Cordary Commons
An exterior facade precedent for affordable or community housing featuring large-scale public art murals integrated directly into the architectural volume alongside an open stair core.
- What we like about this project
- The integration of monumental fine art murals as primary architectural cladding elements on the blank side walls.
Materials
- stucco
- timber
- glass
- metal
- mural-paint
Visual identifiers
- large-murals
- open-stairwell
- recessed-balconies
- wood-cladding
Style tags
- contemporary
- community-focused
- mural-integrated
Visual tags
- community-housing
- mural-art
- urban-facade
- balconies
- exterior-circulation
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-story residential block featuring a prominent vertical circulation core with an open stairwell, accented by large murals on side-facing facade walls and recessed balconies.
- Facade system
- Rendered wall panels combined with timber slat cladding and large mural surfaces.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with infill walls and steel exterior stair framing.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story mid-rise building scaled for urban community housing.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows, highlighting mural textures and facade depth.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming, energized by colorful public art and active vertical circulation.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with neighboring parked cars, street trees, and pedestrians providing human scale.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reveals an open, welcoming threshold with integrated landscaping and visible vertical movement through the building's exterior stair.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mural panels anchor the composition, balanced by horizontal balcony bands and a central diagonal stair progression.
- Style reading
- Contemporary community-focused residential architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use community housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, timber, glass, metal, mural-paint
- Visual identifiers
- large-murals, open-stairwell, recessed-balconies, wood-cladding
- Style tags
- contemporary, community-focused, mural-integrated
- Visual tags
- community-housing, mural-art, urban-facade, balconies, exterior-circulation
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-story residential block featuring a prominent vertical circulation core with an open stairwell, accented by large murals on side-facing facade walls and recessed balconies.
- Facade system
- Rendered wall panels combined with timber slat cladding and large mural surfaces.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with infill walls and steel exterior stair framing.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story mid-rise building scaled for urban community housing.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows, highlighting mural textures and facade depth.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming, energized by colorful public art and active vertical circulation.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with neighboring parked cars, street trees, and pedestrians providing human scale.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reveals an open, welcoming threshold with integrated landscaping and visible vertical movement through the building's exterior stair.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mural panels anchor the composition, balanced by horizontal balcony bands and a central diagonal stair progression.
- Style reading
- Contemporary community-focused residential architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use community housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture