Smart's Place
A residential facade precedent utilizing curved volumes clad in rich glazed tiles, successfully blending tactile massing with an intimate roof terrace setting.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless continuation of vertical glazed tiling across tight curved radii without visible joint fracturing.
Materials
- glazed-brick
- ceramic-tile
- metal
- glass
Visual identifiers
- glazed-brick
- curved-facade
- terrace
- rounded-bay
- metal-balustrade
Style tags
- postmodern
- expressive
- tactile
- contemporary-vernacular
Visual tags
- curvilinear
- terrace
- brick-cladding
- urban-infill
- residential
- outdoor-connection
- Geometry
- Curvilinear brick-clad volumes step forward into a terrace, creating rounded bay forms that break down a conventional rectilinear envelope.
- Facade system
- Glazed ceramic tile rainscreen or cladding over structural masonry/concrete backing with dark metal-framed fenestration.
- Structural guess
- Masonry or concrete frame supporting curved masonry envelopes.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled domestic terrace with multi-story curved facade rising above.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting crisp shadows across the curved tile surfaces and foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, sunlit, and tactile, merging rich ceramic textures with lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Urban roof terrace surrounded by neighboring brick party walls and dense potted planting.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from the interior leads smoothly out onto a planted roof terrace framed by rhythmic curved massing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding and vertical tile joint grids accentuating the curved bay geometries.
- Style reading
- Postmodern contextualism with expressive tile detailing
- Program
- Residential apartment or townhouse with private terrace
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glazed-brick, ceramic-tile, metal, glass
- Visual identifiers
- glazed-brick, curved-facade, terrace, rounded-bay, metal-balustrade
- Style tags
- postmodern, expressive, tactile, contemporary-vernacular
- Visual tags
- curvilinear, terrace, brick-cladding, urban-infill, residential, outdoor-connection
- Geometry
- Curvilinear brick-clad volumes step forward into a terrace, creating rounded bay forms that break down a conventional rectilinear envelope.
- Facade system
- Glazed ceramic tile rainscreen or cladding over structural masonry/concrete backing with dark metal-framed fenestration.
- Structural guess
- Masonry or concrete frame supporting curved masonry envelopes.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled domestic terrace with multi-story curved facade rising above.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting crisp shadows across the curved tile surfaces and foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, sunlit, and tactile, merging rich ceramic textures with lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Urban roof terrace surrounded by neighboring brick party walls and dense potted planting.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from the interior leads smoothly out onto a planted roof terrace framed by rhythmic curved massing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding and vertical tile joint grids accentuating the curved bay geometries.
- Style reading
- Postmodern contextualism with expressive tile detailing
- Program
- Residential apartment or townhouse with private terrace
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture