Shriners
An aerial site view of a stepped, horizontal commercial campus featuring extensive green roofs and an integrated landscape plaza, useful for studies on low-rise corporate or civic integration.
- What we like about this project
- Multiple accessible green roof tiers step back at every upper level, blurring the boundary between indoor office floorplates and outdoor native plantings.
Materials
- glass
- metal-panel
- concrete
- planted-green-roof
- steel
Visual identifiers
- stepped-setbacks
- horizontal-overhangs
- green-roofs
- curved-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- sustainable
- corporate-modern
Visual tags
- aerial
- commercial-campus
- terraced
- landscaped-roof
- civic-plaza
- Geometry
- Low-rise terraced rectangular massing featuring stepped upper-floor setbacks, deep horizontal metal overhangs, and a semi-circular drop-off plaza anchoring the front approach.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing interspersed with metal panel spandrels and deep louvered eyebrow shades.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs and cantilevered overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Three to four stories high, human-scaled relative to the generous entry plaza and integrated landscape elements.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight with low-angle morning or late-afternoon sun casting soft shadows across the facade and plaza.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, organized, and open, balancing hard architectural massing with lush terraced greenery.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or low-density urban commercial context with surrounding mid-rise office buildings and mountain backdrop.
- Spatial experience
- The approach transitions from layered, rolling parkland and paths into a formal curving entry court, rising toward shaded terraces and green roofs.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal stratification emphasized by continuous metal louvers, floor bands, and stacked green roof ledges.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable corporate campus architecture
- Program
- Commercial office campus or healthcare facility
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal-panel, concrete, planted-green-roof, steel
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-setbacks, horizontal-overhangs, green-roofs, curved-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, sustainable, corporate-modern
- Visual tags
- aerial, commercial-campus, terraced, landscaped-roof, civic-plaza
- Geometry
- Low-rise terraced rectangular massing featuring stepped upper-floor setbacks, deep horizontal metal overhangs, and a semi-circular drop-off plaza anchoring the front approach.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing interspersed with metal panel spandrels and deep louvered eyebrow shades.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs and cantilevered overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Three to four stories high, human-scaled relative to the generous entry plaza and integrated landscape elements.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight with low-angle morning or late-afternoon sun casting soft shadows across the facade and plaza.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, organized, and open, balancing hard architectural massing with lush terraced greenery.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or low-density urban commercial context with surrounding mid-rise office buildings and mountain backdrop.
- Spatial experience
- The approach transitions from layered, rolling parkland and paths into a formal curving entry court, rising toward shaded terraces and green roofs.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal stratification emphasized by continuous metal louvers, floor bands, and stacked green roof ledges.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable corporate campus architecture
- Program
- Commercial office campus or healthcare facility
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture