AIR Offices
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AIR Offices by WOMO Architects presents a robust commercial facade with deep vertical stone framing and stepped glass volumes that anchor an active urban plaza.
- What we like about this project
- The stepped upper levels transition from solid stone cladding to fully transparent glass pavilions.
Materials
- natural-stone
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- stepped-massing
- vertical-stone-fins
- glazed-curtain-wall
- urban-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- rationalist
- commercial
Visual tags
- commercial
- office-building
- urban-infill
- facade-articulation
- public-realm
- Geometry
- An orthogonal, stepped multi-story volume with deep vertical stone framing elements and continuous glazed curtain wall upper floors.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with heavy vertical stone-clad fins and deep reveals.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete core and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story commercial scale framing human activity and wide public stairs in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows from vertical stone fins and framing elements.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and open, defined by clear daylight and lively pedestrian interaction.
- Environmental context
- Busy urban pedestrian plaza and commercial street context under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages directly with a pedestrian plaza, creating a strong urban edge with layered transparency at ground level.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window bays balanced by horizontal floor setbacks at the upper levels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial rationalism
- Program
- Commercial offices and ground-floor retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- natural-stone, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-massing, vertical-stone-fins, glazed-curtain-wall, urban-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, rationalist, commercial
- Visual tags
- commercial, office-building, urban-infill, facade-articulation, public-realm
- Geometry
- An orthogonal, stepped multi-story volume with deep vertical stone framing elements and continuous glazed curtain wall upper floors.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with heavy vertical stone-clad fins and deep reveals.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete core and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story commercial scale framing human activity and wide public stairs in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows from vertical stone fins and framing elements.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and open, defined by clear daylight and lively pedestrian interaction.
- Environmental context
- Busy urban pedestrian plaza and commercial street context under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages directly with a pedestrian plaza, creating a strong urban edge with layered transparency at ground level.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window bays balanced by horizontal floor setbacks at the upper levels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial rationalism
- Program
- Commercial offices and ground-floor retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture