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城理设计 Urban Fabric

Based in Hangzhou, 城理设计 Urban Fabric creates cultural exhibition centers and historic renewal precincts defined by sharp geometric forms, reflective water features, and delicate timber-and-glass interventions inserted against traditional masonry and dark wood facades. The portfolio offers a clear precedent when detailing deep eave overhangs with carved timber screens, bridging historic building volumes with lightweight modern structures, or negotiating tight, irregular site boundaries through angular planning.

Curved white overhang and glazed facade wrapping a reflecting pool with a central tree island by Urban Fabric.

03.白兰之馆

杭州

An exterior precedent featuring fluid, organic white overhangs paired with extensive glass facades, creating a seamless dialogue with a reflecting pool.

What we like about this project
A single sculpted tree rises from an isolated oval gravel island directly within the reflection pool.

Materials

  • stucco
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • curved-white-roof
  • reflecting-pool
  • floor-to-ceiling-glass
  • thin-steel-columns

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • organic-modern
  • minimalist

Visual tags

  • organic-curves
  • pavilion
  • water-feature
  • minimalist
  • transparent-envelope
Geometry
Fluid, organic curves define the white cantilevered roof and porch slab, wrapping around a rectilinear glass pavilion and an irregular reflecting pool.
Facade system
Full-height frameless or minimal-framing structural glass curtain wall behind slender steel posts.
Structural guess
Steel column and beam frame with flat slab concrete floor and roof plates.
Spatial scale
Single-story pavilion architecture with expansive horizontal proportions at human scale.
Lighting
Soft, diffused daylight reflecting off water and white surfaces, with low morning sun casting gentle shadows.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative, emphasized by the interplay of fluid white surfaces, glass transparency, and calm water.
Environmental context
Open landscape setting with reflecting water features, clear skies, and sparse trees.
Spatial experience
Movement flows fluidly beneath the deep curving overhang, bridging the indoor glazed lounge and the open reflecting pool.
Composition rhythm
Rhythmic placement of slender circular columns supporting the sweeping horizontal fascia.
Style reading
Contemporary organic minimalism
Program
Cultural exhibition center or sales pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, concrete, glass, steel, stone
Visual identifiers
curved-white-roof, reflecting-pool, floor-to-ceiling-glass, thin-steel-columns
Style tags
contemporary, organic-modern, minimalist
Visual tags
organic-curves, pavilion, water-feature, minimalist, transparent-envelope
Geometry
Fluid, organic curves define the white cantilevered roof and porch slab, wrapping around a rectilinear glass pavilion and an irregular reflecting pool.
Facade system
Full-height frameless or minimal-framing structural glass curtain wall behind slender steel posts.
Structural guess
Steel column and beam frame with flat slab concrete floor and roof plates.
Spatial scale
Single-story pavilion architecture with expansive horizontal proportions at human scale.
Lighting
Soft, diffused daylight reflecting off water and white surfaces, with low morning sun casting gentle shadows.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative, emphasized by the interplay of fluid white surfaces, glass transparency, and calm water.
Environmental context
Open landscape setting with reflecting water features, clear skies, and sparse trees.
Spatial experience
Movement flows fluidly beneath the deep curving overhang, bridging the indoor glazed lounge and the open reflecting pool.
Composition rhythm
Rhythmic placement of slender circular columns supporting the sweeping horizontal fascia.
Style reading
Contemporary organic minimalism
Program
Cultural exhibition center or sales pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Curved white overhang and glazed facade wrapping a reflecting pool with a central tree island by Urban Fabric.

03.白兰之馆

杭州

An exterior precedent featuring fluid, organic white overhangs paired with extensive glass facades, creating a seamless dialogue with a reflecting pool.

What we like about this project
A single sculpted tree rises from an isolated oval gravel island directly within the reflection pool.

Materials

  • stucco
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • curved-white-roof
  • reflecting-pool
  • floor-to-ceiling-glass
  • thin-steel-columns

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • organic-modern
  • minimalist

Visual tags

  • organic-curves
  • pavilion
  • water-feature
  • minimalist
  • transparent-envelope
Geometry
Fluid, organic curves define the white cantilevered roof and porch slab, wrapping around a rectilinear glass pavilion and an irregular reflecting pool.
Facade system
Full-height frameless or minimal-framing structural glass curtain wall behind slender steel posts.
Structural guess
Steel column and beam frame with flat slab concrete floor and roof plates.
Spatial scale
Single-story pavilion architecture with expansive horizontal proportions at human scale.
Lighting
Soft, diffused daylight reflecting off water and white surfaces, with low morning sun casting gentle shadows.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative, emphasized by the interplay of fluid white surfaces, glass transparency, and calm water.
Environmental context
Open landscape setting with reflecting water features, clear skies, and sparse trees.
Spatial experience
Movement flows fluidly beneath the deep curving overhang, bridging the indoor glazed lounge and the open reflecting pool.
Composition rhythm
Rhythmic placement of slender circular columns supporting the sweeping horizontal fascia.
Style reading
Contemporary organic minimalism
Program
Cultural exhibition center or sales pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, concrete, glass, steel, stone
Visual identifiers
curved-white-roof, reflecting-pool, floor-to-ceiling-glass, thin-steel-columns
Style tags
contemporary, organic-modern, minimalist
Visual tags
organic-curves, pavilion, water-feature, minimalist, transparent-envelope
Geometry
Fluid, organic curves define the white cantilevered roof and porch slab, wrapping around a rectilinear glass pavilion and an irregular reflecting pool.
Facade system
Full-height frameless or minimal-framing structural glass curtain wall behind slender steel posts.
Structural guess
Steel column and beam frame with flat slab concrete floor and roof plates.
Spatial scale
Single-story pavilion architecture with expansive horizontal proportions at human scale.
Lighting
Soft, diffused daylight reflecting off water and white surfaces, with low morning sun casting gentle shadows.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative, emphasized by the interplay of fluid white surfaces, glass transparency, and calm water.
Environmental context
Open landscape setting with reflecting water features, clear skies, and sparse trees.
Spatial experience
Movement flows fluidly beneath the deep curving overhang, bridging the indoor glazed lounge and the open reflecting pool.
Composition rhythm
Rhythmic placement of slender circular columns supporting the sweeping horizontal fascia.
Style reading
Contemporary organic minimalism
Program
Cultural exhibition center or sales pavilion
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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