Coldefy
An exterior facade precedent for combining ribbon glazing with dynamic diagonal circulation or structural bands on a multi-story commercial volume.
- What we like about this project
- Continuous diagonal bands wrap the building corners to unify multiple stepped levels.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- stepped-glazing
- diagonal-facade-bands
- ribbon-windows
- dusk-lighting
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- linear
Visual tags
- commercial
- urban-facade
- glazed
- contemporary
- dusk
- Geometry
- Multi-story stepped massing with continuous horizontal ribbon glazing intersected by bold diagonal facade bands.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated solid spandrel panels and diagonal expression elements.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with curtain wall envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story commercial scale, approximately six to eight stories tall.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky with artificial interior illumination casting warm glow through the glass and long red light trails from traffic.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and energetic twilight atmosphere accentuated by traffic light streaks.
- Environmental context
- Urban arterial road edge with mature trees, streetlights, and adjacent mid-rise context.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a dynamic urban edge from the street, with glowing interior workspaces visible behind the stepped glass facade.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal glass bands contrasted by strong diagonal trajectories cutting across the elevations.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture with dynamic linear detailing
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-glazing, diagonal-facade-bands, ribbon-windows, dusk-lighting
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, linear
- Visual tags
- commercial, urban-facade, glazed, contemporary, dusk
- Geometry
- Multi-story stepped massing with continuous horizontal ribbon glazing intersected by bold diagonal facade bands.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated solid spandrel panels and diagonal expression elements.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with curtain wall envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story commercial scale, approximately six to eight stories tall.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky with artificial interior illumination casting warm glow through the glass and long red light trails from traffic.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and energetic twilight atmosphere accentuated by traffic light streaks.
- Environmental context
- Urban arterial road edge with mature trees, streetlights, and adjacent mid-rise context.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a dynamic urban edge from the street, with glowing interior workspaces visible behind the stepped glass facade.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal glass bands contrasted by strong diagonal trajectories cutting across the elevations.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture with dynamic linear detailing
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture