Sombra de Verde
An educational campus courtyard precedent showcasing mass-timber architecture, integrated natural landscaping, and sheltered outdoor gathering spaces.
- What we like about this project
- Large solid-wood block seating elements that double as sculptural landscape features.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- stone-pavers
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- timber-facade
- outdoor-courtyard
- wooden-seating-blocks
- overhanging-roof
- post-and-beam
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- timber
- sustainable
Visual tags
- educational
- mass-timber
- courtyard
- biophilic
- campus-architecture
- Geometry
- An open courtyard framed by multi-story timber buildings with a regular post-and-beam structural grid and deep second-story overhangs.
- Facade system
- Exposed timber post-and-beam structural frame with recessed vertical windows and wood-clad panels.
- Structural guess
- Mass-timber post-and-beam framing with integrated diagonal bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled courtyard surrounded by two-to-three-story timber educational structures.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows through mature trees and overhanging rooflines.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and open, balancing natural wood tones with lush green landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor campus courtyard featuring dense native landscaping, gravel paths, and integrated timber seating elements.
- Spatial experience
- The courtyard acts as an outdoor gathering room, connecting ground-level pathways with second-story walkways and covered porches.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical structural columns paired with horizontal porch bands and scattered wooden block furniture.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mass-timber biophilic architecture
- Program
- School or educational campus courtyard
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, stone-pavers, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- timber-facade, outdoor-courtyard, wooden-seating-blocks, overhanging-roof, post-and-beam
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, timber, sustainable
- Visual tags
- educational, mass-timber, courtyard, biophilic, campus-architecture
- Geometry
- An open courtyard framed by multi-story timber buildings with a regular post-and-beam structural grid and deep second-story overhangs.
- Facade system
- Exposed timber post-and-beam structural frame with recessed vertical windows and wood-clad panels.
- Structural guess
- Mass-timber post-and-beam framing with integrated diagonal bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled courtyard surrounded by two-to-three-story timber educational structures.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows through mature trees and overhanging rooflines.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and open, balancing natural wood tones with lush green landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor campus courtyard featuring dense native landscaping, gravel paths, and integrated timber seating elements.
- Spatial experience
- The courtyard acts as an outdoor gathering room, connecting ground-level pathways with second-story walkways and covered porches.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical structural columns paired with horizontal porch bands and scattered wooden block furniture.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mass-timber biophilic architecture
- Program
- School or educational campus courtyard
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture