The Forge
A facade study of The Forge by Piercy&Company demonstrating a heavy white base with deep window reveals contrasted against a dark, finely-ribbed upper level.
- What we like about this project
- The stark color contrast between the lower white stone-like mass and the upper dark metallic fins.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- glass
- dark-metal
- steel
Visual identifiers
- punched-windows
- white-precast
- dark-vertical-fins
- deep-reveals
Style tags
- contemporary
- tectonic
- minimalist
Visual tags
- facade-detail
- contrast
- contemporary-office
- rhythm
- material-transition
- Geometry
- Two-tiered elevation featuring a solid white base with rhythmic vertical punched openings and a contrasting dark upper curtain wall system with slender vertical fins.
- Facade system
- Combination of precast white panel piers with punched glazing below and a unitized dark metal fin system above.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with precast concrete cladding panels.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height ground level relative to human stature, with tall vertical windows framing the streetscape.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across the white piers and highlighting the depth of the window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, precise, and highly articulated urban interface.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk condition with bike racks and adjacent tree foliage visible on the right.
- Spatial experience
- The deep reveals of the ground-floor windows create a tactile, shadow-catching transition between the public sidewalk and the interior program.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical bay rhythm established by white structural piers and upper metal mullions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tectonic corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building base
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, glass, dark-metal, steel
- Visual identifiers
- punched-windows, white-precast, dark-vertical-fins, deep-reveals
- Style tags
- contemporary, tectonic, minimalist
- Visual tags
- facade-detail, contrast, contemporary-office, rhythm, material-transition
- Geometry
- Two-tiered elevation featuring a solid white base with rhythmic vertical punched openings and a contrasting dark upper curtain wall system with slender vertical fins.
- Facade system
- Combination of precast white panel piers with punched glazing below and a unitized dark metal fin system above.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with precast concrete cladding panels.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height ground level relative to human stature, with tall vertical windows framing the streetscape.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across the white piers and highlighting the depth of the window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, precise, and highly articulated urban interface.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk condition with bike racks and adjacent tree foliage visible on the right.
- Spatial experience
- The deep reveals of the ground-floor windows create a tactile, shadow-catching transition between the public sidewalk and the interior program.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical bay rhythm established by white structural piers and upper metal mullions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tectonic corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building base
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture