Norfolk
Burleigh Heads - Koichi Takada Architects · 2021
An upward perspective of Koichi Takada Architects' Norfolk building, illustrating organic, wave-like cantilevered balconies and striated soffits designed for coastal high-rise living.
- What we like about this project
- The deep central canyon formed by the balcony curves creates a vertical light shaft that draws the eye continuously upward.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- timber-slats
Visual identifiers
- undulating-balconies
- ribbed-soffits
- organic-curvilinear-facade
- cantilevered-slabs
Style tags
- organic
- contemporary
- biomorphic
- coastal
Visual tags
- organic-architecture
- residential
- coastal
- curvilinear
- balcony-system
- high-rise
- Geometry
- Worm's-eye vertical perspective looking straight up a multi-story residential facade, revealing stacked, flowing cantilevered floor slabs with deep organic curves that alternate symmetry and asymmetry.
- Facade system
- Custom curved precast or rendered concrete slab edges serving as deep cantilevered balconies with glass balustrades and slatted timber-toned aluminum or timber soffits.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete core and cantilevered floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story high-rise residential facade seen from ground level looking up, conveying monumental vertical scale softened by organic human-scaled balconies.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows across the curved soffits, highlighting the horizontal ribbed textures and bright white edges against a saturated blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, rhythmic, and sculptural, evoking natural geological formations under intense sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Clear blue sky background indicating a bright, sunlit coastal environment with no competing urban context visible in frame.
- Spatial experience
- A dynamic upward gaze where layered balconies frame narrow voids of sky, emphasizing fluid transitions between exterior living slabs and sheltered recessed glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical symmetry along a central spine flanked by cascading horizontal waves of white slabs and rhythmic ribbed slats.
- Style reading
- Organic contemporary coastal architecture
- Program
- Multi-residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, timber-slats
- Visual identifiers
- undulating-balconies, ribbed-soffits, organic-curvilinear-facade, cantilevered-slabs
- Style tags
- organic, contemporary, biomorphic, coastal
- Visual tags
- organic-architecture, residential, coastal, curvilinear, balcony-system, high-rise
- Geometry
- Worm's-eye vertical perspective looking straight up a multi-story residential facade, revealing stacked, flowing cantilevered floor slabs with deep organic curves that alternate symmetry and asymmetry.
- Facade system
- Custom curved precast or rendered concrete slab edges serving as deep cantilevered balconies with glass balustrades and slatted timber-toned aluminum or timber soffits.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete core and cantilevered floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story high-rise residential facade seen from ground level looking up, conveying monumental vertical scale softened by organic human-scaled balconies.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows across the curved soffits, highlighting the horizontal ribbed textures and bright white edges against a saturated blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, rhythmic, and sculptural, evoking natural geological formations under intense sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Clear blue sky background indicating a bright, sunlit coastal environment with no competing urban context visible in frame.
- Spatial experience
- A dynamic upward gaze where layered balconies frame narrow voids of sky, emphasizing fluid transitions between exterior living slabs and sheltered recessed glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical symmetry along a central spine flanked by cascading horizontal waves of white slabs and rhythmic ribbed slats.
- Style reading
- Organic contemporary coastal architecture
- Program
- Multi-residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture