Assets
An institutional campus design precedent demonstrating how a monumental curved mass-timber waffle canopy can unify an outdoor entry plaza.
- What we like about this project
- A prominent sculptural blue butterfly perches atop the school sign wall, contrasting with the warm timber roof.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- concrete
- steel
Visual identifiers
- timber-waffle-canopy
- curved-roof
- angled-columns
- campus-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- mass-timber
- institutional
Visual tags
- institutional
- canopy
- mass-timber
- educational
- grand-entrance
- Geometry
- A sweeping, deeply cantilevered curved timber waffle canopy arches over the entry plaza, supported by angled tapered columns and sheltering a multi-level campus frontage.
- Facade system
- Curtained glass windows beneath wooden louvered bands and curved structural wall signage.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber waffle space frame supported by V-shaped glulam or steel-timber hybrid columns.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale institutional campus entrance with a monumental multi-story canopy spanning across the pedestrian plaza.
- Lighting
- Golden hour twilight or sunrise light with low-angle rays, long soft shadows across the plaza, and lens flare beneath the massive roof structure.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming, monumental, and warm under the expansive timber grid during twilight.
- Environmental context
- Open suburban or campus edge setting with mountains visible in the distance under a pale purple sky.
- Spatial experience
- The vast protective canopy creates a dramatic, shaded transition space from the open arrival plaza into the school campus.
- Composition rhythm
- The repetitive coffered geometry of the waffle slab creates a sweeping rhythmic pattern overhead.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional mass-timber architecture
- Program
- High school campus entrance and plaza
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, concrete, steel
- Visual identifiers
- timber-waffle-canopy, curved-roof, angled-columns, campus-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, mass-timber, institutional
- Visual tags
- institutional, canopy, mass-timber, educational, grand-entrance
- Geometry
- A sweeping, deeply cantilevered curved timber waffle canopy arches over the entry plaza, supported by angled tapered columns and sheltering a multi-level campus frontage.
- Facade system
- Curtained glass windows beneath wooden louvered bands and curved structural wall signage.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber waffle space frame supported by V-shaped glulam or steel-timber hybrid columns.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale institutional campus entrance with a monumental multi-story canopy spanning across the pedestrian plaza.
- Lighting
- Golden hour twilight or sunrise light with low-angle rays, long soft shadows across the plaza, and lens flare beneath the massive roof structure.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming, monumental, and warm under the expansive timber grid during twilight.
- Environmental context
- Open suburban or campus edge setting with mountains visible in the distance under a pale purple sky.
- Spatial experience
- The vast protective canopy creates a dramatic, shaded transition space from the open arrival plaza into the school campus.
- Composition rhythm
- The repetitive coffered geometry of the waffle slab creates a sweeping rhythmic pattern overhead.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional mass-timber architecture
- Program
- High school campus entrance and plaza
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture