Documentation / Image Studio
Facade & Material
Try the skin before you choose it — the same module, different materials, twenty-five years on.
A facade is decided at the scale of a bay: the brick bond, the depth of the reveal, how the timber greys. Facade & Material shows one to three bays close up, lets you set materials side by side, and imagines how they weather.
Styles
| Style | What it looks like | Starts from |
|---|---|---|
| Bay study | A straight-on view of one to three facade bays showing rhythm and depth. | Your description, or a reference |
| Corner and junction | A close three-quarter view of where materials turn a corner or meet the roof. | Your description, or a reference |
| Options side by side | The same bay in three or four materials, as a comparison strip. | Your description, or a reference |
| Time triptych | The same facade new, after five years and after twenty-five years. | Your description, or a reference |
| Sample board | A top-down flat-lay of physical material samples on a neutral board. | Your description, or a reference |
| Old-new junction | Where new fabric meets an existing or historic building. | Your description, or a reference |
| Mock-up panel on site | A full-size sample panel standing on site, as built for approval. | Your description, or a reference |
Choices
| Choice | Options |
|---|---|
| Primary material | As described · Brick and masonry · Timber · Metal · Ceramic and terracotta · Concrete and stone · Glass and curtain wall |
| Age | As completed · After 5 years · After 25 years |
| Light | Overcast · Raking sun · After rain |
| Emphasise joints | On · Off |
| Human scale | On · Off |
For Options side by side and Sample board, list three or four materials in your description, separated by semicolons.
Starting from your model
A Rhino capture of the facade in parallel projection (an elevation) or a close perspective of the corner, shaded, showing the opening pattern.
Try these
- Bay study · Brick and masonry · As completed · Raking sun: "buff brick in Flemish bond with recessed soldier courses at each floor, bronze window frames"
- Time triptych · Timber: "vertical larch cladding with open joints over a dark rainscreen"
- Options side by side: "red handmade brick; glazed green terracotta; pale fibre-cement boards; perforated bronze"
Keep in mind
- Not a specification or a product: screen colour is not material colour.
- Weathering is imagined, not a durability forecast.
- Says nothing about fire, thermal or acoustic performance, and is not an approved mock-up.