A Radical Departure in Flow
An exterior precedent for integrating organic, sweeping roof geometry with floor-to-ceiling curved glazing to dissolve boundaries with the surrounding landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The roof gently dips in the center, framing the tree trunk rising directly through the foreground view.
Materials
- glass
- clay-tile
- timber
- steel
Visual identifiers
- curved-roof
- curtain-wall
- undulating-roofline
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
Style tags
- contemporary
- organic
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- organic-architecture
- curved-facade
- daylight
- indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilions featuring sweeping, undulating rooflines that arc over expansive curved glass curtain walls.
- Facade system
- Curved glazed curtain wall with slim timber or metal framing members.
- Structural guess
- Timber or steel framing supporting curved roof plates with cantilevered overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Low two-story residential scale, intimate and grounded in the landscape.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon golden sunlight casts long shadows across the facade and highlights the fine vertical mullions.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and warm, bathed in low-angle golden light.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural garden setting with mature deciduous trees and manicured lawn.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture embraces the landscape with continuous indoor-outdoor visual flow mediated by floor-to-ceiling glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical mullions contrast with the sweeping horizontal curve of the roofline.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic residential architecture
- Program
- Residential home or wellness pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, clay-tile, timber, steel
- Visual identifiers
- curved-roof, curtain-wall, undulating-roofline, floor-to-ceiling-glass
- Style tags
- contemporary, organic, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, organic-architecture, curved-facade, daylight, indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilions featuring sweeping, undulating rooflines that arc over expansive curved glass curtain walls.
- Facade system
- Curved glazed curtain wall with slim timber or metal framing members.
- Structural guess
- Timber or steel framing supporting curved roof plates with cantilevered overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Low two-story residential scale, intimate and grounded in the landscape.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon golden sunlight casts long shadows across the facade and highlights the fine vertical mullions.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and warm, bathed in low-angle golden light.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural garden setting with mature deciduous trees and manicured lawn.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture embraces the landscape with continuous indoor-outdoor visual flow mediated by floor-to-ceiling glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical mullions contrast with the sweeping horizontal curve of the roofline.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic residential architecture
- Program
- Residential home or wellness pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture