b东南村8号-2
北京
An architectural precedent for multi-level outdoor courtyards integrating cast-concrete stairs, rammed earth textures, and cantilevered protective roofs.
- What we like about this project
- An expressive curved upturn on the upper roof cantilever that softens the heavy structural profile against the sky.
Materials
- exposed-concrete
- rammed-earth
- steel
- timber
- glass
Visual identifiers
- cast-concrete-stairs
- rammed-earth-walls
- cantilevered-roof
- courtyard
Style tags
- contemporary
- regionalist
- textured
Visual tags
- outdoor-circulation
- multilevel
- textured-walls
- regional
- courtyard
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-level volumes connected by an external straight-run stair and multi-tiered terraces, framed overhead by a heavy concrete canopy.
- Facade system
- Open-air circulation and layered terraces fronting earth-toned walls.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame and slabs with bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale; two to three stories with outdoor circulation elements tailored to pedestrian movement.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp shadows cast by overhanging concrete slabs; clear sky framing the upper volumes.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, open-air atmosphere combining raw monolithic concrete with earthy textures and natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor courtyard within a dense regional setting, featuring embedded planting and mature trees framing distant hills.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows across exterior thresholds, stepping from a sunken garden courtyard up through open-air stairways and elevated viewing platforms.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal framing bands offset by the dynamic diagonal line of the exterior stairway.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernist architecture
- Program
- Residential or cultural courtyard complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- exposed-concrete, rammed-earth, steel, timber, glass
- Visual identifiers
- cast-concrete-stairs, rammed-earth-walls, cantilevered-roof, courtyard
- Style tags
- contemporary, regionalist, textured
- Visual tags
- outdoor-circulation, multilevel, textured-walls, regional, courtyard
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-level volumes connected by an external straight-run stair and multi-tiered terraces, framed overhead by a heavy concrete canopy.
- Facade system
- Open-air circulation and layered terraces fronting earth-toned walls.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame and slabs with bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale; two to three stories with outdoor circulation elements tailored to pedestrian movement.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp shadows cast by overhanging concrete slabs; clear sky framing the upper volumes.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, open-air atmosphere combining raw monolithic concrete with earthy textures and natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor courtyard within a dense regional setting, featuring embedded planting and mature trees framing distant hills.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows across exterior thresholds, stepping from a sunken garden courtyard up through open-air stairways and elevated viewing platforms.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal framing bands offset by the dynamic diagonal line of the exterior stairway.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernist architecture
- Program
- Residential or cultural courtyard complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture