Well Connected
An exterior architectural rendering by OPEN OFFICE showing a contemporary perforated metal-clad infill building stepping down to integrate with an existing gabled house.
- What we like about this project
- The perforated cladding wraps smoothly over folded geometric corners, blurring the distinction between roof and wall planes.
Materials
- perforated-metal
- stucco
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal-facade
- angled-massing
- contextual-addition
- street-porch
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- perforated-screen
Visual tags
- contextual
- perforated-screen
- residential-infill
- multistory
- community-focused
- Geometry
- An angled multi-story volume clad in perforated metal sits adjacent to a traditional gabled house, stepping back in section.
- Facade system
- Perforated metal rainscreen wrapping angled exterior walls with punched openings and recessed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction supporting a lightweight rainscreen envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled street edge with a three-story main volume beside a single-story traditional house.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows across the facades and street.
- Atmosphere
- Friendly, approachable neighborhood atmosphere framed by soft daylight and active street life.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban residential street with mature trees, a sidewalk, and neighboring housing.
- Spatial experience
- A street-level porch area invites pedestrians into the building, bridging the sidewalk scale with the taller volumes behind.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal street plane contrasting with the vertical folding rhythm of the perforated metal facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual infill
- Program
- Multifamily residential housing or community-oriented housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- perforated-metal, stucco, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal-facade, angled-massing, contextual-addition, street-porch
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, perforated-screen
- Visual tags
- contextual, perforated-screen, residential-infill, multistory, community-focused
- Geometry
- An angled multi-story volume clad in perforated metal sits adjacent to a traditional gabled house, stepping back in section.
- Facade system
- Perforated metal rainscreen wrapping angled exterior walls with punched openings and recessed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction supporting a lightweight rainscreen envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled street edge with a three-story main volume beside a single-story traditional house.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows across the facades and street.
- Atmosphere
- Friendly, approachable neighborhood atmosphere framed by soft daylight and active street life.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban residential street with mature trees, a sidewalk, and neighboring housing.
- Spatial experience
- A street-level porch area invites pedestrians into the building, bridging the sidewalk scale with the taller volumes behind.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal street plane contrasting with the vertical folding rhythm of the perforated metal facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual infill
- Program
- Multifamily residential housing or community-oriented housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture