杭州万科城西虾龙
上海
An impressive exterior precedent for large mixed-use complexes utilizing massive overhead bridging volumes to define monumental urban gateways.
- What we like about this project
- The massive floating top volume creates an unexpected open-air frame that visually links the sky directly to the street context.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- bridging-volume
- central-void
- curtain-wall
- vertical-fins
- multi-block-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- monumental
- corporate
- high-tech
Visual tags
- mixed-use
- large-scale
- macro-structure
- contemporary
- urban-facade
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-block massing featuring a massive horizontal bridging volume floating atop vertical office towers, creating a central portal void.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical sunshading fins and exposed structural underside soffits.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss transfer structures supporting the massive upper bridge volume spanning between reinforced concrete towers.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial or mixed-use development, spanning multiple stories with a grand overarching macro-structure.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean shadows beneath overhangs and highlighting the vertical fin grid of the curtain walls.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, monumental, and structurally expressive under clear daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge lined with mature green trees and vehicular traffic in front of the primary facade.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames the sky and background through an enormous central void, balancing solid multi-story towers with transparent interstitial spans.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical mullions and structural fins create strong vertical cadence contrasted by the heavy horizontal bridging slab.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office and mixed-use complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- bridging-volume, central-void, curtain-wall, vertical-fins, multi-block-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, monumental, corporate, high-tech
- Visual tags
- mixed-use, large-scale, macro-structure, contemporary, urban-facade
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-block massing featuring a massive horizontal bridging volume floating atop vertical office towers, creating a central portal void.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical sunshading fins and exposed structural underside soffits.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss transfer structures supporting the massive upper bridge volume spanning between reinforced concrete towers.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial or mixed-use development, spanning multiple stories with a grand overarching macro-structure.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean shadows beneath overhangs and highlighting the vertical fin grid of the curtain walls.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, monumental, and structurally expressive under clear daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge lined with mature green trees and vehicular traffic in front of the primary facade.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames the sky and background through an enormous central void, balancing solid multi-story towers with transparent interstitial spans.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical mullions and structural fins create strong vertical cadence contrasted by the heavy horizontal bridging slab.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office and mixed-use complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture