曼景建筑-4
上海
An exterior architectural precedent showcasing a sweeping curved louvered upper facade floating above transparent ground-floor glazing and a natural water stream.
- What we like about this project
- The entire curved building volume dramatically hovers directly above the rocky creek bed.
Materials
- ceramic-louvers
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- stone
Visual identifiers
- curved-facade
- louver-screen
- full-height-glazing
- water-feature
Style tags
- contemporary
- organic
- vernacular-fusion
Visual tags
- curved-massing
- waterfront
- transparent-ground
- louvered-envelope
- contemporary-vernacular
- Geometry
- A sweeping curved volume cantilevered or bridged above a natural water feature, pairing an opaque upper louver screen with a completely transparent ground level.
- Facade system
- Double-layer facade featuring an upper vertical louver/tile screen and a lower structural glass curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete foundation elements bridging the water channel.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story scale; human figure visible inside the ground-level glazing for immediate proportion.
- Lighting
- Twilight/overcast diffused ambient light; interior illumination glows warmly through the floor-to-ceiling glass.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and reflective, contrasting the structured precision of the building against the fluid motion of the stream.
- Environmental context
- Natural riparian landscape featuring a flowing rocky stream, native plantings, and distant hillside vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the water stream, the heavy louvered upper mass hovers above a transparent, light-filled interior pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense vertical louvers create a staccato rhythm along the upper curve, contrasted by the continuous horizontal span of the lower glass line.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic vernacular
- Program
- Cultural or civic pavilion / exhibition space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- ceramic-louvers, glass, steel, concrete, stone
- Visual identifiers
- curved-facade, louver-screen, full-height-glazing, water-feature
- Style tags
- contemporary, organic, vernacular-fusion
- Visual tags
- curved-massing, waterfront, transparent-ground, louvered-envelope, contemporary-vernacular
- Geometry
- A sweeping curved volume cantilevered or bridged above a natural water feature, pairing an opaque upper louver screen with a completely transparent ground level.
- Facade system
- Double-layer facade featuring an upper vertical louver/tile screen and a lower structural glass curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete foundation elements bridging the water channel.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story scale; human figure visible inside the ground-level glazing for immediate proportion.
- Lighting
- Twilight/overcast diffused ambient light; interior illumination glows warmly through the floor-to-ceiling glass.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and reflective, contrasting the structured precision of the building against the fluid motion of the stream.
- Environmental context
- Natural riparian landscape featuring a flowing rocky stream, native plantings, and distant hillside vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the water stream, the heavy louvered upper mass hovers above a transparent, light-filled interior pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Dense vertical louvers create a staccato rhythm along the upper curve, contrasted by the continuous horizontal span of the lower glass line.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic vernacular
- Program
- Cultural or civic pavilion / exhibition space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture