Haze
A residential facade precedent demonstrating the integration of soft concrete curves, warm timber cladding, and cascading tropical landscaping on a sloped site.
- What we like about this project
- The upper balcony railing seamlessly transitions into a curved solid masonry wall at the left corner.
Materials
- concrete
- timber
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- curved-corners
- timber-slats
- cantilevered-slab
- tropical-landscaping
Style tags
- contemporary
- organic-modern
- tropical-modern
Visual tags
- residential
- contemporary
- tropical
- organic-curves
- indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Asymmetric two-story volume featuring sweeping curved corners, cantilevered roof and floor slabs, and a recessed ground-floor entry.
- Facade system
- Smooth rendered masonry walls combined with vertical timber batten screens and large curving glazed panels.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with cantilevered slabs and non-loadbearing timber infills.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story single-family residential scale, framed by sloping terrain and mature planting.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting soft shadows and tree leaf patterns across the smooth facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, serene, and integrated with lush nature.
- Environmental context
- Sloping suburban site surrounded by lush tropical vegetation with a distant urban skyline visible on the right.
- Spatial experience
- The approach rises from the sloping lawn past dense native planting toward a deeply recessed, sheltered main entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding emphasized by cantilevered slabs counterbalanced by vertical timber fins.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic modernism
- Program
- Single-family luxury residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, timber, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- curved-corners, timber-slats, cantilevered-slab, tropical-landscaping
- Style tags
- contemporary, organic-modern, tropical-modern
- Visual tags
- residential, contemporary, tropical, organic-curves, indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Asymmetric two-story volume featuring sweeping curved corners, cantilevered roof and floor slabs, and a recessed ground-floor entry.
- Facade system
- Smooth rendered masonry walls combined with vertical timber batten screens and large curving glazed panels.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with cantilevered slabs and non-loadbearing timber infills.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story single-family residential scale, framed by sloping terrain and mature planting.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting soft shadows and tree leaf patterns across the smooth facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, serene, and integrated with lush nature.
- Environmental context
- Sloping suburban site surrounded by lush tropical vegetation with a distant urban skyline visible on the right.
- Spatial experience
- The approach rises from the sloping lawn past dense native planting toward a deeply recessed, sheltered main entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding emphasized by cantilevered slabs counterbalanced by vertical timber fins.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic modernism
- Program
- Single-family luxury residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture