Street facade of a converted brick building with steel-framed ground
An urban adaptive-reuse facade by Tasou Associates blending original weathered brickwork and corbelled detailing with a contemporary steel-framed ground-floor storefront.
Materials
- reclaimed-brick
- steel
- glass
- standing-seam-metal
- timber
Visual identifiers
- reclaimed-brick
- steel-framed-storefront
- crittall-windows
- mansard-roof
Style tags
- industrial-chic
- contemporary
- vernacular-modern
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- urban-infill
- storefront
- historic-facade
- mixed-use
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-bay upper masonry volume sitting above an open-fronted, steel-framed ground floor storefront.
- Facade system
- Loadbearing historic brickwork paired with a dark steel and glass storefront system.
- Structural guess
- Loadbearing historic masonry exterior walls with internal steel framing supporting floors and roof.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled two-story urban facade directly abutting a cobblestone street edge.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast ambient light with warm artificial interior illumination spilling onto the street.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting interior glowing through a cool, historic masonry and steel street elevation.
- Environmental context
- Urban narrow street frontage sandwiched between historic masonry party walls.
- Spatial experience
- The deep street threshold frames a bright, warm interior desk space contrasting with the weathered brick exterior.
- Composition rhythm
- Tripartite vertical window alignment on the upper brick level above a sliding glass and slatted timber ground floor.
- Style reading
- Industrial contemporary adaptive reuse
- Program
- Commercial workshop or studio with street entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- reclaimed-brick, steel, glass, standing-seam-metal, timber
- Visual identifiers
- reclaimed-brick, steel-framed-storefront, crittall-windows, mansard-roof
- Style tags
- industrial-chic, contemporary, vernacular-modern
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, urban-infill, storefront, historic-facade, mixed-use
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-bay upper masonry volume sitting above an open-fronted, steel-framed ground floor storefront.
- Facade system
- Loadbearing historic brickwork paired with a dark steel and glass storefront system.
- Structural guess
- Loadbearing historic masonry exterior walls with internal steel framing supporting floors and roof.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled two-story urban facade directly abutting a cobblestone street edge.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast ambient light with warm artificial interior illumination spilling onto the street.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting interior glowing through a cool, historic masonry and steel street elevation.
- Environmental context
- Urban narrow street frontage sandwiched between historic masonry party walls.
- Spatial experience
- The deep street threshold frames a bright, warm interior desk space contrasting with the weathered brick exterior.
- Composition rhythm
- Tripartite vertical window alignment on the upper brick level above a sliding glass and slatted timber ground floor.
- Style reading
- Industrial contemporary adaptive reuse
- Program
- Commercial workshop or studio with street entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture