Hero
An exterior facade precedent illustrating how a diagonal glazed slot can disrupt a faceted, unitized metal panel system to express internal movement.
- What we like about this project
- Silhouettes of people on an escalator are clearly framed by the sharp diagonal glass notch.
Materials
- metal-panels
- glass
- steel-mullions
Visual identifiers
- faceted-metal-panels
- diagonal-glass-ribbon
- triangular-geometry
- structural-glazing
Style tags
- contemporary
- parametric
- tectonic
Visual tags
- facade-system
- geometric
- polychrome-metal
- civic
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Rectilinear volume wrapped in triangular metal panel geometry, intersected by a distinct diagonal glazed band revealing internal circulation.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel cladding with faceted triangular configurations combined with a structural glass curtain wall band.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with truss elements supporting the multi-story glazed atrium cut.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story civic or cultural building scale, with human figures visible inside the glazed diagonal cut.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight highlighting the planar facets of the metal cladding and creating reflections within the diagonal glass ribbon.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp and technical, contrasting the sharp metallic geometry against a soft natural hillside backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Urban edge context with a prominent terraced hillside and vineyards visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a solid, faceted metallic perimeter interrupted by transparent diagonal fractures that reveal interior vertical movement.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic diagonal movement cutting across a vertical triangular panel rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric tectonic
- Program
- Cultural or civic museum/exhibition space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-panels, glass, steel-mullions
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-metal-panels, diagonal-glass-ribbon, triangular-geometry, structural-glazing
- Style tags
- contemporary, parametric, tectonic
- Visual tags
- facade-system, geometric, polychrome-metal, civic, contemporary
- Geometry
- Rectilinear volume wrapped in triangular metal panel geometry, intersected by a distinct diagonal glazed band revealing internal circulation.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel cladding with faceted triangular configurations combined with a structural glass curtain wall band.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with truss elements supporting the multi-story glazed atrium cut.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story civic or cultural building scale, with human figures visible inside the glazed diagonal cut.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight highlighting the planar facets of the metal cladding and creating reflections within the diagonal glass ribbon.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp and technical, contrasting the sharp metallic geometry against a soft natural hillside backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Urban edge context with a prominent terraced hillside and vineyards visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a solid, faceted metallic perimeter interrupted by transparent diagonal fractures that reveal interior vertical movement.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic diagonal movement cutting across a vertical triangular panel rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric tectonic
- Program
- Cultural or civic museum/exhibition space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture