CAS
An exterior facade elevation precedent combining traditional mansard roof forms with contemporary grid windows and a glazed timber storefront ground level.
- What we like about this project
- Teal horizontal stripe bands running between the window levels break up the monolithic white stucco volume.
Materials
- stucco
- metal
- glass
- timber
- terrazzo
Visual identifiers
- mansard-roof
- grid-windows
- timber-storefront
- horizontal-bands
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- rationalist
Visual tags
- facade-elevation
- urban-infill
- commercial
- renovation
- fenestration
- Geometry
- Symmetrical multi-story flat facade with regular grid fenestration across the upper floors and an activated, differentiated storefront ground level.
- Facade system
- Stucco over masonry upper walls with metal-framed grid windows, standing seam mansard roof, and wood-framed storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or concrete frame with timber roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story urban building scale, human-proportioned ground floor storefronts.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast ambient daylight rendering an even elevation view with soft shadows in window recesses.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, orderly, and bright architectural rendering displaying clear material and programmatic stratification.
- Environmental context
- Urban street context implied by the elevation framing, showing sidewalk at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The flat elevation reads as an urban infill or commercial frontage with a clear hierarchy from retail ground floor to office or hotel upper levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid rhythm on upper floors modulated by continuous horizontal accent bands and vertical roof dormers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban commercial elevation
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and office or hotel
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, metal, glass, timber, terrazzo
- Visual identifiers
- mansard-roof, grid-windows, timber-storefront, horizontal-bands
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, rationalist
- Visual tags
- facade-elevation, urban-infill, commercial, renovation, fenestration
- Geometry
- Symmetrical multi-story flat facade with regular grid fenestration across the upper floors and an activated, differentiated storefront ground level.
- Facade system
- Stucco over masonry upper walls with metal-framed grid windows, standing seam mansard roof, and wood-framed storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or concrete frame with timber roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story urban building scale, human-proportioned ground floor storefronts.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast ambient daylight rendering an even elevation view with soft shadows in window recesses.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, orderly, and bright architectural rendering displaying clear material and programmatic stratification.
- Environmental context
- Urban street context implied by the elevation framing, showing sidewalk at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The flat elevation reads as an urban infill or commercial frontage with a clear hierarchy from retail ground floor to office or hotel upper levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid rhythm on upper floors modulated by continuous horizontal accent bands and vertical roof dormers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban commercial elevation
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and office or hotel
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture