河北雄安展示中心
北京
An exterior facade precedent illustrating dynamic curved geometries and metal panel systems for large civic exhibition buildings.
- What we like about this project
- The prow overhangs dramatically on the left without visible heavy vertical ground supports.
Materials
- aluminum-composite-panels
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-facade
- composite-metal-panels
- dusk-lighting
- cantilevered-roof
Style tags
- contemporary
- parametric
- futuristic
Visual tags
- civic
- exhibition-center
- parametric
- contemporary
- dusk-shot
- Geometry
- A sweeping, concave-to-convex curved roofline and floorplate profile creates a dynamic volumetric shift from a sharp vertical prow to a lower, elongated wing.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal composite panel cladding with continuous horizontal ribbon windows and structural glass curtain walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss superstructure allowing for the dramatic cantilevers and sweeping roof profile.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story civic exhibition building towering over surrounding pedestrian approach paths.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky contrasting with warm interior lobby lighting and integrated facade strip illumination.
- Atmosphere
- Futuristic and luminous against the cool blue dusk atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Set within a wide asphalt-paved plaza and newly planted deciduous trees under a clear evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the open plaza, the building opens up via a deeply recessed ground-floor drop-off sheltered by the sweeping cantilever above.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal ribbon glazing and curved panel joints counterpointed by the sharp vertical prow on the left.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric civic architecture
- Program
- Civic exhibition center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- aluminum-composite-panels, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-facade, composite-metal-panels, dusk-lighting, cantilevered-roof
- Style tags
- contemporary, parametric, futuristic
- Visual tags
- civic, exhibition-center, parametric, contemporary, dusk-shot
- Geometry
- A sweeping, concave-to-convex curved roofline and floorplate profile creates a dynamic volumetric shift from a sharp vertical prow to a lower, elongated wing.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal composite panel cladding with continuous horizontal ribbon windows and structural glass curtain walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss superstructure allowing for the dramatic cantilevers and sweeping roof profile.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story civic exhibition building towering over surrounding pedestrian approach paths.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky contrasting with warm interior lobby lighting and integrated facade strip illumination.
- Atmosphere
- Futuristic and luminous against the cool blue dusk atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Set within a wide asphalt-paved plaza and newly planted deciduous trees under a clear evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the open plaza, the building opens up via a deeply recessed ground-floor drop-off sheltered by the sweeping cantilever above.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal ribbon glazing and curved panel joints counterpointed by the sharp vertical prow on the left.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric civic architecture
- Program
- Civic exhibition center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture