Blackhorse Point
2020
An exterior residential facade precedent by RM_A demonstrating how stacked, angular metal balconies and ground-floor storefronts articulate a monolithic brick mass along an urban pedestrian corridor.
- What we like about this project
- The underside of the lowest cantilevered balcony incorporates angled louvers or folded metal detailing that echoes the rhythmic geometry of the storefronts below.
Materials
- brick
- metal
- glass
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- cantilevered-balconies
- storefront-glazing
- metal-railings
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban-residential
- rationalist
Visual tags
- residential
- urban-infill
- facade-articulation
- streetscape
- balcony-rhythm
- Geometry
- Multi-story brick massing featuring a rhythmic vertical stacking of cantilevered dark metal balconies that project outward over a pedestrian walkway.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or anchored brick masonry cladding combined with punched window openings and prefabricated cantilevered metal balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame or masonry bearing wall with steel balcony extensions.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential block with human-scaled ground-floor retail and sidewalk zones.
- Lighting
- Bright directional sunlight from the right casting long diagonal shadows across the ground paving and facade relief.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and crisp autumnal daylight emphasizing the tectonic interplay between solid brick masonry and dark metal balconies.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk edge with paved ground plane, young deciduous trees displaying autumn foliage, and neighboring residential building context.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach moves past high storefront glazing under deep structural brick bays, while upper balconies create a layered, rhythmically punctuated street edge.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical bays in the masonry coordinate directly with the rhythmic vertical stacking of cantilevered balconies.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban brick residential architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use residential with ground-floor commercial or retail space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, metal, glass
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, cantilevered-balconies, storefront-glazing, metal-railings
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban-residential, rationalist
- Visual tags
- residential, urban-infill, facade-articulation, streetscape, balcony-rhythm
- Geometry
- Multi-story brick massing featuring a rhythmic vertical stacking of cantilevered dark metal balconies that project outward over a pedestrian walkway.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or anchored brick masonry cladding combined with punched window openings and prefabricated cantilevered metal balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame or masonry bearing wall with steel balcony extensions.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential block with human-scaled ground-floor retail and sidewalk zones.
- Lighting
- Bright directional sunlight from the right casting long diagonal shadows across the ground paving and facade relief.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and crisp autumnal daylight emphasizing the tectonic interplay between solid brick masonry and dark metal balconies.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk edge with paved ground plane, young deciduous trees displaying autumn foliage, and neighboring residential building context.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach moves past high storefront glazing under deep structural brick bays, while upper balconies create a layered, rhythmically punctuated street edge.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical bays in the masonry coordinate directly with the rhythmic vertical stacking of cantilevered balconies.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban brick residential architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use residential with ground-floor commercial or retail space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture