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Cantilevered Rainscreen Volumes over Glazed Entry Plazas

A pronounced horizontal stratification defines the composition, where an upper aluminum composite panel cantilever floats weightlessly above a fully glazed ground-floor lobby and foreground reflecting pool. Deep shadow reveals, crisp structural glass reflections, and rhythmic plaza landscaping establish a crisp, dignified corporate entrance atmosphere.

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Exterior view of Tianmu Medical Port Small and Micro Industrial Park by DSA, showing aluminum composite panels, glass curtain walls, and a reflecting pool.

天目医药港小微产业园-3

杭州

A corporate park building exterior precedent featuring a cantilevered metal-clad volume over a fully glazed lobby and foreground reflecting pool, useful for mixed-use podium studies.

What we like about this project
The central void framing in the background tower aligns visually with the vertical rhythm of the podium facade below.

Materials

  • aluminum-composite-panel
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • cantilevered-volume
  • metal-panel-cladding
  • glass-curtain-wall
  • reflecting-pool

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • corporate
  • minimalist

Visual tags

  • commercial-park
  • podium-tower
  • modern-façade
  • water-feature
  • curtain-wall
Geometry
A cantilevered opaque volume clad in light metal panels floats above a transparent ground-floor glass lobby, contrasted by a tall glass curtain wall bay and a vertical tower element in the background featuring a central opening.
Facade system
Combination of unitized glass curtain wall and metal composite panel rainscreen system.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs allowing cantilevered overhangs.
Spatial scale
Large-scale commercial and industrial park complex; the foreground podium spans several stories with a multi-story tower rising behind.
Lighting
Direct late-afternoon sunlight catching the upper glass curtain wall and casting strong vertical shadow lines across the facade and plaza.
Atmosphere
Crisp, calm, and professional with clean architectural lines and crisp reflections.
Environmental context
Suburban or business park setting with paved plaza, reflecting pool, young trees, and surrounding rolling green hills in the distance.
Spatial experience
The composition creates a formal plaza space with a foreground water feature, leading the eye past rhythmic tree plantings toward the multi-story glazed entrance.
Composition rhythm
Strong horizontal stratification between the base reflecting pool, glazed ground floor, solid metal cantilever, and upper glazed towers.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Industrial park office and R&D facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
aluminum-composite-panel, glass, steel, concrete, stone
Visual identifiers
cantilevered-volume, metal-panel-cladding, glass-curtain-wall, reflecting-pool
Style tags
contemporary, corporate, minimalist
Visual tags
commercial-park, podium-tower, modern-façade, water-feature, curtain-wall
Geometry
A cantilevered opaque volume clad in light metal panels floats above a transparent ground-floor glass lobby, contrasted by a tall glass curtain wall bay and a vertical tower element in the background featuring a central opening.
Facade system
Combination of unitized glass curtain wall and metal composite panel rainscreen system.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs allowing cantilevered overhangs.
Spatial scale
Large-scale commercial and industrial park complex; the foreground podium spans several stories with a multi-story tower rising behind.
Lighting
Direct late-afternoon sunlight catching the upper glass curtain wall and casting strong vertical shadow lines across the facade and plaza.
Atmosphere
Crisp, calm, and professional with clean architectural lines and crisp reflections.
Environmental context
Suburban or business park setting with paved plaza, reflecting pool, young trees, and surrounding rolling green hills in the distance.
Spatial experience
The composition creates a formal plaza space with a foreground water feature, leading the eye past rhythmic tree plantings toward the multi-story glazed entrance.
Composition rhythm
Strong horizontal stratification between the base reflecting pool, glazed ground floor, solid metal cantilever, and upper glazed towers.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Industrial park office and R&D facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior view of Tianmu Medical Port Small and Micro Industrial Park by DSA, showing aluminum composite panels, glass curtain walls, and a reflecting pool.

天目医药港小微产业园-3

杭州

A corporate park building exterior precedent featuring a cantilevered metal-clad volume over a fully glazed lobby and foreground reflecting pool, useful for mixed-use podium studies.

What we like about this project
The central void framing in the background tower aligns visually with the vertical rhythm of the podium facade below.

Materials

  • aluminum-composite-panel
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • cantilevered-volume
  • metal-panel-cladding
  • glass-curtain-wall
  • reflecting-pool

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • corporate
  • minimalist

Visual tags

  • commercial-park
  • podium-tower
  • modern-façade
  • water-feature
  • curtain-wall
Geometry
A cantilevered opaque volume clad in light metal panels floats above a transparent ground-floor glass lobby, contrasted by a tall glass curtain wall bay and a vertical tower element in the background featuring a central opening.
Facade system
Combination of unitized glass curtain wall and metal composite panel rainscreen system.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs allowing cantilevered overhangs.
Spatial scale
Large-scale commercial and industrial park complex; the foreground podium spans several stories with a multi-story tower rising behind.
Lighting
Direct late-afternoon sunlight catching the upper glass curtain wall and casting strong vertical shadow lines across the facade and plaza.
Atmosphere
Crisp, calm, and professional with clean architectural lines and crisp reflections.
Environmental context
Suburban or business park setting with paved plaza, reflecting pool, young trees, and surrounding rolling green hills in the distance.
Spatial experience
The composition creates a formal plaza space with a foreground water feature, leading the eye past rhythmic tree plantings toward the multi-story glazed entrance.
Composition rhythm
Strong horizontal stratification between the base reflecting pool, glazed ground floor, solid metal cantilever, and upper glazed towers.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Industrial park office and R&D facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
aluminum-composite-panel, glass, steel, concrete, stone
Visual identifiers
cantilevered-volume, metal-panel-cladding, glass-curtain-wall, reflecting-pool
Style tags
contemporary, corporate, minimalist
Visual tags
commercial-park, podium-tower, modern-façade, water-feature, curtain-wall
Geometry
A cantilevered opaque volume clad in light metal panels floats above a transparent ground-floor glass lobby, contrasted by a tall glass curtain wall bay and a vertical tower element in the background featuring a central opening.
Facade system
Combination of unitized glass curtain wall and metal composite panel rainscreen system.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs allowing cantilevered overhangs.
Spatial scale
Large-scale commercial and industrial park complex; the foreground podium spans several stories with a multi-story tower rising behind.
Lighting
Direct late-afternoon sunlight catching the upper glass curtain wall and casting strong vertical shadow lines across the facade and plaza.
Atmosphere
Crisp, calm, and professional with clean architectural lines and crisp reflections.
Environmental context
Suburban or business park setting with paved plaza, reflecting pool, young trees, and surrounding rolling green hills in the distance.
Spatial experience
The composition creates a formal plaza space with a foreground water feature, leading the eye past rhythmic tree plantings toward the multi-story glazed entrance.
Composition rhythm
Strong horizontal stratification between the base reflecting pool, glazed ground floor, solid metal cantilever, and upper glazed towers.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Industrial park office and R&D facility
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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