MAT_四川古蔺城市客厅-2op
北京
A striking architectural precedent for cantilevered civic volumes perched dramatically on steep mountain topography.
- What we like about this project
- The upper white volume dramatically overhangs the cliffside with a tight curved corner window.
Materials
- concrete
- glass
- metal-panel
- stone
Visual identifiers
- cantilever
- stacked-massing
- mountain-perch
- curved-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- monumental
- contextual
Visual tags
- civic
- cantilever
- mountain-setting
- large-scale
- contemporary-architecture
- Geometry
- Stacked massing with a heavy, light-colored cantilevered upper volume resting on a dark glazed and solid base.
- Facade system
- Light-colored ribbed or tiled cladding on the cantilevered upper floor over dark structural framing and full-height glazing.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel or concrete trusses supporting a prominent cantilevered upper mass.
- Spatial scale
- Large civic scale; multi-story volume towering above the surrounding tree canopy and roadway.
- Lighting
- Soft, hazy daylight with diffused atmospheric haze over the mountainous backdrop.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, monumental, and dramatic with misty valley depths.
- Environmental context
- Rugged forested mountain terrain with a winding asphalt roadway running alongside the built intervention.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a dramatic mountain edge, projecting outwards to command expansive valley views while engaging the rising road.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding on the upper curved volume contrasting with vertical glass bays below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental civic architecture
- Program
- Civic exhibition hall or cultural center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, glass, metal-panel, stone
- Visual identifiers
- cantilever, stacked-massing, mountain-perch, curved-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, monumental, contextual
- Visual tags
- civic, cantilever, mountain-setting, large-scale, contemporary-architecture
- Geometry
- Stacked massing with a heavy, light-colored cantilevered upper volume resting on a dark glazed and solid base.
- Facade system
- Light-colored ribbed or tiled cladding on the cantilevered upper floor over dark structural framing and full-height glazing.
- Structural guess
- Heavy steel or concrete trusses supporting a prominent cantilevered upper mass.
- Spatial scale
- Large civic scale; multi-story volume towering above the surrounding tree canopy and roadway.
- Lighting
- Soft, hazy daylight with diffused atmospheric haze over the mountainous backdrop.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, monumental, and dramatic with misty valley depths.
- Environmental context
- Rugged forested mountain terrain with a winding asphalt roadway running alongside the built intervention.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a dramatic mountain edge, projecting outwards to command expansive valley views while engaging the rising road.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding on the upper curved volume contrasting with vertical glass bays below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental civic architecture
- Program
- Civic exhibition hall or cultural center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture