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An exterior architectural precedent showcasing monumental organic branching columns supporting a massive cantilevered roof canopy above an elevated civic podium.
- What we like about this project
- The branching columns merge seamlessly into the underside of the roof plane, blurring the line between structural support and sculptural relief.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- stone
- steel
Visual identifiers
- branching-columns
- cantilevered-roof
- elevated-podium
- organic-structure
Style tags
- contemporary
- biomimetic
- high-tech
- monumental
Visual tags
- monumental
- cantilever
- organic-geometry
- civic
- large-span
- Geometry
- A heavy, expansive cantilevered roof plane is supported by a series of sculptural, branching organic columns that taper downwards. The building rests on an elevated podium structure with regular structural piers at grade.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall set beneath a deep roof overhang.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame or post-tensioned concrete roof slab carried by sculptural cast-in-place concrete or steel-composite branching tree columns.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the multi-story canopy and large branching columns dwarf human presence.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight overhead with warm artificial uplighting casting a glow beneath the elevated podium structure.
- Atmosphere
- A dramatic, futuristic atmosphere created by the tension between heavy geometric massing and fluid organic support structures.
- Environmental context
- Open exterior context featuring an elevated roadway or plaza level with perimeter landscaping and sparse overhead clouds.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the lower vehicular and pedestrian drop-off reveals a grand scale transition, moving from the enclosed podium columns to the dramatic upward sweep of the cantilevered roof canopy.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic diagonal thrust of the massive roof juxtaposed with the rhythmic spacing of the lower podium piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biomimetic high-tech architecture
- Program
- Convention center or international exhibition hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, stone, steel
- Visual identifiers
- branching-columns, cantilevered-roof, elevated-podium, organic-structure
- Style tags
- contemporary, biomimetic, high-tech, monumental
- Visual tags
- monumental, cantilever, organic-geometry, civic, large-span
- Geometry
- A heavy, expansive cantilevered roof plane is supported by a series of sculptural, branching organic columns that taper downwards. The building rests on an elevated podium structure with regular structural piers at grade.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall set beneath a deep roof overhang.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame or post-tensioned concrete roof slab carried by sculptural cast-in-place concrete or steel-composite branching tree columns.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; the multi-story canopy and large branching columns dwarf human presence.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight overhead with warm artificial uplighting casting a glow beneath the elevated podium structure.
- Atmosphere
- A dramatic, futuristic atmosphere created by the tension between heavy geometric massing and fluid organic support structures.
- Environmental context
- Open exterior context featuring an elevated roadway or plaza level with perimeter landscaping and sparse overhead clouds.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the lower vehicular and pedestrian drop-off reveals a grand scale transition, moving from the enclosed podium columns to the dramatic upward sweep of the cantilevered roof canopy.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic diagonal thrust of the massive roof juxtaposed with the rhythmic spacing of the lower podium piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biomimetic high-tech architecture
- Program
- Convention center or international exhibition hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture