Arcadia
A symmetrical resort-style residential facade precedent by Joe Adsett Architects combining curved white concrete cantilevers, arched colonnades, and integrated planter ledges overlooking a central reflecting pool.
- What we like about this project
- Continuous planting troughs integrated directly into the edge of the upper terrace cantilever.
Materials
- white-concrete
- glass
- timber
- stone
Visual identifiers
- curved-balcony
- arched-colonnade
- concrete-cantilever
- circular-pool
Style tags
- tropical-modern
- contemporary
- organic
Visual tags
- resort-architecture
- symmetry
- outdoor-living
- curved-geometry
- tropical-modern
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition featuring a concave curved upper massing, cantilevered white floor plates, and a rhythmic sequence of ground-level arches framing a circular pool in the foreground.
- Facade system
- Reinforced concrete floor plates with full-height glazed sliding doors and operable vertical timber or metal screens.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame with cantilevered floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by a prominent circular pool element that emphasizes the central axis.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight casting soft downward shadows beneath the deep concrete cantilevers and highlighting the reflective pool surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luxurious, and open, emphasizing seamless indoor-outdoor tropical living.
- Environmental context
- Open coastal or resort-style landscape setting with mature green planting behind the structure and a clear sky above.
- Spatial experience
- The deep overhangs and arched colonnade create a shaded, continuous transition space between the interior living areas and the open pool terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating ground arches mirrored by regular window verticality and sweeping horizontal slab lines.
- Style reading
- Tropical modern luxury architecture with organic curves
- Program
- Luxury residential villa
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- white-concrete, glass, timber, stone
- Visual identifiers
- curved-balcony, arched-colonnade, concrete-cantilever, circular-pool
- Style tags
- tropical-modern, contemporary, organic
- Visual tags
- resort-architecture, symmetry, outdoor-living, curved-geometry, tropical-modern
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition featuring a concave curved upper massing, cantilevered white floor plates, and a rhythmic sequence of ground-level arches framing a circular pool in the foreground.
- Facade system
- Reinforced concrete floor plates with full-height glazed sliding doors and operable vertical timber or metal screens.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame with cantilevered floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by a prominent circular pool element that emphasizes the central axis.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight casting soft downward shadows beneath the deep concrete cantilevers and highlighting the reflective pool surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luxurious, and open, emphasizing seamless indoor-outdoor tropical living.
- Environmental context
- Open coastal or resort-style landscape setting with mature green planting behind the structure and a clear sky above.
- Spatial experience
- The deep overhangs and arched colonnade create a shaded, continuous transition space between the interior living areas and the open pool terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating ground arches mirrored by regular window verticality and sweeping horizontal slab lines.
- Style reading
- Tropical modern luxury architecture with organic curves
- Program
- Luxury residential villa
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture