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Custom CENTRIA Panels Transform Callier Center for Communications Disorders
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Custom CENTRIA Panels Transform Callier Center for Communications Disorders
April 15, 2019 at 8:00 am 0

CENTRIA Paradigm™ custom-fabricated metal panels define the new addition to the University of Texas Callier Center for Communications Disorders, enabling architects to design and create a structure reminiscent of audio waves.   

The facility provides in-depth, advanced evaluations and innovative treatments for a wide variety of speech, language, and hearing disorders, so it was only fitting that the design team at SmithGroup JJR opt for a custom approach. The Paradigm system offers limitless polygonal rib designs and user-designed profiles in both standard configurations and customized module parameters.

The perforated metal panels create a visual aesthetic that echoes communications and frequencies, and also serve as shading devices at entries and glazed portions of the building. Undoubtedly a complicated project, the result is an elegantly composed exterior façade with a translucent layer that accumulates daylight for the building interior.

“Although the design itself looks very simple, it was actually quite complicated since each panel type needed to be broken down into several components,” explains Peter Parnham of Wade Architectural Systems, the CENTRIA dealer. “Some of the materials were perforated and others were partially perforated, and there were several different colors, with multiple lengths.”

The building spans a total of 77,300 square feet, and more than 16,000 square feet of CENTRIA products were used. Communication and coordination between all trades was key to organizing the unique materials for installation and ensuring they arrived on schedule.

“During the shipping process, we worked to try and make sure that the correct panels were being located in the correct areas,” Parnham adds. “In the end, it was certainly worth the effort on our part and the hard work put forward by CENTRIA and Advantage Wall Panel Systems to make sure all the materials were correct for an on-time installation and completion.”

The Callier Center for Communication Disorders was completed in August 2016. SmithGroup JJR provided architectural and design services, and the general contractor was SpawGlass Construction Corp. Wade Architectural Systems was the CENTRIA dealer, and the installer was Advantage Wall Panel Systems, LLC.

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Construction Spotlight
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Construction Spotlight
April 11, 2018 at 7:40 pm 0

Navy Federal Credit Union Campus showcases turnkey design and performance.

The world's largest credit union turned to a single-source metal building envelope system by CENTRIA for its massive, $195 million expansion project.

Navy Federal Credit Union made plans for a multi-phase expansion of its Pensacola, FL campus to meet the demands of immense business growth in recent years. The first phase of the expansion includes a three-story office building, a central energy plant and a five-level, 347,500-square-foot parking deck.

The second phase, currently under construction, incorporates additional office facilities. The project also encompasses surface parking as well as bridges, roads, walking paths, stormwater retention features and other infrastructure.

Designed by multi-disciplinary architectural firm ASD | SKY to meet LEED Silver certification standards, the office buildings rely on CENTRIA’s MetalWrap insulated composite backup panels as the primary building envelope component. This highly sustainable backup system integrates seamlessly with CENTRIA's Intercept modular metal panels for the best in performance and aesthetics.  

Intercept Entyre panels, showcased in both an aluminum substrate and zinc from RHEINZINK, deliver exceptionally modern aesthetics to the state-of-the-art office facilities. The Intercept system provides a unique level of aesthetic variation in panel size and shape. The light-gauge, monolithic aluminum sheets offer an economical solution for complex panel applications.

Designers also incorporated CENTRIA’s Paradigm rainscreen panels with MicroSeam Corners. This unique product allows architects to choose from CENTRIA’s library of standard shapes or tailor a project-specific profile with customized module parameters, including panel depth and rib count, geometry, and spacing. The ability to create a unique building façade with limitless polygonal rib designs permits a new level of variation in shadow relief.

Intercept and Paradigm panels available as a total rainscreen wall system when combined with MetalWrap insulated composite backup panels. MetalWrap panels are designed with CENTRIA’s innovative advanced thermal and moisture protection (ATMP) technology to control water and maximize thermal efficiency. As the inner layer of the rainscreen system, MetalWrap panels provide defense against harsh weather conditions. And the single-component insulated composite backup panels expedite installation and close-in time requirements—especially vital in Florida’s rainy, humid climate.  

MetalWrap Integrated Series features integral attachment systems—including the MR-100 and MR-300 rail systems as well as integral clips, pintles and/or masonry anchors—for ease of installation of any cladding material such as metal, terra cotta, ACM panels, brick facades and other rainscreens. This aesthetic flexibility makes it the perfect choice for mixed-medium exteriors. The product offers 2” and 3” thicknesses to provide thermal performance for even the most demanding projects.

Installers from FLC Systems are hard at work at the Navy Federal Credit Union campus as construction continues. Their expertise with the product accelerates installation time to produce a weathertight barrier, making way for interior tradesmen to work on the office interior. All told, the finished project will incorporate more than 500,000 square feet of CENTRIA metal wall panels.

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