Life Science Innovation Hub University of Dundee Photography 3
An institutional exterior precedent showcasing bronze metal cladding combined with vertical fenestration and a welcoming white portal canopy.
- What we like about this project
- The subtle curve in the bronze metal facade softens the transition between the two distinct building wings.
Materials
- bronze-metal-panels
- glass
- white-cladding-panels
- brick
Visual identifiers
- bronze-metal-panels
- vertical-windows
- white-portal-frame
- institutional-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- functionalist
Visual tags
- institutional
- higher-education
- facade-system
- metallic
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-volume institutional massing with a prominent curved facade transition, structured via a regular vertical window grid offset against a large white structural entrance canopy.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel cladding with integrated vertical punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite slab and curtain wall framing.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional scale, framed by a generous single-story entrance portico.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadow lines from the entrance canopy onto the paved ground.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright, and professional institutional environment.
- Environmental context
- Open campus setting with an asphalt parking forecourt and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved forecourt, the deep white frame acts as a transitional threshold guiding visitors into the building's recessed entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive vertical window groupings create a steady architectural rhythm across the bronze facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- University Life Science Innovation Hub
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- bronze-metal-panels, glass, white-cladding-panels, brick
- Visual identifiers
- bronze-metal-panels, vertical-windows, white-portal-frame, institutional-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, functionalist
- Visual tags
- institutional, higher-education, facade-system, metallic, contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-volume institutional massing with a prominent curved facade transition, structured via a regular vertical window grid offset against a large white structural entrance canopy.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel cladding with integrated vertical punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite slab and curtain wall framing.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional scale, framed by a generous single-story entrance portico.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadow lines from the entrance canopy onto the paved ground.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright, and professional institutional environment.
- Environmental context
- Open campus setting with an asphalt parking forecourt and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved forecourt, the deep white frame acts as a transitional threshold guiding visitors into the building's recessed entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive vertical window groupings create a steady architectural rhythm across the bronze facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- University Life Science Innovation Hub
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture