Courtyard
An atrium precedent showcasing multi-story concrete post-and-beam construction integrated with biophilic hanging terraces and dynamic sun-shading.
- What we like about this project
- Full-size citrus trees planted on upper outdoor terraces within the interior volume.
Materials
- exposed-concrete
- glass
- steel
- perforated-metal
- vegetation
Visual identifiers
- concrete-atrium
- planted-terraces
- glass-facade-office
- sun-louvers
Style tags
- biophilic
- contemporary
- sustainable
- industrial
Visual tags
- atrium
- biophilic
- commercial
- daylight-control
- multi-level
- indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Multi-level vertical volume structured by a heavy concrete grid with staggered open-air terrace floors overlooking a central atrium.
- Facade system
- Internal glazed curtain walls facing a sheltered multi-story public courtyard volume.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete waffle slab or flat slab frame with heavy columns.
- Spatial scale
- Vast multi-story atrium scale with human figures on multiple levels for depth reference.
- Lighting
- Bright direct overhead sunlight filtered through roof louvers, casting sharp diagonal shadows across floors and structural columns.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, sun-drenched, and verdant, merging structural brutality with soft natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Interior courtyard of a large commercial or institutional office complex filled with integrated vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing across layered balconies, deep shadows and sunlit zones create a dynamic indoor-outdoor workplace experience.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular concrete column grid offset by irregular vertical plantings and staggered cantilevered balcony edges.
- Style reading
- Biophilic contemporary corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office headquarters or institutional academic building
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- exposed-concrete, glass, steel, perforated-metal, vegetation
- Visual identifiers
- concrete-atrium, planted-terraces, glass-facade-office, sun-louvers
- Style tags
- biophilic, contemporary, sustainable, industrial
- Visual tags
- atrium, biophilic, commercial, daylight-control, multi-level, indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Multi-level vertical volume structured by a heavy concrete grid with staggered open-air terrace floors overlooking a central atrium.
- Facade system
- Internal glazed curtain walls facing a sheltered multi-story public courtyard volume.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete waffle slab or flat slab frame with heavy columns.
- Spatial scale
- Vast multi-story atrium scale with human figures on multiple levels for depth reference.
- Lighting
- Bright direct overhead sunlight filtered through roof louvers, casting sharp diagonal shadows across floors and structural columns.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, sun-drenched, and verdant, merging structural brutality with soft natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Interior courtyard of a large commercial or institutional office complex filled with integrated vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing across layered balconies, deep shadows and sunlit zones create a dynamic indoor-outdoor workplace experience.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular concrete column grid offset by irregular vertical plantings and staggered cantilevered balcony edges.
- Style reading
- Biophilic contemporary corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office headquarters or institutional academic building
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture