with rhythmic vertical fins fronts curved, cylindrical brick volumes rising behind an extensive green roof landscape.
- Facade system
- Masonry perimeter fence combined with expressed concrete columns and curved brick cavity walls.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with concrete columns and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale along the perimeter wall, contrasting with the taller double-height curved towers behind.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the masonry and projecting vertical fins.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and secretive, blending heavy concrete and brick masonry with lush overhanging foliage.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban street edge with overhead utility lines and mature surrounding trees.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level experience is defined by the solid masonry barrier and hanging vegetation, hiding the organic curving volumes above until viewed from a distance.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical fins along the wall create a measured horizontal cadence contrasting with the soft, curving towers behind.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic modernist architecture
- Program
- Residential compound or private studio
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, concrete, metal-screens, vegetation
- Visual identifiers
- curved-brick-towers, planted-perimeter-wall, vertical-fins, green-roof
- Style tags
- contemporary, organic-modern, biophilic
- Visual tags
- masonry, landscape-integration, curvilinear, perimeter-wall, suburban
- Geometry
- A solid, battered-base perimeter wall with rhythmic vertical fins fronts curved, cylindrical brick volumes rising behind an extensive green roof landscape.
- Facade system
- Masonry perimeter fence combined with expressed concrete columns and curved brick cavity walls.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with concrete columns and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale along the perimeter wall, contrasting with the taller double-height curved towers behind.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the masonry and projecting vertical fins.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and secretive, blending heavy concrete and brick masonry with lush overhanging foliage.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban street edge with overhead utility lines and mature surrounding trees.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level experience is defined by the solid masonry barrier and hanging vegetation, hiding the organic curving volumes above until viewed from a distance.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical fins along the wall create a measured horizontal cadence contrasting with the soft, curving towers behind.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic modernist architecture
- Program
- Residential compound or private studio
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture