transform the building into a two storey structure while maintaining its overall footprint and functional layout redesign the fa ade to appear lighter more elegant and human scaled reducing the monumental and heavy character of the current design retain brick as the primary fa ade material but use a refined composition with slimmer proportions larger window openings subtle setbacks articulated brick detailing and a more transparent ground floor introduce a balanced rhythm of openings lighter architectural elements and contemporary detailing to create a welcoming modern appearance preserve the architectural quality and timeless character while achieving a softer less imposing visual expression high quality architectural visualization realistic materials natural daylight contemporary european architecture
