SAP Garden
An exterior precedent showing a fluid, curved vertical fin facade system sitting atop a glazed public concourse, designed by 3XN Architects.
- What we like about this project
- The vertical fins smoothly curve outward at the base to frame and canopy the transparent ground-floor entrances.
Materials
- aluminum
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-fins
- glazed-base
- sweeping-facade
- arena-entrance
Style tags
- contemporary
- parametric
- fluid
Visual tags
- public-realm
- curvilinear
- facade-system
- civic
- stadium
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-story volume featuring sweeping vertical louvers or fins that flare outward at the ground level, transitioning to a fully glazed transparent base.
- Facade system
- Curved metallic vertical louver system over full-height structural glass curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss framing with concrete core and slab construction supporting a complex curtain wall envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale arena building dwarfing visitors at the entrance, establishing a monumental yet accessible public interface.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft, even illumination across the plaza with gentle highlights on the metallic facade fins.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, open public atmosphere energized by crowds approaching a monumental civic destination.
- Environmental context
- Public park setting with mature trees and autumn foliage surrounding an urban arena plaza filled with crowds.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching pedestrians move from open park landscape directly toward a transparent, welcoming concourse wrapped around the curved base.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical fins create a sweeping wave pattern that unifies the multi-story elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric civic architecture
- Program
- Sports and entertainment arena
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- aluminum, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-fins, glazed-base, sweeping-facade, arena-entrance
- Style tags
- contemporary, parametric, fluid
- Visual tags
- public-realm, curvilinear, facade-system, civic, stadium
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-story volume featuring sweeping vertical louvers or fins that flare outward at the ground level, transitioning to a fully glazed transparent base.
- Facade system
- Curved metallic vertical louver system over full-height structural glass curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss framing with concrete core and slab construction supporting a complex curtain wall envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale arena building dwarfing visitors at the entrance, establishing a monumental yet accessible public interface.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft, even illumination across the plaza with gentle highlights on the metallic facade fins.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, open public atmosphere energized by crowds approaching a monumental civic destination.
- Environmental context
- Public park setting with mature trees and autumn foliage surrounding an urban arena plaza filled with crowds.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching pedestrians move from open park landscape directly toward a transparent, welcoming concourse wrapped around the curved base.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical fins create a sweeping wave pattern that unifies the multi-story elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric civic architecture
- Program
- Sports and entertainment arena
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture