The Opus
An aerial night precedent showcasing how an organic, fluid void can be carved out of a massive rectilinear high-rise volume to create a striking urban landmark.
- What we like about this project
- The central void appears to melt fluidly through the entire block, creating the illusion of a frozen wave inside a rigid box.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- aluminum
Visual identifiers
- organic-void
- curvilinear-atrium
- glass-curtain-wall
- high-rise-tower
Style tags
- futuristic
- parametric
- contemporary
- monumental
Visual tags
- futuristic
- curvilinear
- night-rendering
- high-rise
- urban-landmark
- Geometry
- A rectilinear prismatic volume pierced by a fluid, freeform central void that curves dynamically from the base through the core to the upper crown.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with horizontal shading elements and a custom freeform glazed envelope lining the central void.
- Structural guess
- Complex perimeter diagrid or heavy mega-frame transfer structure supporting the cantilevered loads around the central void.
- Spatial scale
- Massive multi-story urban skyscraper standing at a scale that dominates the surrounding urban block.
- Lighting
- Night setting with ambient city glow, long-exposure light trails from street traffic, and intense internal illumination glowing from within the organic void.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic, high-tech, and luminous against the dark night sky.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban high-rise district with surrounding multi-story office blocks and a wide illuminated street grid.
- Spatial experience
- The imposing exterior mass gives way to a glowing interior atrium landscape revealed through the undulating glass cavity.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal louvers or spandrel bands wrap the orthogonal tower, sharply contrasted by the freeform pixelated grid of the curving internal void.
- Style reading
- Futuristic parametric skyscraper
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial office and hotel tower
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, aluminum
- Visual identifiers
- organic-void, curvilinear-atrium, glass-curtain-wall, high-rise-tower
- Style tags
- futuristic, parametric, contemporary, monumental
- Visual tags
- futuristic, curvilinear, night-rendering, high-rise, urban-landmark
- Geometry
- A rectilinear prismatic volume pierced by a fluid, freeform central void that curves dynamically from the base through the core to the upper crown.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with horizontal shading elements and a custom freeform glazed envelope lining the central void.
- Structural guess
- Complex perimeter diagrid or heavy mega-frame transfer structure supporting the cantilevered loads around the central void.
- Spatial scale
- Massive multi-story urban skyscraper standing at a scale that dominates the surrounding urban block.
- Lighting
- Night setting with ambient city glow, long-exposure light trails from street traffic, and intense internal illumination glowing from within the organic void.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic, high-tech, and luminous against the dark night sky.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban high-rise district with surrounding multi-story office blocks and a wide illuminated street grid.
- Spatial experience
- The imposing exterior mass gives way to a glowing interior atrium landscape revealed through the undulating glass cavity.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal louvers or spandrel bands wrap the orthogonal tower, sharply contrasted by the freeform pixelated grid of the curving internal void.
- Style reading
- Futuristic parametric skyscraper
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial office and hotel tower
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture