Meridian Quay . Swansea SA1
A waterfront residential precedent showcasing stepped tower masses with stacked glass balconies and light render above a public coastal esplanade.
- What we like about this project
- Penthouse level features a distinctive overhanging flat roof plane floating above clerestory glazing.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- steel
- stone
- timber
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-balconies
- white-rendered-facade
- waterfront-promenade
- stepped-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- coastal
- residential
Visual tags
- residential-tower
- coastal
- balconies
- waterfront
- urban-housing
- Geometry
- Stepped rectilinear massing of apartment towers arranged along a stepped waterfront esplanade, featuring vertical stacks of projecting balconies.
- Facade system
- Rendered external wall insulation system with punched window openings and glazed steel-railed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame construction with flat floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story residential towers scaling down to a pedestrian esplanade and stone retaining walls at human height.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows from balconies onto the light-rendered facades under a blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, breezy coastal daylight highlighting clean architectural volumes.
- Environmental context
- Coastal waterfront setting with a paved boardwalk, sea wall, and neighboring urban developments.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the coastal walkway, the tall white residential blocks contrast with the low stone sea wall and open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical grid of punched windows and stacked cantilevered balcony projections.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal multi-family residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, steel, stone, timber
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-balconies, white-rendered-facade, waterfront-promenade, stepped-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, coastal, residential
- Visual tags
- residential-tower, coastal, balconies, waterfront, urban-housing
- Geometry
- Stepped rectilinear massing of apartment towers arranged along a stepped waterfront esplanade, featuring vertical stacks of projecting balconies.
- Facade system
- Rendered external wall insulation system with punched window openings and glazed steel-railed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame construction with flat floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story residential towers scaling down to a pedestrian esplanade and stone retaining walls at human height.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows from balconies onto the light-rendered facades under a blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, breezy coastal daylight highlighting clean architectural volumes.
- Environmental context
- Coastal waterfront setting with a paved boardwalk, sea wall, and neighboring urban developments.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the coastal walkway, the tall white residential blocks contrast with the low stone sea wall and open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical grid of punched windows and stacked cantilevered balcony projections.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal multi-family residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture