湖南省博物馆
上海
An exterior facade precedent for large civic museums combining a dominant overhanging roof canopy with a glazed central atrium and solid flanking wings.
- What we like about this project
- The central concrete projection beneath the glass atrium resembles an architectural horn or extrusion interrupting the lower facade.
Materials
- glass
- stone
- concrete
- steel
Visual identifiers
- overhanging-roof
- glazed-atrium
- monumental-columns
- stone-wings
Style tags
- contemporary
- monumental
- civic
Visual tags
- civic
- monumental
- construction
- symmetrical
- cultural
- Geometry
- Symmetrical monumental composition with a massive overhanging hipped roof capping a glazed central atrium flanked by solid stone-clad wings.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glass atrium paired with stone panel rainscreen wings.
- Structural guess
- Steel trusses supporting the large roof canopy with concrete and steel framing below.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; a multi-story civic building dominating the foreground plaza.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows beneath the deep overhangs and scaffolding.
- Atmosphere
- Raw and industrious under bright daylight due to active construction surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Urban construction site setting with surrounding residential blocks visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an expansive, unfinished plaza leading toward a monumental recessed central portal framed by tall white structural columns.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong axial symmetry with vertical column bays contrasting against horizontal roof and wing lines.
- Style reading
- Monumental contemporary civic architecture with traditional roof references
- Program
- Museum and cultural center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, stone, concrete, steel
- Visual identifiers
- overhanging-roof, glazed-atrium, monumental-columns, stone-wings
- Style tags
- contemporary, monumental, civic
- Visual tags
- civic, monumental, construction, symmetrical, cultural
- Geometry
- Symmetrical monumental composition with a massive overhanging hipped roof capping a glazed central atrium flanked by solid stone-clad wings.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glass atrium paired with stone panel rainscreen wings.
- Structural guess
- Steel trusses supporting the large roof canopy with concrete and steel framing below.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; a multi-story civic building dominating the foreground plaza.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows beneath the deep overhangs and scaffolding.
- Atmosphere
- Raw and industrious under bright daylight due to active construction surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Urban construction site setting with surrounding residential blocks visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an expansive, unfinished plaza leading toward a monumental recessed central portal framed by tall white structural columns.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong axial symmetry with vertical column bays contrasting against horizontal roof and wing lines.
- Style reading
- Monumental contemporary civic architecture with traditional roof references
- Program
- Museum and cultural center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture