Projject-葉外
深圳
An exterior facade precedent demonstrating the contrast between a heavy, dark cantilevered overhang and a warm, permeable glazed retail storefront.
- What we like about this project
- The deep black angular soffit dramatically frames the luminous, warm-toned cafe pavilion below.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
- stucco
- timber
Visual identifiers
- dark-cantilever
- glazed-storefront
- outdoor-planters
- recessed-terrace
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- urban
Visual tags
- commercial
- urban-facade
- canopy
- outdoor-seating
- mixed-use
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition featuring a low, light-toned commercial storefront sheltered beneath a massive, angular dark cantilevered overhang.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing above with an operable aluminum and glass storefront system below.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss or concrete transfer slab supporting the upper building volume and cantilevering over the terrace.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled storefront seating and planters set against a monumental multi-story tower base.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft shadows, contrasted with warm interior lighting glowing from within the glazed commercial volume.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and sheltered, balancing a dramatic dark structural canopy with warm, plant-lined human scales.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza surrounded by high-rise commercial architecture and towers.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from the open paved plaza moves under the deep dark soffit into the brightly lit, warm storefront interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal retail band anchored below a heavy diagonal roof soffit and framed by vertical curtain wall mullions above.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail or cafe
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, concrete, stucco, timber
- Visual identifiers
- dark-cantilever, glazed-storefront, outdoor-planters, recessed-terrace
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, urban
- Visual tags
- commercial, urban-facade, canopy, outdoor-seating, mixed-use
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition featuring a low, light-toned commercial storefront sheltered beneath a massive, angular dark cantilevered overhang.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing above with an operable aluminum and glass storefront system below.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss or concrete transfer slab supporting the upper building volume and cantilevering over the terrace.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled storefront seating and planters set against a monumental multi-story tower base.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft shadows, contrasted with warm interior lighting glowing from within the glazed commercial volume.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and sheltered, balancing a dramatic dark structural canopy with warm, plant-lined human scales.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza surrounded by high-rise commercial architecture and towers.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from the open paved plaza moves under the deep dark soffit into the brightly lit, warm storefront interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal retail band anchored below a heavy diagonal roof soffit and framed by vertical curtain wall mullions above.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail or cafe
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture