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Rob Pelletier Construction, Inc. Houston Texas

Colby College

Sasaki collaborated closely with Kingspan, Hopkins, Arup, Consigli, and Total Wall to design, prototype, test and successfully install a custom QuadCore insulated panel connection system for the building envelope at Colby College’s Harold Alfond Recreation and Athletics Centre.

QuadCore is thin, lightweight and thermally efficient, which can lead to carbon savings in transport and building structures in certain applications.

The high-performance connection system captures the top and bottom of each insulated panel along the facade, which greatly reduced the number of envelope penetrations as well as the amount of secondary steel required for lateral support.

In fact, the use of QuadCore insulated panels at Colby College enabled the elimination of 22.7 tonnes of steel support girts. Utilisation of insulated panel’s inherent structural capacity coupled with the reduction in steel structure, significantly lowered the associated embodied carbon.

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Computer/Telcom Room

Project Type: Computer/Telcom Room

Problem: Due to increased security concerns, a company needed a way to protect its computer and telecommunications equipment without causing problems with heat build-up.

Solution/Description of the Installation: By specifying our sturdy Series 640 Alumifold door in sleek, perforated aluminum, the company is now able to ensure lockable security and also provide the ventilation needed to keep equipment running trouble-free.

Hospitality Venue Security

Project Type: Hospitality Venue Security

Problem: An upscale bar wanted to minimize the time and labor involved in setting up and closing operations each day. Reducing theft was also a key objective.

Solution/Description of the Installation: By installing a series of Woodfold’s lockable Roll-Up Doors, the business does not need to set up its bar stock every day and remove it every night—bottles, glassware, and displays can remain in place and ready for the next business day. New lockable, custom-stained hardwood doors were matched to the bar’s existing millwork, and reduce costly inventory loss.

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Film Independent

Another great project featuring the Moderco Crystal and 700 Series operable partitions. Film Independent couldn’t give up a view of downtown Los Angeles, so they chose the Crystal to keep that beautiful view and divide the space. This project was beautifually designed by Interior Architects and built with Holwick Constructors.

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Mercedes Benz of Ontario

For its client Fletcher Jones, one of the most successful luxury auto dealers in the United States, Gensler used its multidisciplinary design approach to integrate branding and architecture into a memorable customer experience in Ontario, California.

The glass display case continues indoors. In the 100,000-square-foot Ontario dealership, Gensler senior associate Deeg Snyder encloses its double-height lobby from adjacent spaces without losing any daylight, views or functionality. An operable NanaWall SL45 Aluminum Framed Folding System provides a sense of openness, while presenting the latest cars in a museum-like setting.

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Bunjil Place: The Multi Award-Winning Building

Bunjil Place is a $125 million multipurpose arts, civic and community facility in the outer Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren, housing a library, 800-seat theatre, gathering and meeting spaces, council offices, an art gallery, a flexible event space and an outdoor plaza. The facility is the first of its kind, bringing together creativity, entertainment and community in a way that is unparalleled in Australia.

The multi award-winning building was designed by FJMT and inspired by Bunjil, a character in Aboriginal mythology who created the land, animals and people. Bunjil placed a huge sense of importance on sustainability, encouraging the preservation of the environment, a point which trickled into the choices that were made in terms of the building’s design and construction.

Sustainability was front of mind in the design of this building which utilises environmentally-friendly building materials and high performance façades to make the building as sustainable and energy efficient as possible. One of the building’s most striking features is its curved roof, a complex and ambitious architectural design. Mythology recounts that Bunjil morphed into an eagle to watch over his people, and two large wooden features, descending from the roof, resemble his wings.

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The Glasshouse, Manhattan New York – Case Study

The Glasshouse is a 35,000 sq. ft all exterior glass wall event space overlooking the Hudson River in Manhattan. The Design Team wished to maintain this exterior view from within by using a 15’ tall moveable acoustic glass wall system: let the outside in. This design objective required solid acoustic panels and glass panels that could be interchanged freely in order to configure the meeting areas as dictated by specific requirements. This need required the design and installation of a fool proof grid of intersecting overhead track & intersections (2200 lineal feet), special width solid and glass panels (3 widths) and a flexible expandable panel closure system. As an overhead track structural steel was not part of the initial project design the Moderco distributor, Value Added Group, designed and installed a complete steel strut support system.

 

The Glasshouse, Manhattan New York – Case Study