Façade pattern
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about façade pattern
RONESANS|BIZ MECIDIYEKOY
The Mecidiyeköy neighborhood is one of the most important transportation centers of Istanbul. Therefore it is one of the preferred locations for office centers and firms in the city. Although this area is old and warn it remains vivacious and is being continuously regenerated with various new building and urban renewal projects.
The Rönesans Mecidiyeköy Offices (RMO) spring to life within these dynamic potentials. The building is located along the street connecting the Büyükdere Caddesi and the Profilo shopping mall.
The construction area is limited by the Cemal Sahir street and Raşit Rıza street, which have a 9 meter difference in height. The building is composed of two main volumes: the ground-floor volume with 5.50m height and an... More
Project • By ALPOLIC® | Metal Composites Materials • Universities
Ryerson University Student Learning Centre
It’s said that Ryerson University can be found at the intersection of Mind and Action. Ryerson’s new Student Learning Centre can certainly be found there, although the actual street address is the intersection of Yonge and Gould, in the busy heart of Toronto, one of the world’s most vibrant and diverse cities.
Mohamed Lachemi, Ryerson University’s provost and vice president academic, says the Student Learning Centre project was already engaging the minds and actions of Ryerson students long before the first shovel was turned. “Students are part of everything we do at Ryerson,” Lachemi says. “Student groups in the hundreds were involved in the initial discussion about the building, the nature of the building, and also the function the... More
Project • By Poly Products • Offices
The Rock
For this project Poly Products has produced 3200m² of unique lightweight rockpanels for the cladding of ‘the Rock’, in Amsterdam. On the massive rock façade there are almost no identical panels! These lightweight panels (30kg/m²) made sure the construction of the building could remain light too, as the panels are strong enough to withstand the forces and are easily fixed. The real rocks in the top layer of the panels make sure the ‘heavy’ looks of the top of the building that the architect intended are preserved. More
Project • By Alumil S.A • Residential Landscape
Dogan Media Center
As an absolute expression of communication, the philosophy of the building remains as it was, unaltered and everlasting. A lucent transparent cube made of glass arises linearly, hierarching iron volumes which sculpt the façade of the building, allowing the design lines to develop and coexist in three axes. Each visual angle offers a new perspective of the structure, underlying the freedom of thought and expression. As a unifying point of reference Braille code is adopted as the dominant façade pattern in order to bring about the message of "communication for all". Natural light and shadows create an embracing "dance" together as they pass through the circular metal pattern and the glass surfaces of the facade. The notion of communicati... More
Project • By Tengbom • Hospitals
Psychiatric Hospital
The Psychiatric Hospital gave us the opportunity to provide a strong symbol of humanistic architecture. Research has shown thatthe design and structure of the physical environment can aid in patient recovery and the term ”from hospital to hotel” can, therefore, serve as a metaphor for the ambitious goals of this project. The design as a whole offers the potential for de-dramatizing illness and for helping the patients to progress towards a more rapid recovery. We have chosen to minimise the number of material choices, colours and structural components to ensure that the core of the building provides a tranquil background that is sustainable in the long term and that can be filled with a range of content over time. Furniture, people, fabrics... More
Project • By COORDINATION ASIA • Chapels
Rainbow Chapel
Building upon the credo that developing an art space should
nourish a city and its communities, award-winning design agency
COORDINATION ASIA and logon urban.architecture.design
collaborated to create the Rainbow Chapel - a wedding chapel
intriguingly placed inside the G+PARK in Shanghai, China.
Designed around the Shanghai Museum of Glass, the G+PARK recently celebrated its 4
year anniversary and unveiled a lifestyle addition to its premises, pinning a new first for
China: the inclusion of a wedding chapel into a museum park. The newly open chapel
stands as an alternative to classic wedding venues on the Chinese market, attracting
young, creative couples.
The endless possibilities of glass were again explored and showcased in... More
Project • By Fletcher Hotels • Hotels
Fletcher Hotel, Amsterdam
The Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam is the dominant landmark of the city of Amsterdam. It is a mischievous building with a cheerful tone. The new Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam was designed by BenthemCrouwel. “Whether you approach it from the north, south, east or west, the tower is a clear focal point. The challenge was to utilise the compact floor plan with a diameter of around 24 metres. The result is a slender silhouette building,” explain engineers Jan Bethem and Peter Kropp.
The first blueprints of Amsterdam’s new ‘landmark’ date back to 2006/2007, when BenthemCrouwel won a prize competition organised by the Municipality of Amsterdam with this design. The goal was to design a building that would mark the 'beginning’ and ‘end’ of the city as a... More
Project • By Snøhetta • Offices
Le Monde Headquarters in Paris
Snøhetta-designed headquarters for the Le Monde Group opens in ParisWith the completion of its new headquarters, the 1,600 employees of the Le Monde Group have been brought together under the same roof in a generously arching building on 67-69 Avenue Pierre-Mendès-France in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. With its bold new plaza and semi-transparent outer skin, the building creates connections to the general public and surrounding transit while also offering citizens and passersby a generous respite in the city. On December 11, 2020, the building received the prestigious French real estate prize, the Grand Prix SIMI, within the category “New Office Building Larger than 10,000 m²”
The Le Monde Group comprise... More
Project • By Shuhei Endo Architect Institute • Private Houses
Rooftecture OT2
This is a house for a couple and their 3 children. It is located on a small site in theheart of Osaka.
The site is located on a relatively busy street and is surrounded by buildings onthree sides except the north. The client requested that while the facade shouldsecure the necessary lighting and ventilation, it should be moderately closed fromthe outside.
The house uses a perforated metal steel sheet wall formation on the road side. Thus,the visual penetration is interrupted, but light and breeze pour in generously. Thecentral portion in the stairway is a pleasant space in which the wind flows throughan openable skylight.
As the evening sets, holes in the folded plate allow for the light from the insideleaks into the outside. Varia... More
Project • By dE_fORmA Arquitetura • Factories
Euramax competition entry
The project’s base is founded upon the idea of the environment’s continuity, seen here as the perspective’s projection of the neighbors buildings into the factory’s facade. This,on the other hand ,incorporates components of the of the real facade behind the panel, such as the corrugation of the steel walls, which we reinterpreted as vertical lines and this demonstrates the possibilities of Euramax technology to look so real that it’s not possible anymore to distinguish it from the real facade pattern.
Apart from this, the lines are entangled and distorted as they move away from the edges and creates a new identity, not just to the front of the building itself, but for the rest of the industrial complex.
While discretion plays an impor... More
Project • By Reynaers Aluminium • Offices
The Paragon Tower
The paragon Tower is shaped as a simple rectangular prism rising up from its base. The office building was designed by architect Gokhan Aksoy and is located in the Çukurambar district of Ankara Turkey. It comprises 27 floors of office space and five floors offering social and commercial facilities as well as service areas, parking facilities and gardens.
The office tower is a simple rectangular prism with two interlocking L-shaped floor surrounding the lift shaft and stairwell at the centre. The 27 floors of office space offering approximately 12,000 square metres in a 32-floor structure with a total of 44,600 square metres of construction area including social and commercial facilities as well as services areas and parking facilities.... More
Project • By BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group • Hotels
CENTERPIECE FOR A NEW RESORT IN THE BAHAMAS
BIG + HKS + MDA have unveiled the design for the new Honeycomb building and its adjacent public plaza in The Bahamas – a 175,000 ft² (ca. 16,000 m²) residential building with a private pool on each balcony overlooking the marina.
Albany is a modern paradise-like beach and golf resort community, located on the south coast of New Providence Island. The Honeycomb will be the tallest structure in Albany, making it a landmark in the resort, and a beacon from the ocean.
The façade has a hexagonal pattern that uniquely frames the natural beauty of the Island. The balconies are deep enough to not only provide outdoor spaces, but also summer kitchens and a pool sunken into the balcony of each unit. These pools have a transparent edge towards... More
Project • By UNStudio • Private Houses
Ardmore Residence
In recent years high-rise residential towers is Asia have undergone a significant transformation. No longer only mass replicated tower blocks dot the skyline of most Asian cities, a new generation of bespoke towers now provide aesthetic, singular silhouettes and incorporate comfortable living spaces, attractive landscaped gardens and an array of amenities for residents.
The Ardmore Residence at 7 Ardmore Park in Singapore is one of this new breed of residential towers. Located in a prime location close to the Orchard Road luxury shopping district the Ardmore Residence enjoys both expansive views of the panoramic cityscape of Singapore City and the vast green areas of its immediate western and eastern surroundings.
Living landscape... More
Project • By Laud Architects • Churches
Singapore Life Church
PROJECT INFORMATION
Founded in 1883, Singapore Life Church is one of the oldest Presbyterian Church in Singapore. The Church was previously housed on the same site in a 70s-built, modernist structure with an iconic sweeping visage.
Due to massive underground construction work nearby, the old building had structural problems resulting in visible cracks on the walls. Moreover, with a large open-air surface car park up front, the land was not fully utilised. The church’s vision was to have a new building with a larger sanctuary, more space to meet their growing needs and to have an iconic building their members could all be proud of
DESIGN CONCEPT
Our design concept is to create a beacon of light within the neighbourhood, symbolizi... More
Project • By Zaha Hadid Architects • Masterplans
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station
The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the new Riyadh Metro network for Line 1, as well as the terminus of Line 4 (for passengers to the airport) and Line 6. The local monorail can also be accessed from the station via a skybridge. With six platforms over four public floors and two levels of underground car parking, the KAFD Metro Station will be integrated within the urban context of the financial district, responding to the functional requirements of a multimodal transport centre and the district’s future vision. The project extends beyond the simple station typology to emphasize the building’s importance as a dynamic, multi-functional public space; not only an intermediate place perce... More