七宝万科广场-上海
上海
An exterior facade precedent of a large-scale urban shopping mall in Shanghai featuring a distinctive iridescent purple upper crown and sweeping curved massing at a major intersection.
- What we like about this project
- The iridescent purple crown changes hue subtly depending on viewing angles under diffuse daylight.
Materials
- ceramic-tiles
- aluminum-composite-panels
- glass
- stone
Visual identifiers
- curved-corner-massing
- purple-tiled-crown
- digital-media-screens
- commercial-facade
- urban-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- megastructure
Visual tags
- commercial
- retail
- urban-anchor
- large-scale
- curved-geometry
- mixed-use
- Geometry
- Expansive horizontal massing with curved corners and a stepped, iridescent purple upper crown that cantilevers slightly over the lower neutral bands.
- Facade system
- Composite panel system combined with iridescent tile cladding on the upper volume and integrated digital media screens.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with long-span trusses and reinforced concrete core construction.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial complex spanning multiple city blocks, towering over street-level pedestrians and vehicles.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight casting diffuse shadows across the street and facade planes, highlighting the reflective properties of the upper purple cladding.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and bustling commercial energy framed by heavy urban infrastructure and soft daylight.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban intersection in Shanghai with heavy vehicular traffic, multi-lane crossings, and surrounding medium-rise city context.
- Spatial experience
- The building forms a massive urban anchor at a multi-lane intersection, projecting a strong commercial presence and drawing pedestrian flow toward recessed main entries.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal window bands and signage panels alternate with vertical digital displays and a central entrance cutout.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial mega-structure
- Program
- Commercial retail and shopping mall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- ceramic-tiles, aluminum-composite-panels, glass, stone
- Visual identifiers
- curved-corner-massing, purple-tiled-crown, digital-media-screens, commercial-facade, urban-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, megastructure
- Visual tags
- commercial, retail, urban-anchor, large-scale, curved-geometry, mixed-use
- Geometry
- Expansive horizontal massing with curved corners and a stepped, iridescent purple upper crown that cantilevers slightly over the lower neutral bands.
- Facade system
- Composite panel system combined with iridescent tile cladding on the upper volume and integrated digital media screens.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with long-span trusses and reinforced concrete core construction.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial complex spanning multiple city blocks, towering over street-level pedestrians and vehicles.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight casting diffuse shadows across the street and facade planes, highlighting the reflective properties of the upper purple cladding.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and bustling commercial energy framed by heavy urban infrastructure and soft daylight.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban intersection in Shanghai with heavy vehicular traffic, multi-lane crossings, and surrounding medium-rise city context.
- Spatial experience
- The building forms a massive urban anchor at a multi-lane intersection, projecting a strong commercial presence and drawing pedestrian flow toward recessed main entries.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal window bands and signage panels alternate with vertical digital displays and a central entrance cutout.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial mega-structure
- Program
- Commercial retail and shopping mall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture