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There is no articulation to the top floor hardie panel surfaced walls, other than the small <br />reveals. The dull massing against the skyline is mitigated through the use of color and the <br />eyelash shades over the projecting bays that serve to stop the eye from traveling beyond that <br />fifth floor. <br />Rainwater is being handled with an internal system and downspouts are not visible. <br />Horizontal exterior transitions of materials take place at window head or sill heights. For <br />example, the brick is used throughout the street level (except around the entries) and is <br />brought up into the second and third levels at certain points around the building. The plum <br />brown, which is close to the same color value and intensity, gives the impression of the brick <br />extending into the upper levels. The upper levels have the less intense colors of eaglet <br />beige and tony taupe; thereby allowing the upper stories to recede. The same bold color as <br />the metal sided northwest corner is used at the outdoor terraces in the elbow of the L <br />shaped building, and at the crown of the corner towers. <br />The windows used at the corners have different shapes and sizes. The pop -out bays project <br />at an angle and extend four feet at the deep end. The bays that extend up four of the five <br />stories are capped with a louvered sun shade. The element "caps" the building, allowing the <br />top floor to visually recede. Corrugated metal siding is added into the bays, which is similar <br />to the material used on Building A in Phase 1 and complements the flat metal material used <br />at the corners. The modulation, window variety and combination of materials breaks -up the <br />longer west and east facades. <br />Detailing is provided with 1x2 inch battens that cover the seams of the hardie panels around <br />the entrance and the residential levels and is used to articulate the base of the hardie lap <br />siding. The building vignettes help to conceptually explain the details of material transitions. <br />Building E <br />The primary unifying element of the Building E is the northeast corner. The heavy massing <br />of the "gull wing roofed" articulated massing visually rests above a fairly substantial 30 inch <br />wide brick column (Sheets P3.10, P3.14, Attachment A) The window bays are the main <br />source of articulation along the north and south facades with an 18 inch projection toped by <br />projecting bay roofs that are carried up to the top level. No suggestion is made as to how <br />water escapes the roof areas at the top of the bays. <br />"Engagement" between floors is much stronger, with the pop -out bays, sheathed in a single <br />material and color, successfully bridging between floors. Vertical exterior material <br />transitions take place at floor level. These floor "levels" are integrated by bringing the <br />L13 -0044 — Tukwila Village Phase 2 Page 122 <br />26 <br />