Hero
An exterior facade precedent by Sauerbruch Hutton showcasing a high-performance double-skin system with operable louvers and colorful vertical accent fins for solar control.
- What we like about this project
- Subtle vertical blue glass fins interspersed within the neutral metallic louver grid add chromatic depth.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- coated-metal
Visual identifiers
- double-skin-facade
- external-louvers
- vertical-fins
- blue-accents
- curtain-wall
Style tags
- contemporary
- high-tech
- sustainable
- rationalist
Visual tags
- commercial
- facade-detail
- solar-shading
- high-rise
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story curtain wall grid with vertical fins and horizontal spandrels, establishing a rhythmic cellular pattern.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with external motorized louvers and projecting vertical fins.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete floor slabs behind a hung curtain wall envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale spanning multiple stories, framed tightly to emphasize the facade module.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight illuminating the facade evenly, with subtle reflections in the double-glazed units and metallic louvers.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, technical, and precise, tempered by the natural softness of adjacent trees.
- Environmental context
- Urban setting featuring mature trees on the right and older masonry buildings in the background.
- Spatial experience
- From the exterior, the facade presents a dense, layered screen that filters views and softens sunlight before it reaches the interior floor plates.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical grid punctuated by rhythmic variations in solid and glazed panels.
- Style reading
- High-tech sustainable corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, coated-metal
- Visual identifiers
- double-skin-facade, external-louvers, vertical-fins, blue-accents, curtain-wall
- Style tags
- contemporary, high-tech, sustainable, rationalist
- Visual tags
- commercial, facade-detail, solar-shading, high-rise, contemporary
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story curtain wall grid with vertical fins and horizontal spandrels, establishing a rhythmic cellular pattern.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with external motorized louvers and projecting vertical fins.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete floor slabs behind a hung curtain wall envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale spanning multiple stories, framed tightly to emphasize the facade module.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight illuminating the facade evenly, with subtle reflections in the double-glazed units and metallic louvers.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, technical, and precise, tempered by the natural softness of adjacent trees.
- Environmental context
- Urban setting featuring mature trees on the right and older masonry buildings in the background.
- Spatial experience
- From the exterior, the facade presents a dense, layered screen that filters views and softens sunlight before it reaches the interior floor plates.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical grid punctuated by rhythmic variations in solid and glazed panels.
- Style reading
- High-tech sustainable corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture