architecture
A courtyard precedent featuring a sweeping, undulating timber roof canopy and a radial patterned lawn that frames an intimate outdoor gathering room.
- What we like about this project
- The lawn features a precise radial pattern of light pavers or cutouts converging on a central circle.
Materials
- timber
- brick
- glass
- grass
Visual identifiers
- curved-timber-canopy
- radial-lawn-pattern
- brick-courtyard-wall
- undulating-roof
Style tags
- organic
- contemporary
- timber-craft
Visual tags
- courtyard
- timber-structure
- organic-geometry
- public-realm
- daylit
- Geometry
- A circular courtyard defined by low brick walls on one side and a glazed facade on the other, capped by a undulating, curved timber roof canopy that frames an open sky view.
- Facade system
- Glazed curtain wall paired with reclaimed red brick masonry walls.
- Structural guess
- Glued-laminated timber beams supporting a doubly curved roof geometry, with masonry load-bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate human-scaled courtyard, roughly single-story in height with an expansive open center.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight filtering through the timber canopy structure, casting soft shadows across the courtyard and radial lawn pattern.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, protective, and rhythmic, blending natural wood and brick textures under an open sky.
- Environmental context
- Contained outdoor courtyard surrounded by single-story building wings and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from under the deep overhang of the curving timber roof into the open courtyard provides a protected yet sky-lit gathering space.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating radial strips in the lawn mirror the rhythmic spacing of the overhead timber beams.
- Style reading
- Organic contemporary timber architecture
- Program
- Community pavilion or educational courtyard
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, brick, glass, grass
- Visual identifiers
- curved-timber-canopy, radial-lawn-pattern, brick-courtyard-wall, undulating-roof
- Style tags
- organic, contemporary, timber-craft
- Visual tags
- courtyard, timber-structure, organic-geometry, public-realm, daylit
- Geometry
- A circular courtyard defined by low brick walls on one side and a glazed facade on the other, capped by a undulating, curved timber roof canopy that frames an open sky view.
- Facade system
- Glazed curtain wall paired with reclaimed red brick masonry walls.
- Structural guess
- Glued-laminated timber beams supporting a doubly curved roof geometry, with masonry load-bearing walls.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate human-scaled courtyard, roughly single-story in height with an expansive open center.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight filtering through the timber canopy structure, casting soft shadows across the courtyard and radial lawn pattern.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, protective, and rhythmic, blending natural wood and brick textures under an open sky.
- Environmental context
- Contained outdoor courtyard surrounded by single-story building wings and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from under the deep overhang of the curving timber roof into the open courtyard provides a protected yet sky-lit gathering space.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating radial strips in the lawn mirror the rhythmic spacing of the overhead timber beams.
- Style reading
- Organic contemporary timber architecture
- Program
- Community pavilion or educational courtyard
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture