拉法耶文化艺术中心
上海
An urban cultural center facade featuring a folded metallic screen and vertical tower element that creates a glowing, textured presence along the street edge.
- What we like about this project
- The prominent vertical rounded tower element on the left features a stark grid of exposed rooftop utility frames, subverting pure sculptural reading.
Materials
- bronze-metal
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- folded-metal-facade
- vertical-tower-element
- illuminated-signage
- glazed-ground-floor
Style tags
- contemporary
- tectonic
- textured
Visual tags
- urban-infill
- cultural-space
- perforated-screen
- textured-envelope
- twilight-illumination
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical composition featuring a tall, curved vertical tower element on the left stepping down into terraced horizontal upper volumes, clad entirely in a faceted metal screen.
- Facade system
- Custom folded or pleated perforated metallic rainscreen over a glazed and solid backing wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor decks and hanging exterior envelope sub-structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story urban infill building, approximately four stories high, scaled to fit harmoniously within the surrounding street fabric.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions with internal illumination glowing through the perforated facade panels and storefront glazing, contrasting with the cool blue ambient daylight.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting luminescence emanating through a complex metallic skin against a cool dusk urban backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban context situated directly across a multi-lane roadway between existing mid-rise masonry buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the urban street edge with an open, glazed ground floor sheltered by a continuous projecting canopy, while upper levels present a glowing, textured enclosure.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical vertical tower contrasted against horizontal stepping bands of folded metallic panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban infill with textured tectonic facade
- Program
- Cultural and arts center with ground-floor retail or lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- bronze-metal, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- folded-metal-facade, vertical-tower-element, illuminated-signage, glazed-ground-floor
- Style tags
- contemporary, tectonic, textured
- Visual tags
- urban-infill, cultural-space, perforated-screen, textured-envelope, twilight-illumination
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical composition featuring a tall, curved vertical tower element on the left stepping down into terraced horizontal upper volumes, clad entirely in a faceted metal screen.
- Facade system
- Custom folded or pleated perforated metallic rainscreen over a glazed and solid backing wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor decks and hanging exterior envelope sub-structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story urban infill building, approximately four stories high, scaled to fit harmoniously within the surrounding street fabric.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions with internal illumination glowing through the perforated facade panels and storefront glazing, contrasting with the cool blue ambient daylight.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting luminescence emanating through a complex metallic skin against a cool dusk urban backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban context situated directly across a multi-lane roadway between existing mid-rise masonry buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the urban street edge with an open, glazed ground floor sheltered by a continuous projecting canopy, while upper levels present a glowing, textured enclosure.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical vertical tower contrasted against horizontal stepping bands of folded metallic panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban infill with textured tectonic facade
- Program
- Cultural and arts center with ground-floor retail or lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture