Greenland Place
Surrey Quays · 2014
A precedent for urban residential masterplanning, combining slender brick-clad towers and stepped mid-rise blocks around a linear public landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The rich reddish-brown tone of the brickwork unifies both the high-rise towers and the lower stepped volumes into a coherent whole.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- brick-towers
- linear-public-walkway
- stepped-massing
- recessed-balconies
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- brick-architecture
Visual tags
- residential-tower
- masterplan
- urban-housing
- public-realm
- brick-facade
- contextual
- Geometry
- Composition pairs tall, slender brick-clad residential towers with stepped mid-rise apartment blocks framing a linear pedestrian landscape axis.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or unitized masonry cladding with integrated deep recessed balconies and punched vertical glazing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale masterplan development featuring towers ranging from 10 to over 15 stories alongside multi-family mid-rise blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting soft angled shadows across the brick facades and pedestrian paths.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, orderly, and community-focused public realm nestled among residential towers.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential development context with mature trees and a newly laid public linear park corridor.
- Spatial experience
- From the landscaped path, the built mass scales down gradually from high-rise towers to accessible mid-rise blocks and open green spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of window bays and inset balconies balanced by horizontal podium lines and the receding linear path.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban brick residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential complex and public park
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- brick-towers, linear-public-walkway, stepped-massing, recessed-balconies
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, brick-architecture
- Visual tags
- residential-tower, masterplan, urban-housing, public-realm, brick-facade, contextual
- Geometry
- Composition pairs tall, slender brick-clad residential towers with stepped mid-rise apartment blocks framing a linear pedestrian landscape axis.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or unitized masonry cladding with integrated deep recessed balconies and punched vertical glazing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale masterplan development featuring towers ranging from 10 to over 15 stories alongside multi-family mid-rise blocks.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting soft angled shadows across the brick facades and pedestrian paths.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, orderly, and community-focused public realm nestled among residential towers.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential development context with mature trees and a newly laid public linear park corridor.
- Spatial experience
- From the landscaped path, the built mass scales down gradually from high-rise towers to accessible mid-rise blocks and open green spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of window bays and inset balconies balanced by horizontal podium lines and the receding linear path.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban brick residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential complex and public park
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture