Holiland-好利来Chengdu01
上海
An exterior facade precedent demonstrating the careful insertion of a contemporary glazed retail storefront into a historic gray-brick vernacular streetscape.
- What we like about this project
- Vibrant neon green graphic elements punctuate the monochrome gray brick and historic tile palette.
Materials
- gray-brick
- clay-tile
- glass
- steel
- neon-light
Visual identifiers
- gray-brick
- historic-roof
- storefront-glazing
- neon-accents
Style tags
- contemporary-historic
- minimal
- vernacular
Visual tags
- retail
- historic-context
- adaptive-reuse
- street-facade
- contemporary-contrast
- Geometry
- Low-rise orthogonal storefront set within a traditional historic street wall; long horizontal glazed aperture framed by heavy gray brick masonry.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing integrated within load-bearing gray brick masonry walls.
- Structural guess
- Traditional load-bearing masonry with modern steel storefront reinforcement.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story storefront set beneath a two-story traditional vernacular structure.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight paired with internal warm and vibrant neon retail lighting.
- Atmosphere
- A striking juxtaposition of historic calm and vibrant, glowing commercial modernity.
- Environmental context
- Historic pedestrian street with traditional gray brick buildings and tiled roofs.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level transparency pulls the eye into the illuminated retail interior, contrasting with the solid historic enclosure above.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification: traditional tile roof above gray brick field, grounded by a wide glass band with bright neon accents.
- Style reading
- Contemporary intervention within historic vernacular
- Program
- Bakery / Retail store
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- gray-brick, clay-tile, glass, steel, neon-light
- Visual identifiers
- gray-brick, historic-roof, storefront-glazing, neon-accents
- Style tags
- contemporary-historic, minimal, vernacular
- Visual tags
- retail, historic-context, adaptive-reuse, street-facade, contemporary-contrast
- Geometry
- Low-rise orthogonal storefront set within a traditional historic street wall; long horizontal glazed aperture framed by heavy gray brick masonry.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing integrated within load-bearing gray brick masonry walls.
- Structural guess
- Traditional load-bearing masonry with modern steel storefront reinforcement.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story storefront set beneath a two-story traditional vernacular structure.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight paired with internal warm and vibrant neon retail lighting.
- Atmosphere
- A striking juxtaposition of historic calm and vibrant, glowing commercial modernity.
- Environmental context
- Historic pedestrian street with traditional gray brick buildings and tiled roofs.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level transparency pulls the eye into the illuminated retail interior, contrasting with the solid historic enclosure above.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification: traditional tile roof above gray brick field, grounded by a wide glass band with bright neon accents.
- Style reading
- Contemporary intervention within historic vernacular
- Program
- Bakery / Retail store
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture