Stroudley Walk
2022
An exterior facade precedent for high-rise residential architecture using rhythmic brick piers, stacked projecting balconies, and an open colonnaded crown.
- What we like about this project
- The top level transforms the heavy structural piers into an open pergola framing the sky and rooftop terrace.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- brick-piers
- stacked-balconies
- rooftop-pergola
- grid-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- masonry-clad
Visual tags
- high-rise
- residential
- masonry
- balconies
- colonnade
- urban
- Geometry
- Symmetrical high-rise facade composition featuring a grid of projecting brick piers, inset balconies with glass railings, and a monumental colonnaded crown at the roof level.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or anchored masonry cladding system with punched windows and cantilevered precast or steel-framed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with masonry facade cladding
- Spatial scale
- High-rise residential tower scale, with multi-story vertical brick piers framing stacked balconies.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp diagonal shadows across the recessed balconies and brick piers.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, sunny, and structured, highlighting the deep relief of the brick grid against the open sky.
- Environmental context
- Elevated view showing the high-rise tower rising above an extensive urban and suburban context under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- From a distance, the facade presents a solid rhythmic grid of warm masonry that transitions into an open, light-filled colonnade at the sky interface.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict symmetrical vertical rhythm defined by robust brick piers and alternating recessed window and balcony bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban residential high-rise with contextual masonry detailing
- Program
- Residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- brick-piers, stacked-balconies, rooftop-pergola, grid-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, masonry-clad
- Visual tags
- high-rise, residential, masonry, balconies, colonnade, urban
- Geometry
- Symmetrical high-rise facade composition featuring a grid of projecting brick piers, inset balconies with glass railings, and a monumental colonnaded crown at the roof level.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or anchored masonry cladding system with punched windows and cantilevered precast or steel-framed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with masonry facade cladding
- Spatial scale
- High-rise residential tower scale, with multi-story vertical brick piers framing stacked balconies.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp diagonal shadows across the recessed balconies and brick piers.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, sunny, and structured, highlighting the deep relief of the brick grid against the open sky.
- Environmental context
- Elevated view showing the high-rise tower rising above an extensive urban and suburban context under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- From a distance, the facade presents a solid rhythmic grid of warm masonry that transitions into an open, light-filled colonnade at the sky interface.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict symmetrical vertical rhythm defined by robust brick piers and alternating recessed window and balcony bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban residential high-rise with contextual masonry detailing
- Program
- Residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture