Luminous Grid is a façade design for a double-fronted corner lot in Kerman: the building fronts two streets, so two primary façades and a curved corner bay are intentionally composed as the public faces of the project. The name refers to the formal logic of a white-stone modular frame (a visible grid) that organizes recessed window cells and vertical brick fields, producing a rhythmic street presence and a controlled play of light and shadow.
Visually the design reads as two orthogonal elevations joined by a luminous curved corner: the curved glazing mediates the intersection of the orthogonal grids and becomes the focal lantern for both streets. The façade system treats the two street-facing sides as a single composition — aligning modules, reveals and fenestration to manage sightlines, privacy and urban scale. Detailing (deep reveals, vertical fins and recessed frames) creates a layered elevation that reads well at pedestrian distance and in close urban context.
The material palette pairs dark “shade” brick with crisp white stone frames. This choice is both aesthetic and climatic: white stone frames reflect daytime solar radiation and clearly articulate the grid, while the darker brick in shaded cells provides tactile texture and thermal mass to moderate diurnal swings. Recessed windows, vertical fins and controlled glazing ratios reduce direct summer solar gain and glare while admitting diffuse daylight at lower sun angles. The curved corner glazing is optimized to capture morning/evening light and is specified with high-performance glazing to limit unwanted heat transfer.
Because the project sits in Kerman — a city with strong solar irradiance, hot summers, cool winters and a large diurnal temperature range — the façade strategy balances daylighting with solar control: reflective stone, shaded brick cells, recessed openings and vertical shading elements together reduce overheating and cooling demand while preserving high-quality natural light. Integrated façade lighting then emphasizes the grid rhythm at night, turning the curved corner into a civic lantern that enhances street activation.
