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上海
A skyscraper exterior precedent utilizing a monumental triangular cutout to break the vertical massing and expose multi-story internal volumes.
- What we like about this project
- The triangular void acts as an internal sky-atrium, exposing multiple stacked floor levels to the exterior.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
Visual identifiers
- triangular-atrium-cutout
- curtain-wall
- skyscraper
- waterfront-setting
Style tags
- contemporary
- high-tech
- monumental
Visual tags
- high-rise
- dusk-lighting
- tower
- structural-expression
- urban-context
- Geometry
- Slender vertical tower mass featuring a dramatic full-height triangular cutout that reveals inner multi-story glass-enclosed spaces.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical mullions and angled structural glazing framing the triangular recess.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and transfer trusses spanning the triangular opening.
- Spatial scale
- Super-tall skyscraper scale; the triangular opening spans multiple upper levels of the tower.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour with warm internal illumination glowing through the large triangular atrium cutout and urban traffic light trails on the highway.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic, serene dusk atmosphere contrasting cool tower glass with warm internal program lighting.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront setting adjacent to a winding river, major curving highway, and dense high-rise residential fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The monumental triangular void visually lightens the heavy vertical tower, creating a dramatic soaring aperture over the surrounding landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical curtain wall mullions contrasted by the sharp diagonal geometry of the central triangular void.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate hyper-tall architecture
- Program
- Hotel / mixed-use high-rise
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel
- Visual identifiers
- triangular-atrium-cutout, curtain-wall, skyscraper, waterfront-setting
- Style tags
- contemporary, high-tech, monumental
- Visual tags
- high-rise, dusk-lighting, tower, structural-expression, urban-context
- Geometry
- Slender vertical tower mass featuring a dramatic full-height triangular cutout that reveals inner multi-story glass-enclosed spaces.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical mullions and angled structural glazing framing the triangular recess.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and transfer trusses spanning the triangular opening.
- Spatial scale
- Super-tall skyscraper scale; the triangular opening spans multiple upper levels of the tower.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour with warm internal illumination glowing through the large triangular atrium cutout and urban traffic light trails on the highway.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic, serene dusk atmosphere contrasting cool tower glass with warm internal program lighting.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront setting adjacent to a winding river, major curving highway, and dense high-rise residential fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The monumental triangular void visually lightens the heavy vertical tower, creating a dramatic soaring aperture over the surrounding landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical curtain wall mullions contrasted by the sharp diagonal geometry of the central triangular void.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate hyper-tall architecture
- Program
- Hotel / mixed-use high-rise
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture