Narrow Lots
An exterior facade precedent by OPEN OFFICE illustrating how vertical corrugated metal towers and recessed balconies articulate a narrow urban infill residential lot.
- What we like about this project
- Deeply recessed green-tinted balcony boxes punctuate the corrugated tower surface.
Materials
- corrugated-metal
- concrete-panel
- glass
- painted-metal
Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal-siding
- recessed-balconies
- precast-concrete-panels
- vertical-infill-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- industrial-touch
Visual tags
- urban-infill
- residential
- multi-family
- contemporary
- facade-composition
- Geometry
- Vertical multi-story composition divided into distinct volumes, contrasting a tall corrugated metal tower with a flatter pale precast concrete panel wing.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical corrugated metal cladding and smooth precast or board-formed concrete panels with inset punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Concrete podium with light-gauge steel or wood framing above.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story residential scale, measured against human figures and street automobiles.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp, low-angle shadows cast across the facade and ground plane.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, orderly, and daylight-driven with contrasting textures between corrugated metal and smooth panels.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill context set between low-rise residential buildings on a palm-lined street.
- Spatial experience
- The layered street frontage creates a sequence of recessed loggias and balconies that provide depth against the flat neighboring fabric.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical vertical rhythm pairing stacked loggia openings with alternating solid panel bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban infill residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corrugated-metal, concrete-panel, glass, painted-metal
- Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal-siding, recessed-balconies, precast-concrete-panels, vertical-infill-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, industrial-touch
- Visual tags
- urban-infill, residential, multi-family, contemporary, facade-composition
- Geometry
- Vertical multi-story composition divided into distinct volumes, contrasting a tall corrugated metal tower with a flatter pale precast concrete panel wing.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical corrugated metal cladding and smooth precast or board-formed concrete panels with inset punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Concrete podium with light-gauge steel or wood framing above.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story residential scale, measured against human figures and street automobiles.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp, low-angle shadows cast across the facade and ground plane.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, orderly, and daylight-driven with contrasting textures between corrugated metal and smooth panels.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill context set between low-rise residential buildings on a palm-lined street.
- Spatial experience
- The layered street frontage creates a sequence of recessed loggias and balconies that provide depth against the flat neighboring fabric.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical vertical rhythm pairing stacked loggia openings with alternating solid panel bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban infill residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture