Defence & Security
An institutional facade precedent utilizing a generous projecting roof canopy and a deep recessed portico to organize multi-material volumes including brick and paneling.
- What we like about this project
- An external steel stair projects boldly across the teal-clad secondary volume, anchoring functional circulation to the facade.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- metal-panel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- deep-portico
- red-brick-wing
- teal-panels
- glazed-curtain-wall
- overhang-canopy
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- functionalist
Visual tags
- institutional
- campus
- daylight-control
- transitional-space
- civic
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectilinear pavilion with a prominent deep-set colonnade framing a double-height glazed entrance and an adjoining solid brick wing.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing set behind a structural colonnade, paired with solid brick masonry and metal rainscreen panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite roof structure and non-loadbearing exterior cladding leaves.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story institutional scale, friendly and approachable pedestrian frontage with an oversized protective roof plane.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp, deep shadows underneath the generous overhangs of the roof canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, orderly educational or security campus environment under an expansive blue sky.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by mature trees, manicured lawns, and paved bicycle parking zones in an open campus or suburban setting.
- Spatial experience
- The deep portico offers a sheltered transitional outdoor room that connects the landscaped forecourt directly to the internal circulation.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification balanced by slender vertical columns supporting the extended roof edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional pavilion architecture
- Program
- Defense, security, or educational facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, metal-panel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- deep-portico, red-brick-wing, teal-panels, glazed-curtain-wall, overhang-canopy
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, functionalist
- Visual tags
- institutional, campus, daylight-control, transitional-space, civic
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectilinear pavilion with a prominent deep-set colonnade framing a double-height glazed entrance and an adjoining solid brick wing.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing set behind a structural colonnade, paired with solid brick masonry and metal rainscreen panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite roof structure and non-loadbearing exterior cladding leaves.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story institutional scale, friendly and approachable pedestrian frontage with an oversized protective roof plane.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp, deep shadows underneath the generous overhangs of the roof canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, orderly educational or security campus environment under an expansive blue sky.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by mature trees, manicured lawns, and paved bicycle parking zones in an open campus or suburban setting.
- Spatial experience
- The deep portico offers a sheltered transitional outdoor room that connects the landscaped forecourt directly to the internal circulation.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification balanced by slender vertical columns supporting the extended roof edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional pavilion architecture
- Program
- Defense, security, or educational facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture