Space House
Photo · Squires
An exterior architectural precedent showcasing a cylindrical tower with a deep waffle-grid facade and sculptural ground-level branching columns.
- What we like about this project
- The transition from the heavy, regimented waffle grid of the tower down to organic, branching V-shaped columns at the ground level.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- glass
- steel
- paving
Visual identifiers
- cylindrical-tower
- waffle-grid-facade
- branching-columns
- double-skin-depth
Style tags
- contemporary
- sculptural
- rationalist
Visual tags
- high-rise
- faceted-facade
- urban-corner
- ground-floor-porosity
- brutalism-influence
- Geometry
- Cylindrical tower volume wrapped in a deep, faceted waffle-grid facade; ground level features branching pilotis supporting the tower above a glazed storefront.
- Facade system
- Faceted precast concrete waffle grid incorporating recessed window units.
- Structural guess
- Concrete core with perimeter columns transitioning to tree-like branching columns at the ground level transfer slab.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial tower with a multi-story base and a human-scaled ground level colonnade.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight filtering through scattered clouds, casting soft shadows across the deep recesses of the facade waffle grid.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, monumental, yet grounded by urban greenery and welcoming public interaction at the base.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection with mature street trees, surrounding multi-story masonry buildings, and pedestrian activity.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the urban street corner, the monumental cylindrical form provides a strong spatial focal point while the porous ground floor invites pedestrian continuity.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive circular grid modules wrapping the cylindrical form, contrasted by the irregular branching rhythm of the ground-level columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary structural rationalism with sculptural precast expression
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial tower with ground-floor retail or hospitality
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, glass, steel, paving
- Visual identifiers
- cylindrical-tower, waffle-grid-facade, branching-columns, double-skin-depth
- Style tags
- contemporary, sculptural, rationalist
- Visual tags
- high-rise, faceted-facade, urban-corner, ground-floor-porosity, brutalism-influence
- Geometry
- Cylindrical tower volume wrapped in a deep, faceted waffle-grid facade; ground level features branching pilotis supporting the tower above a glazed storefront.
- Facade system
- Faceted precast concrete waffle grid incorporating recessed window units.
- Structural guess
- Concrete core with perimeter columns transitioning to tree-like branching columns at the ground level transfer slab.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial tower with a multi-story base and a human-scaled ground level colonnade.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight filtering through scattered clouds, casting soft shadows across the deep recesses of the facade waffle grid.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, monumental, yet grounded by urban greenery and welcoming public interaction at the base.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection with mature street trees, surrounding multi-story masonry buildings, and pedestrian activity.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the urban street corner, the monumental cylindrical form provides a strong spatial focal point while the porous ground floor invites pedestrian continuity.
- Composition rhythm
- Repetitive circular grid modules wrapping the cylindrical form, contrasted by the irregular branching rhythm of the ground-level columns.
- Style reading
- Contemporary structural rationalism with sculptural precast expression
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial tower with ground-floor retail or hospitality
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture