Skylab
A multi-family residential street facade precedent showcasing alternating dark metal bands, vertical timber panels, and continuous glazed balconies.
- What we like about this project
- Angled window frames at the top floor add subtle geometric variation to the rigid grid.
Materials
- wood
- metal
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding
- recessed-balconies
- dark-metal-facade
- glass-railings
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern-residential
- urban
Visual tags
- multi-family-housing
- contemporary
- urban-infill
- balconies
- street-façade
- Geometry
- Symmetric, low-rise horizontal massing divided into clear structural bays with recessed balconies and continuous dark metal eyebrows.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen vertical wood cladding with dark metal perimeter trim and glass balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel or concrete podium base.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential scale, fitting comfortably into an urban neighborhood infill context.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under deep overhangs, illuminating the street and facade planes.
- Atmosphere
- Energetic and crisp, balancing warm timber tones with sharp architectural framing.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with mature trees, sidewalk, and blurred cyclists in motion.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a layered threshold from the active sidewalk to deep recessed balconies and fully glazed living units.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window and balcony bays anchored by strong horizontal dark metal slab edges.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, metal, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding, recessed-balconies, dark-metal-facade, glass-railings
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern-residential, urban
- Visual tags
- multi-family-housing, contemporary, urban-infill, balconies, street-façade
- Geometry
- Symmetric, low-rise horizontal massing divided into clear structural bays with recessed balconies and continuous dark metal eyebrows.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen vertical wood cladding with dark metal perimeter trim and glass balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel or concrete podium base.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential scale, fitting comfortably into an urban neighborhood infill context.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under deep overhangs, illuminating the street and facade planes.
- Atmosphere
- Energetic and crisp, balancing warm timber tones with sharp architectural framing.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with mature trees, sidewalk, and blurred cyclists in motion.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a layered threshold from the active sidewalk to deep recessed balconies and fully glazed living units.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window and balcony bays anchored by strong horizontal dark metal slab edges.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture