JOB-Verse-Design
上海
A public-scale architectural precedent showcasing faceted upper volumes with deep horizontal louvers shielding extensive curtain glazing above a curved ground-level colonnade.
- What we like about this project
- The upper louvered screen extends past the structural mass to frame a massive cantilevered corner.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- aluminum-louvers
Visual identifiers
- horizontal-louvers
- faceted-facade
- curved-canopy
- glass-curtain-wall
Style tags
- contemporary
- parametric
- corporate
Visual tags
- facade-study
- solar-shading
- civic
- large-scale
- modern
- Geometry
- Multi-story faceted massing with an angled upper volume overhanging a curved ground-floor colonnade.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with exterior horizontal louvers and ground-level storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Large public-scale civic or commercial building, dwarfing human figures under the colonnade.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows beneath horizontal louvers and the sweeping overhanging roof.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, monumental, and controlled under bright daylight.
- Environmental context
- Open paved urban or institutional plaza under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across a broad open courtyard, the sweeping curved canopy leads under the sheltering overhang.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal louvers contrast against the sharp vertical facets of the upper floors.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric corporate or civic architecture
- Program
- Civic center or corporate headquarters
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, aluminum-louvers
- Visual identifiers
- horizontal-louvers, faceted-facade, curved-canopy, glass-curtain-wall
- Style tags
- contemporary, parametric, corporate
- Visual tags
- facade-study, solar-shading, civic, large-scale, modern
- Geometry
- Multi-story faceted massing with an angled upper volume overhanging a curved ground-floor colonnade.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with exterior horizontal louvers and ground-level storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Large public-scale civic or commercial building, dwarfing human figures under the colonnade.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows beneath horizontal louvers and the sweeping overhanging roof.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, monumental, and controlled under bright daylight.
- Environmental context
- Open paved urban or institutional plaza under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across a broad open courtyard, the sweeping curved canopy leads under the sheltering overhang.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal louvers contrast against the sharp vertical facets of the upper floors.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric corporate or civic architecture
- Program
- Civic center or corporate headquarters
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture