湖州华新大厦-建成
杭州
An exterior precedent of a high-rise office tower utilizing carved-out stepped terraces to break down a monolithic dark metallic facade.
- What we like about this project
- The diagonal volumetric subtractions slice entirely through the upper corner to form sheltered open-air sky decks.
Materials
- metal-panels
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- stepped-terraces
- dark-metallic-facade
- carved-massing
- high-rise-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- monolithic
- sculptural
Visual tags
- commercial-tower
- carved-volume
- terrace
- contemporary-high-rise
- exterior-facade
- Geometry
- Rectangular high-rise massing featuring deep, diagonal stepped subtractions carved out of the upper and mid floors, creating multiple outdoor terrace levels.
- Facade system
- Dark metallic curtain wall with integrated punched glazing and glass balustrades at terraces.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete core with perimeter columns supporting cantilevered floor plates at terraces.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story high-rise tower dominating the surrounding horizontal landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight with soft shadows casting across the dark facade panels and recessed balconies.
- Atmosphere
- Authoritative and sleek against a sprawling natural backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by a mix of open green fields, waterways, and distant suburban sprawl.
- Spatial experience
- The tower commands the surrounding low-density landscape, while its carved-out terraces offer protected outdoor outlooks at varied heights.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical window mullions contrasted against irregular diagonal cuts and horizontal terrace lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary carved commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-panels, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-terraces, dark-metallic-facade, carved-massing, high-rise-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, monolithic, sculptural
- Visual tags
- commercial-tower, carved-volume, terrace, contemporary-high-rise, exterior-facade
- Geometry
- Rectangular high-rise massing featuring deep, diagonal stepped subtractions carved out of the upper and mid floors, creating multiple outdoor terrace levels.
- Facade system
- Dark metallic curtain wall with integrated punched glazing and glass balustrades at terraces.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete core with perimeter columns supporting cantilevered floor plates at terraces.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story high-rise tower dominating the surrounding horizontal landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight with soft shadows casting across the dark facade panels and recessed balconies.
- Atmosphere
- Authoritative and sleek against a sprawling natural backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by a mix of open green fields, waterways, and distant suburban sprawl.
- Spatial experience
- The tower commands the surrounding low-density landscape, while its carved-out terraces offer protected outdoor outlooks at varied heights.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical window mullions contrasted against irregular diagonal cuts and horizontal terrace lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary carved commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture