The curve study

Look closely before drawing the next line.

Curving concrete and glass architecture photographed in Berlin

A study of the threshold between a heavy concrete edge and a reflective glass skin. Reference photograph by Sarthak Sachdeva; not a commissioned or built project by this fictional practice.

Envelope · reflection · rhythm

The continuous edge creates a rhythm between opaque concrete and reflective glazing. Trace the threshold, then ask how each opening changes a person’s view.

Prepare a spatial brief

Original conceptual adjacency diagram. Not a measured plan of the photographed building.

MATERIAL BOARD

Three samples, one note.

Drawn samples for talking about the study, not a specification of the photographed building. Choose one to carry into your brief.

Choose a sampleM1Board-marked concreteHeavy and matte; it keeps the curved edge continuous.M2Reflective glazingIt doubles the sky by day and shows the room at night.M3Dark steel finsA thin vertical rhythm that cuts glare without closing the view.