Hero
An exterior facade detail precedent showcasing Sauerbruch Hutton's signature pairing of vibrant vertical polychrome glass elements with textured, diagonally-laid brickwork.
- What we like about this project
- The stark transition from regimented vertical color bars to a sweeping 45-degree diagonal brick pattern.
Materials
- polychrome-glass
- brick
- mortar
Visual identifiers
- polychrome-glass
- diagonal-brickwork
- vertical-louvers
- facade-contrast
Style tags
- contemporary
- polychrome
- expressive-materiality
Visual tags
- polychrome
- material-contrast
- textural
- facade-detail
- chromatic
- Geometry
- Flat elevation divided vertically into two distinct planar zones: a left rhythm of vertical tubular elements and a right expanse of angled masonry coursing.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall or rainscreen combining vertical glazed tubular louvers alongside diagonal running bond masonry.
- Structural guess
- Masonry veneer wall adjacent to a glazed curtain wall subframe.
- Spatial scale
- Macro building detail; individual bricks and glass elements clearly distinguishable at close range.
- Lighting
- Direct, even daylight highlighting the reflective sheen of the glass tubes and the textured relief of the angled bricks.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and dynamic interplay between warm earthy brick and translucent spectral color.
- Environmental context
- Exterior building envelope viewed tight against the wall plane with no visible ground or sky.
- Spatial experience
- The close crop emphasizes tactile and chromatic qualities of the facade materials rather than volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical grid on the left juxtaposed with a continuous diagonal linear flow on the right.
- Style reading
- Contemporary polychromatic rationalism
- Program
- Cultural or civic building envelope
- Perspective
- Detail Close-up
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- polychrome-glass, brick, mortar
- Visual identifiers
- polychrome-glass, diagonal-brickwork, vertical-louvers, facade-contrast
- Style tags
- contemporary, polychrome, expressive-materiality
- Visual tags
- polychrome, material-contrast, textural, facade-detail, chromatic
- Geometry
- Flat elevation divided vertically into two distinct planar zones: a left rhythm of vertical tubular elements and a right expanse of angled masonry coursing.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall or rainscreen combining vertical glazed tubular louvers alongside diagonal running bond masonry.
- Structural guess
- Masonry veneer wall adjacent to a glazed curtain wall subframe.
- Spatial scale
- Macro building detail; individual bricks and glass elements clearly distinguishable at close range.
- Lighting
- Direct, even daylight highlighting the reflective sheen of the glass tubes and the textured relief of the angled bricks.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and dynamic interplay between warm earthy brick and translucent spectral color.
- Environmental context
- Exterior building envelope viewed tight against the wall plane with no visible ground or sky.
- Spatial experience
- The close crop emphasizes tactile and chromatic qualities of the facade materials rather than volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical grid on the left juxtaposed with a continuous diagonal linear flow on the right.
- Style reading
- Contemporary polychromatic rationalism
- Program
- Cultural or civic building envelope
- Perspective
- Detail Close-up
- Discipline
- architecture