Crystal Bay
2017
An aerial master plan precedent showing high-density coastal tower clustering and infrastructure integration for a large-scale waterfront district.
- What we like about this project
- A single distinct red tower breaks the neutral color palette of the high-rise cluster.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- composite-panels
Visual identifiers
- coastal-master-plan
- high-rise-cluster
- waterfront-development
- elevated-roadway
Style tags
- contemporary
- mega-scale
- urban-design
Visual tags
- master-plan
- urban-design
- high-rise
- waterfront
- commercial-district
- Geometry
- A dense cluster of high-rise towers curves along a coastal waterfront, framed by sweeping elevated roadways and surrounding water bodies.
- Facade system
- Varied curtain wall and panelized facades across multiple distinct towers.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete high-rise core and perimeter framing systems.
- Spatial scale
- Macro urban scale showing multi-tower district master planning and highway infrastructure.
- Lighting
- Bright midday daylight casting subtle shadows across the high-rise massing, with atmospheric haze in the distance.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, ambitious, and orderly coastal development.
- Environmental context
- Coastal peninsula setting surrounded by open water, salt flats, and distant city skylines.
- Spatial experience
- The composition scales from an expansive regional coastline down to a dense urban financial district clustering around a protected bay.
- Composition rhythm
- Curvilinear alignment of high-rise volumes tracing the waterfront edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mega-scale urban master plan
- Program
- Mixed-use urban commercial and residential district
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, composite-panels
- Visual identifiers
- coastal-master-plan, high-rise-cluster, waterfront-development, elevated-roadway
- Style tags
- contemporary, mega-scale, urban-design
- Visual tags
- master-plan, urban-design, high-rise, waterfront, commercial-district
- Geometry
- A dense cluster of high-rise towers curves along a coastal waterfront, framed by sweeping elevated roadways and surrounding water bodies.
- Facade system
- Varied curtain wall and panelized facades across multiple distinct towers.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete high-rise core and perimeter framing systems.
- Spatial scale
- Macro urban scale showing multi-tower district master planning and highway infrastructure.
- Lighting
- Bright midday daylight casting subtle shadows across the high-rise massing, with atmospheric haze in the distance.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, ambitious, and orderly coastal development.
- Environmental context
- Coastal peninsula setting surrounded by open water, salt flats, and distant city skylines.
- Spatial experience
- The composition scales from an expansive regional coastline down to a dense urban financial district clustering around a protected bay.
- Composition rhythm
- Curvilinear alignment of high-rise volumes tracing the waterfront edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mega-scale urban master plan
- Program
- Mixed-use urban commercial and residential district
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban