53°
上海
An exterior precedent showing the integration of heavy red brick arches, weathered steel accents, and a distinctive barrel-vaulted top floor in a courtyard setting.
- What we like about this project
- The upper barrel-vaulted roof features large glazed ends that visually connect the interior loft space directly with the sky.
Materials
- red-brick
- corten-steel
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- red-brick
- arched-openings
- vaulted-roof
- corten-balcony
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- vernacular-modern
Visual tags
- masonry
- courtyard
- vaulted
- mixed-material
- contemporary-vernacular
- Geometry
- Low-rise orthogonal brick block surmounted by a semicircular vaulted roof structure. Large brick arches frame double-height openings on the primary facade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing red brick masonry wall with punched and arched large-format openings, combined with metal-framed curtain walls.
- Structural guess
- Masonry bearing walls with a lightweight steel roof truss system for the vaulted upper pavilion.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story building volume with human-scale ground openings and generous arched proportions.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting clear shadows across the facade, illuminating the red brick texture and highlighting the curved corten elements.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and grounded, balancing the earthy weight of red brick with clean modern glass and metal curves.
- Environmental context
- Courtyard setting featuring mature trees, a paved path, lawn spaces, and adjacent architectural volumes.
- Spatial experience
- The approach frames a courtyard space with layered masonry masses, connecting foreground lawn and planting beds to multi-level terraces.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady structural rhythm defined by two-story arched brick bays, contrasted with horizontal bands of corten steel balconies.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual architecture merging traditional masonry vernacular with industrial metal elements
- Program
- Commercial or cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- red-brick, corten-steel, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- red-brick, arched-openings, vaulted-roof, corten-balcony
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, vernacular-modern
- Visual tags
- masonry, courtyard, vaulted, mixed-material, contemporary-vernacular
- Geometry
- Low-rise orthogonal brick block surmounted by a semicircular vaulted roof structure. Large brick arches frame double-height openings on the primary facade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing red brick masonry wall with punched and arched large-format openings, combined with metal-framed curtain walls.
- Structural guess
- Masonry bearing walls with a lightweight steel roof truss system for the vaulted upper pavilion.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story building volume with human-scale ground openings and generous arched proportions.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting clear shadows across the facade, illuminating the red brick texture and highlighting the curved corten elements.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and grounded, balancing the earthy weight of red brick with clean modern glass and metal curves.
- Environmental context
- Courtyard setting featuring mature trees, a paved path, lawn spaces, and adjacent architectural volumes.
- Spatial experience
- The approach frames a courtyard space with layered masonry masses, connecting foreground lawn and planting beds to multi-level terraces.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady structural rhythm defined by two-story arched brick bays, contrasted with horizontal bands of corten steel balconies.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual architecture merging traditional masonry vernacular with industrial metal elements
- Program
- Commercial or cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture