Ayana

A compact apartment building that turns its structure into identity — a deep brick portal framing a crisp white volume.

On a tight residential plot the brief asked for efficient flats that still read as one considered object on the street. The response is a bold band of exposed brick wrapped around a white rendered volume: the brick carries the corner and the parapet, the render holds the windows and their shading fins, and the two materials trade places as the building turns. What could have been an ordinary stack of floors becomes a piece of architecture you recognise from down the road.

The framing gesture

The brick band does the work of the elevation — wrapping the corner and parapet so the white volume reads as something held, not just stacked.

Architectural Detail

The brick portal

A deep band of exposed brick wraps the front corner like a portal, giving the building a single strong figure and shading the windows set back within it.

White against red

Behind the frame, a white rendered volume keeps the flats bright and the elevation calm — the warmth of the brick reads all the stronger against it.

Light, set back

Windows and balconies sit recessed within the frame, so every flat draws shade and depth while the street sees one clean, ordered face.

The framing gesture

The brick portal

White against red

Light, set back

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