Livat Shanghai
An exterior street-level precedent showcasing large-scale commercial mixed-use architecture with stacked glass volumes at a busy urban intersection.
- What we like about this project
- Angled structural V-columns supporting the prominent main entrance overhang above the bustling sidewalk.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- stacked-volumes
- glass-curtain-wall
- commercial-podium
- urban-intersection
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- glazed
Visual tags
- commercial
- urban-facade
- retail
- dusk-lighting
- mixed-use
- Geometry
- Stacked horizontal volume blocks featuring vertical glass curtain wall systems stepped over a wider podium base.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated vertical sunshades and projecting illuminated signage.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and composite floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial complex rising multiple stories above a pedestrian-dominated streetscape.
- Lighting
- Warm low-sun golden hour light catching the upper western glass facades, balanced against fading blue twilight overhead and interior illumination.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and bustling urban energy captured during twilight glow.
- Environmental context
- Busy multi-lane urban intersection at twilight with dense pedestrian crossing and moving vehicular traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames a dense urban corner with a dramatic receding perspective, integrating pedestrian crosswalks and street life directly into the architectural foreground.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical mullions across the stacked upper volumes creating a unified horizontal banding effect.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail complex and mixed-use offices
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- stacked-volumes, glass-curtain-wall, commercial-podium, urban-intersection
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, glazed
- Visual tags
- commercial, urban-facade, retail, dusk-lighting, mixed-use
- Geometry
- Stacked horizontal volume blocks featuring vertical glass curtain wall systems stepped over a wider podium base.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated vertical sunshades and projecting illuminated signage.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and composite floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial complex rising multiple stories above a pedestrian-dominated streetscape.
- Lighting
- Warm low-sun golden hour light catching the upper western glass facades, balanced against fading blue twilight overhead and interior illumination.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and bustling urban energy captured during twilight glow.
- Environmental context
- Busy multi-lane urban intersection at twilight with dense pedestrian crossing and moving vehicular traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames a dense urban corner with a dramatic receding perspective, integrating pedestrian crosswalks and street life directly into the architectural foreground.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical mullions across the stacked upper volumes creating a unified horizontal banding effect.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail complex and mixed-use offices
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture