Walke Nord
A multi-family residential project precedent by Zeller & Moye illustrating deep terraced balconies and integrated facade planting framing a communal green courtyard.
- What we like about this project
- Vigorous climbing vines completely intertwining with the upper-level balcony railings to form vertical gardens.
Materials
- concrete
- steel
- glass
- timber
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- terraced-balconies
- integrated-planting
- residential-courtyard
- structural-grid
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- rationalist-grid
- green-architecture
Visual tags
- multi-family-housing
- biophilic-design
- balcony-access
- courtyard
- urban-housing
- sustainable
- Geometry
- Linear residential blocks face each other across a landscaped courtyard, featuring a rhythmic grid of deep exterior balconies that step vertically along the facade.
- Facade system
- Open concrete or steel structural frame with recessed glazing and continuous projecting balcony access walkways.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame or prefabricated structural system supporting cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale, with human figures providing direct scale reference for balconies and path width.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft, directional shadows beneath balconies and among trees.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, verdant, and community-oriented, blending architectural gridwork with wild vegetation.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential infill with generous central green courtyard, mature trees, and naturalistic ground cover.
- Spatial experience
- Moving along the open-air balconies and central courtyard creates a gradual transition between private dwelling extensions and shared, green public realm.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical structural bays and stacked horizontal balcony slabs form a structured yet softened rhythmic facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing block
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, steel, glass, timber, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- terraced-balconies, integrated-planting, residential-courtyard, structural-grid
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, rationalist-grid, green-architecture
- Visual tags
- multi-family-housing, biophilic-design, balcony-access, courtyard, urban-housing, sustainable
- Geometry
- Linear residential blocks face each other across a landscaped courtyard, featuring a rhythmic grid of deep exterior balconies that step vertically along the facade.
- Facade system
- Open concrete or steel structural frame with recessed glazing and continuous projecting balcony access walkways.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame or prefabricated structural system supporting cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale, with human figures providing direct scale reference for balconies and path width.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft, directional shadows beneath balconies and among trees.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, verdant, and community-oriented, blending architectural gridwork with wild vegetation.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential infill with generous central green courtyard, mature trees, and naturalistic ground cover.
- Spatial experience
- Moving along the open-air balconies and central courtyard creates a gradual transition between private dwelling extensions and shared, green public realm.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical structural bays and stacked horizontal balcony slabs form a structured yet softened rhythmic facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing block
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture