The Loop
A large commercial office complex precedent showcasing sweeping horizontal ribbon glazing combined with undulating vertical timber facade fins and planted green roofs.
- What we like about this project
- The undulating timber screen wraps seamlessly from the ground facade up and under the elevated skybridge structure.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
- planting
Visual identifiers
- curving-timber-louvers
- bridge-connector
- ribbon-windows
- planted-roof-terraces
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- commercial
- organic-modern
Visual tags
- commercial-office
- biophilic
- timber-screen
- pedestrian-realm
- large-scale
- Geometry
- Horizontal ribbon windows and stepped upper terrace plantings interface with undulating, vertical timber-slat screen systems that wrap the lower volumes and form an elevated connecting bridge.
- Facade system
- Unitized curtain wall with external custom vertical timber louvers and integrated green roof trays.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete composite frame with long-span trusses supporting the central overhead bridge.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale spanning multiple stories, with pedestrian figures for human scale at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight from the side casting strong vertical shadows through the exterior timber louvers onto recessed glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and approachable yet monumental, softened by natural timber grain and lush green roof accents.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or campus boulevard setting with wide multi-lane asphalt road, mature palm trees, and clear sky overhead.
- Spatial experience
- The long facade frames the street with porous ground-floor colonnades, opening views through to interior circulation while overhead bridges shelter drop-off zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical timber fins modulate the long horizontal sweep of ribbon windows and slab edges.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, aluminum, concrete, planting
- Visual identifiers
- curving-timber-louvers, bridge-connector, ribbon-windows, planted-roof-terraces
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, commercial, organic-modern
- Visual tags
- commercial-office, biophilic, timber-screen, pedestrian-realm, large-scale
- Geometry
- Horizontal ribbon windows and stepped upper terrace plantings interface with undulating, vertical timber-slat screen systems that wrap the lower volumes and form an elevated connecting bridge.
- Facade system
- Unitized curtain wall with external custom vertical timber louvers and integrated green roof trays.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete composite frame with long-span trusses supporting the central overhead bridge.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale spanning multiple stories, with pedestrian figures for human scale at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight from the side casting strong vertical shadows through the exterior timber louvers onto recessed glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and approachable yet monumental, softened by natural timber grain and lush green roof accents.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or campus boulevard setting with wide multi-lane asphalt road, mature palm trees, and clear sky overhead.
- Spatial experience
- The long facade frames the street with porous ground-floor colonnades, opening views through to interior circulation while overhead bridges shelter drop-off zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical timber fins modulate the long horizontal sweep of ribbon windows and slab edges.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office campus
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture