Exterior view of OLI Architecture project
上海
A striking high-rise precedent featuring a three-dimensional honeycomb facade system set above reflective water and approached by a sculptural pedestrian ramp.
- What we like about this project
- The tower's lower volume curves outward, appearing to float above the transparent ground floor and reflecting pools.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- honeycomb-facade
- curved-ramp
- water-feature
- tower-podium
Style tags
- contemporary
- sculptural
- futuristic
Visual tags
- high-rise
- sculptural
- waterfront
- bridge
- contemporary-facade
- Geometry
- Curved high-rise tower resting on an expansive glazed podium base, approached via a sweeping elevated white pedestrian ramp over a reflective water basin.
- Facade system
- Three-dimensional honeycomb exterior screen framing glazing behind.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with suspended or unitized honeycomb facade panels and post-tensioned concrete bridge structures.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the sweeping bridge spans multiple car lengths and the tower rises many stories above the water surface.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean shadows across the curved ramp and sculptural building masses against a clear sky.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, futuristic, and monolithic, dominated by the repetitive texture of the honeycomb screen and calm reflective water.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront plaza setting with reflective pools surrounding the base of multiple sculptural tower volumes.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the elevated bridge provides a dynamic sequence transitioning from open waterscape into the sheltered grand entrance beneath the overhanging tower volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Hexagonal repeating grid across the tower skin contrasted by the fluid, organic curves of the entry ramp and lower massing.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural corporate architecture
- Program
- Corporate headquarters or cultural civic complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- honeycomb-facade, curved-ramp, water-feature, tower-podium
- Style tags
- contemporary, sculptural, futuristic
- Visual tags
- high-rise, sculptural, waterfront, bridge, contemporary-facade
- Geometry
- Curved high-rise tower resting on an expansive glazed podium base, approached via a sweeping elevated white pedestrian ramp over a reflective water basin.
- Facade system
- Three-dimensional honeycomb exterior screen framing glazing behind.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with suspended or unitized honeycomb facade panels and post-tensioned concrete bridge structures.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the sweeping bridge spans multiple car lengths and the tower rises many stories above the water surface.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean shadows across the curved ramp and sculptural building masses against a clear sky.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, futuristic, and monolithic, dominated by the repetitive texture of the honeycomb screen and calm reflective water.
- Environmental context
- Waterfront plaza setting with reflective pools surrounding the base of multiple sculptural tower volumes.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the elevated bridge provides a dynamic sequence transitioning from open waterscape into the sheltered grand entrance beneath the overhanging tower volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Hexagonal repeating grid across the tower skin contrasted by the fluid, organic curves of the entry ramp and lower massing.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sculptural corporate architecture
- Program
- Corporate headquarters or cultural civic complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture