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Elevated Cubic Metal Facades over Reflecting Pools

Elevated on pilotis over a calm reflecting pool, the building presents a rigid cubic volume clad in a symmetrical square grid of aluminum rainscreen panels. Deeply recessed vertical openings create subtle shadows, balancing the weightless floating effect of the elevated undercroft against the fluid movement of surrounding water.

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Exterior view of Museo Jumex featuring travertine stone facade, sawtooth roof, and raised public plaza by David Chipperfield Architects.

胡美兹美术馆-Museo-Jumex

上海

An exterior precedent of a travertine-clad museum featuring a sawtooth roof profile and carved public loggias, designed by David Chipperfield Architects.

What we like about this project
Large corner voids puncture the heavy stone massing, creating unexpected open-air viewing platforms.

Materials

  • travertine
  • glass
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • travertine-facade
  • sawtooth-roof
  • carved-loggia
  • raised-plazas

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • rationalist
  • monumental
  • stone-architecture

Visual tags

  • cultural
  • stone-clad
  • museum
  • urban-context
  • monolithic
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-story mass featuring a stepped sawtooth roofline and large carved loggia openings cutting through the monolithic volume.
Facade system
Travertine panel cladding with deeply recessed punched windows and open-air loggias.
Structural guess
Steel and concrete frame with stone cladding
Spatial scale
Monumental cultural scale, balanced at the ground level by generous public steps and pedestrian pathways.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle, diffused shadows across the travertine surfaces and urban landscape.
Atmosphere
Calm, civic dignity grounded in rich natural stone materiality and open public interface.
Environmental context
Located in a dense urban plaza surrounded by contemporary high-rise towers and mature trees.
Spatial experience
Approached across a public open plaza, the building reveals deep multi-story loggias that connect interior gallery spaces outward to the city.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stone coursing paired with vertical alignments of carved loggia openings and a rhythmic sawtooth roof profile.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental rationalism
Program
Art Museum and Cultural Center
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
travertine, glass, stone
Visual identifiers
travertine-facade, sawtooth-roof, carved-loggia, raised-plazas
Style tags
contemporary, rationalist, monumental, stone-architecture
Visual tags
cultural, stone-clad, museum, urban-context, monolithic
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-story mass featuring a stepped sawtooth roofline and large carved loggia openings cutting through the monolithic volume.
Facade system
Travertine panel cladding with deeply recessed punched windows and open-air loggias.
Structural guess
Steel and concrete frame with stone cladding
Spatial scale
Monumental cultural scale, balanced at the ground level by generous public steps and pedestrian pathways.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle, diffused shadows across the travertine surfaces and urban landscape.
Atmosphere
Calm, civic dignity grounded in rich natural stone materiality and open public interface.
Environmental context
Located in a dense urban plaza surrounded by contemporary high-rise towers and mature trees.
Spatial experience
Approached across a public open plaza, the building reveals deep multi-story loggias that connect interior gallery spaces outward to the city.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stone coursing paired with vertical alignments of carved loggia openings and a rhythmic sawtooth roof profile.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental rationalism
Program
Art Museum and Cultural Center
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior view of Museo Jumex featuring travertine stone facade, sawtooth roof, and raised public plaza by David Chipperfield Architects.

胡美兹美术馆-Museo-Jumex

上海

An exterior precedent of a travertine-clad museum featuring a sawtooth roof profile and carved public loggias, designed by David Chipperfield Architects.

What we like about this project
Large corner voids puncture the heavy stone massing, creating unexpected open-air viewing platforms.

Materials

  • travertine
  • glass
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • travertine-facade
  • sawtooth-roof
  • carved-loggia
  • raised-plazas

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • rationalist
  • monumental
  • stone-architecture

Visual tags

  • cultural
  • stone-clad
  • museum
  • urban-context
  • monolithic
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-story mass featuring a stepped sawtooth roofline and large carved loggia openings cutting through the monolithic volume.
Facade system
Travertine panel cladding with deeply recessed punched windows and open-air loggias.
Structural guess
Steel and concrete frame with stone cladding
Spatial scale
Monumental cultural scale, balanced at the ground level by generous public steps and pedestrian pathways.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle, diffused shadows across the travertine surfaces and urban landscape.
Atmosphere
Calm, civic dignity grounded in rich natural stone materiality and open public interface.
Environmental context
Located in a dense urban plaza surrounded by contemporary high-rise towers and mature trees.
Spatial experience
Approached across a public open plaza, the building reveals deep multi-story loggias that connect interior gallery spaces outward to the city.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stone coursing paired with vertical alignments of carved loggia openings and a rhythmic sawtooth roof profile.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental rationalism
Program
Art Museum and Cultural Center
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
travertine, glass, stone
Visual identifiers
travertine-facade, sawtooth-roof, carved-loggia, raised-plazas
Style tags
contemporary, rationalist, monumental, stone-architecture
Visual tags
cultural, stone-clad, museum, urban-context, monolithic
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-story mass featuring a stepped sawtooth roofline and large carved loggia openings cutting through the monolithic volume.
Facade system
Travertine panel cladding with deeply recessed punched windows and open-air loggias.
Structural guess
Steel and concrete frame with stone cladding
Spatial scale
Monumental cultural scale, balanced at the ground level by generous public steps and pedestrian pathways.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle, diffused shadows across the travertine surfaces and urban landscape.
Atmosphere
Calm, civic dignity grounded in rich natural stone materiality and open public interface.
Environmental context
Located in a dense urban plaza surrounded by contemporary high-rise towers and mature trees.
Spatial experience
Approached across a public open plaza, the building reveals deep multi-story loggias that connect interior gallery spaces outward to the city.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stone coursing paired with vertical alignments of carved loggia openings and a rhythmic sawtooth roof profile.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental rationalism
Program
Art Museum and Cultural Center
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

Related in this portfolio

View 戴卫·奇普菲尔德建筑事务所 David Chipperfield Architects →