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A facade detail precedent showcasing custom perforated corten steel panels paired with large glazed openings, useful for contemporary envelope studies.
- What we like about this project
- The deep embossing or stamping profile on the steel panels creates a layered three-dimensional shadow effect.
Materials
- corten-steel
- glass
Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal
- corten-steel
- panelized-facade
- recessed-window
Style tags
- contemporary
- industrial
- material-driven
Visual tags
- facade-detail
- textured-metal
- weathered-steel
- architectural-envelope
- Geometry
- Flat planar facade divided into vertical panel modules with a deep window opening cut into the upper right corner.
- Facade system
- Perforated corten steel rainscreen panel system on structural backing.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete structural frame behind metal rainscreen cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Architectural detail scale showing panel joints and window proportions relative to a viewer.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight creating soft shadows across the textured panel depressions.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, earthy tones of weathered steel juxtaposed with natural greenery and reflected foliage.
- Environmental context
- Exterior building elevation framed against a pale sky with tree foliage in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The dense texture of the perforated metal provides a tactile surface foregrounded by soft green foliage.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical panel seams contrasted with the continuous diagonal scale of the micro-perforations.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial detail
- Program
- Commercial or cultural civic architecture
- Perspective
- Detail Close-up
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corten-steel, glass
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal, corten-steel, panelized-facade, recessed-window
- Style tags
- contemporary, industrial, material-driven
- Visual tags
- facade-detail, textured-metal, weathered-steel, architectural-envelope
- Geometry
- Flat planar facade divided into vertical panel modules with a deep window opening cut into the upper right corner.
- Facade system
- Perforated corten steel rainscreen panel system on structural backing.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete structural frame behind metal rainscreen cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Architectural detail scale showing panel joints and window proportions relative to a viewer.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight creating soft shadows across the textured panel depressions.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, earthy tones of weathered steel juxtaposed with natural greenery and reflected foliage.
- Environmental context
- Exterior building elevation framed against a pale sky with tree foliage in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The dense texture of the perforated metal provides a tactile surface foregrounded by soft green foliage.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical panel seams contrasted with the continuous diagonal scale of the micro-perforations.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial detail
- Program
- Commercial or cultural civic architecture
- Perspective
- Detail Close-up
- Discipline
- architecture