David Zwirner 20th Street
An exterior facade precedent showing board-formed concrete massing combined with deep-set vertical windows and warm wood ground-floor portals.
- What we like about this project
- Subtle board-form texture runs continuously across the wide elevation without disruptive control joints.
Materials
- concrete
- wood
- glass
Visual identifiers
- board-formed-concrete
- punched-windows
- wood-storefront
- monolithic-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- monolithic
Visual tags
- concrete
- urban-infill
- gallery
- facade-study
- minimalist
- Geometry
- Monolithic board-formed concrete volume steps up to higher tiers, punctuated by a strict grid of vertical rectangular openings.
- Facade system
- Board-formed architectural concrete bearing wall with punched timber-framed windows.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete shear wall and slab construction.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story commercial or gallery volume scaled to the urban street front.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight from the upper right, casting sharp shadows in window reveals and illuminating the pedestrian sidewalk.
- Atmosphere
- Subdued, industrial massing warmed by natural wood grain and sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge adjacent to traditional brick masonry buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The facade creates a heavy urban boundary at the sidewalk, balanced by warm wood detailing at the pedestrian level.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical grid of punched window openings contrasting with the horizontal board-form lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist civic architecture
- Program
- Art gallery
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, wood, glass
- Visual identifiers
- board-formed-concrete, punched-windows, wood-storefront, monolithic-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, monolithic
- Visual tags
- concrete, urban-infill, gallery, facade-study, minimalist
- Geometry
- Monolithic board-formed concrete volume steps up to higher tiers, punctuated by a strict grid of vertical rectangular openings.
- Facade system
- Board-formed architectural concrete bearing wall with punched timber-framed windows.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete shear wall and slab construction.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story commercial or gallery volume scaled to the urban street front.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight from the upper right, casting sharp shadows in window reveals and illuminating the pedestrian sidewalk.
- Atmosphere
- Subdued, industrial massing warmed by natural wood grain and sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge adjacent to traditional brick masonry buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The facade creates a heavy urban boundary at the sidewalk, balanced by warm wood detailing at the pedestrian level.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical grid of punched window openings contrasting with the horizontal board-form lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist civic architecture
- Program
- Art gallery
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture