Expediting-Code/Zoning Consulting
A striking precast concrete exoskeleton facade featuring biomorphic, curved structural nodes that integrate structural support with deep shading and pocket planting zones.
- What we like about this project
- The junctions between vertical columns and horizontal spandrels flare outward smoothly like bone structures or woven textile knots.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- glass
- planting
Visual identifiers
- structural-exoskeleton
- organic-concrete-grid
- curved-nodes
- recessed-glazing
Style tags
- contemporary
- biomorphic
- sculptural
Visual tags
- biomorphic
- exoskeleton
- urban-facade
- sculptural-concrete
- green-facade
- Geometry
- An orthogonal multi-story grid overlaid with deeply sculpted, curving structural nodes that create a fluid, continuous perimeter facade system.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete organic exoskeleton frame with recessed curtain wall glazing and integrated planter pockets.
- Structural guess
- External precast concrete load-bearing or screen exoskeleton supporting floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise building scale; vertical bays repeat across six visible stories with human-scale ground engagement.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight from above casting soft, curved shadows across the sculptural concrete members, with reflections visible in the recessed glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Monolithic yet organic, balancing heavy textured concrete mass with delicate play of light and shadow.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting, viewed from a low angle against an open blue sky with wispy clouds.
- Spatial experience
- The deep facade creates a strong sense of threshold between the interior spaces and the urban exterior, filtering light and framing views through heavily contoured structural apertures.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical and horizontal grid modulated by flowing, continuous curves at every intersection point.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biomorphic rationalism
- Program
- Mixed-use or multi-family residential building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, glass, planting
- Visual identifiers
- structural-exoskeleton, organic-concrete-grid, curved-nodes, recessed-glazing
- Style tags
- contemporary, biomorphic, sculptural
- Visual tags
- biomorphic, exoskeleton, urban-facade, sculptural-concrete, green-facade
- Geometry
- An orthogonal multi-story grid overlaid with deeply sculpted, curving structural nodes that create a fluid, continuous perimeter facade system.
- Facade system
- Precast concrete organic exoskeleton frame with recessed curtain wall glazing and integrated planter pockets.
- Structural guess
- External precast concrete load-bearing or screen exoskeleton supporting floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise building scale; vertical bays repeat across six visible stories with human-scale ground engagement.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight from above casting soft, curved shadows across the sculptural concrete members, with reflections visible in the recessed glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Monolithic yet organic, balancing heavy textured concrete mass with delicate play of light and shadow.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting, viewed from a low angle against an open blue sky with wispy clouds.
- Spatial experience
- The deep facade creates a strong sense of threshold between the interior spaces and the urban exterior, filtering light and framing views through heavily contoured structural apertures.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical and horizontal grid modulated by flowing, continuous curves at every intersection point.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biomorphic rationalism
- Program
- Mixed-use or multi-family residential building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture