Building Design + Construction - August 2017

AUGUST 2017
INSPIRING THE AEC INDUSTRY
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CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP-LEFT: DENISE RETALLACK; POPULOUS; SCOTT FRANCES PHOTOGRAPHY
45
32
FEATURES amenities that

support healthcare
32 HEALTHCARE workers
FACILITIES
Building Teams help 26 TRENDSETTING
childrens hospitals PROJECTS
create a sense of Underground 49
normalcy for Railroad Visitor
patients, families. Center tells story of
oppression, then
45 AEC TECHNOLOGY freedom
Jacksonville Jaguars AIA CONTINUING
facility showcases 54 PRODUCT ROUNDUP EDUCATION
the power of Inventive ceiling and
New steel systems
computational acoustical systems
design. add strengthand
58 PRODUCT beauty
DEPARTMENTS
INNOVATIONS
Walkable glass floor, p.49
scuff-resistant paint
11 EDITORIAL
12 NEWS+TRENDS 66 GREAT SOLUTIONS
Energy-harvesting
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Five workplace E Ink
ON THE COVER: At the East Tennessee Childrens Hospital in Knoxville, a glass-enclosed light
court with steel replicas of fauna and butteries provides a colorful distraction for young patients
and their families. The Building Team: Shepley Bulnch (design architect), BarberMcMurry (AOR),
ESG (MP engineer), Vreeland Engineers (EE), Land Development Solutions (CE), Ross Bryan
20142017 JESSE H. NEAL Associates (SE), and CRJA and Hedstrom Design (landscape design). PHOTO: DENISE RETALLACK
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COURTESY EFFEKT
A 600-meter treetop path in the Gisselfeld Klosters
Skove forest in Denmark will culminate with a
45-meter-tall spiraling observation deck.
45-METER SPIRALING RADICAL

TOWER LETS YOU WALK INNOVATIONS IN
ABOVE THE TREES HOSPITALITY DESIGN
If you find hiking trails The Hyperloop Hotel,
and walkways that stay on where guests can travel
the ground a bit pass, and dock at one of 13
or maybe if you just never locations in the U.S., and
outgrew your love of tree- the Play Design Hotel, an
houses, then you may inhabitable design gal-
want to turn your attention lery that functions as an
to the forest of Gisselfeld incubator and living lab
Klosters Skove, about one for designers, are among
hour south of Copenhagen four projects named final-
in Denmark. ists in the 2017 Radical
This preserved forest Innovation competition.
is about to be home to The annual contest, pro-
The Treetop Experience, a duced by The John Hardy
600-meter treetop walkway Group, a development
that connects to a 45-me- services firm for inves-
ter-tall spiraling observa- tors and brands in hospi-
tion tower. The walkway tality real estate, solicits
and the observation tower, game-changing hospitality
designed by EFFEKT, are ideas with practical appli-
one continuous ramp. The cations. Other concepts
walk will follow and cross include a treehouse hotel
a creek, lakes, and wet- resort that would hover
lands. Among the features 30 feet above the forest
along the path will be an floor, and a vertical micro-
aviary containing different climate hotel designed
species of birds and a specifically for Vancouver
stepped seating area. Island, Canada.
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By David Barista, Editorial Director | EDITORIAL |
BUILDING DESIGN
+CONSTRUCTION
VOLUME 58, NO. 08
CO-LIVING: THE NEXT REAL ESTATE

EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR | David Barista
847.954.7929; dbarista@sgcmail.com
DISRUPTOR OR NICHE MARKET?

EXECUTIVE EDITOR | Robert Cassidy
S
847.391.1040; rcassidy@sgcmail.com
SENIOR EDITOR | John Caulfield

732.257.6319; jcauleld@sgcmail.com
ASSOCIATE EDITOR | David Malone

847.391.1057; dmalone@sgcmail.com ix years after WeWork took the laundry room double as bars and event
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS | Peter Fabris, Mike ofce market by storm with its spaces, and amenities like a rooftop deck
Plotnick, Adam Sullivan, C.C. Sullivan breakthrough co-working real and a hot tub encourage tenants to meet
DESIGNER | Cathy LePenske estate concept, the New York- and mingle.
WEB DESIGNER | Agnes Smolen based startup set its eyes on WeWork has no shortage of competitors
the next big opportunity for its in the co-living market space. Common,
EDITORIAL ADVISORS communal real estate business HubHaus, Krash, Node, Open Door, Pure
DAVID P. CALLAN | PE, CEM, LEED AP, HBDP model: co-living. House, and Roam Co-living are among
Senior Vice President, McGuire Engineers
WeLive launched early last year the dozen or so startups that are aiming
PATRICK E. DUKE | Senior Vice President
CBRE Healthcare with locations in Lower Manhattan and to profit from the mainstreaming of the
CAROLYN FERGUSON | FSMPS, CPSM Arlington, Va., and the company has
President, WinMore Marketing Advisors plans to expand to as many as 14
JOSH FLOWERS | AIA, LEED AP
General Counsel, Hnedak Bobo Group
cities in the coming years. THE CO-LIVING CRAZE IS THE LATEST
WeLive turns the traditional mul-
ARLEN SOLOCHEK | FAIA, Associate Vice
Chancellor, Maricopa County CCD
tifamily rental model on its head. EXAMPLE OF THE STARTUP WORLD
Gone is the long-term lease agree-
PHILIP TOBEY | FAIA, FACHA
Senior Vice President, SmithGroupJJR
ment; Tenants are members who LOOKING TO SHAKE UP THE SLOW-TO-
PETER WEINGARTEN | AIA, LEED AP
Director of the Architectural Practice, Gensler
can stay month to month, even day
to day. Eventually, as the WeLive net-
EVOLVE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
work expands, members will be able
BUSINESS STAFF to move freely city to city, as needed, at no hacker house, commune, or boarding
GROUP DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL | Tony Mancini additional cost. house dwelling models. Investors have
484.412.8686, tmancini@sgcmail.com
From a practicality standpoint, co-living taken notice, and have pumped millions
EVENTS MANAGER | Judy Brociek makes complete sense for young, single, into these fledgling businesses. (Common,
847.954.7943; jbrociek@sgcmail.com
and highly mobile working profession- for instance, has raised more than $23
SENIOR AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER | Donna Heuberger als. The spaces are well designed, fully million from multiple investors since its
For list rental information, contact Gegry Gilroy furnished, filled with attractive amenities, founding in 2015. With this funding, the
at 845-201-5329; gregry.gilroy@reachmarketing.com and come complete with all the niceties of startup has opened seven developments
CREATIVE SERVICES ASSISTANT modern living: towels and linens, house- across four cities: Chicago, New York, San
MANAGER | Holly Dryden
keeping services, HDTVs, premium cable, Francisco, and Washington, D.C.)
MARKETING DIRECTOR | Nancy Lewis high-speed WiFi, concierge staff, even free While its too early to claim any of these
CORPORATE refreshments like tea, coffee, and fruit budding businesses as a resounding
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS (1922-2003) | H.S. Gillette water. Think apartment complex meets success, the co-living craze is the latest
CHAIRPERSON | K.A. Gillette
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | E.S. Gillette
hotelbut with a crucial twist. example of the startup world looking to
PRESIDENT | Rick Schwer The secret sauce, according to WeWork, shake up the slow-to-evolve, $228 trillion
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | David Shreiner
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | Ann ONeill
is the We in WeLive: spaces and pro- (yes, trillion! tinyurl.com/REworth) global
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC PRODUCT grams designed to foster a strong sense real estate market. Whether its Google,
DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING | Robert Haas
VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOM MEDIA &
of community and connection with other WeWork, or Airbnbor countless other
CREATIVE SERVICES | Diane Vojcanin members. Each location has a full-time startups and tech firmsit is clear that
For advertising contacts, see page 62.
community concierge team, which orga- investors see colossal dollar signs tied to
nizes events like movie nights, cocktail disrupting the tried-and-true real estate
hours, and formal and informal meals in and construction markets.
a communal kitchen. The mailroom and Will your firm join them?
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| NEWS+TRENDS | By Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor; David Malone, Associate Editor; and John Cauleld, Senior Editor
NEW HOSPITAL AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SET TO COME IN AT $1.5 BILLION
$ 10 million
New York City has created
are included in the 1.5 a $10 million fund to assist
million-sf, 17-story project. women- and minority-owned
The hospital is divided businesses with construction
into smaller neighbor- contracts.
hoods to provide a sense The money can pay up to
of community for the pa- $500,000 of surety bonds
tients, staff, and visitors. per contract. City contrac-
Long-term flexibility has tors are required to post the
been incorporated into bonds to guarantee they will
the design so patient satisfactorily perform work
COURTESY PENN FIRST
rooms can be adapted and pay their bills.

and changed over time Smaller firms without a
with minimal impact to the track record of completed
building fabric. projects have a difficult time
The University of Pennsyl- point for the surrounding The project team in- securing bonds from the
vanias new $1.5 billion buildings to anchor the cludes: healthcare design private market.
hospital, known as the Pa- health system. firm HDR, international The fund will also help
vilion, will be the largest The new hospital is de- architect Foster + Part- other contractors who are
capital project in Penns signed to have the ability ners, engineering designer required to hire a certain
history. to quickly adapt to any BR+A, construction man- percentage of these firms but
The Pavilion, which is future advancements in agers L.F. Driscoll and cant find enough of them to
being built on Penn Medi- medical care. Balfour Beatty, and Penn meet their mandated quotas.
cines West Philadelphia About 500 private pa- Medicines clinical and The city aims to issue $16
campus, will create a new tient rooms and 47 oper- facilities experts. billion worth of contracts to
public square and focal ating/interventional rooms BDCnetwork.com/PennPavilion so-called MWBEs by 2025.
BDCnetwork.com/NYCminorityFund
WWII BUNKER CONVERTED INTO MUSEUM

A historic German World War
II bunker located along Den-
53%
The percentage of respon-
marks western coast has been
dents to a recent survey
reconstituted as a 30,138-sf
of design and construction
cultural complex.
professionals who said
The recently opened facility,
they had installed a pack-
called Tirpitz, expects to attract
age delivery center in an
100,000 visitors a year. The
apartment or condominium
design, by Bjarke Ingels Group
MIKE BINK
project. Full results of the

(BIG), in partnership with Varde
survey will be published
Museums and Tinker Imagineers,
in the October issue of
is envisioned as a subtle coun- and air into the complex.
Multifamily Design + Con-
terpoint to the stark construction of the Six-meter-tall glass panels face an out-
struction, a BD+C sister
original artillery fortress. door central courtyard that provides visitors
publication. For more on
The complex appears at the intersection with access into three permanent galleries
package centers, go to:
between a series of landscape cuts. Its ex- and one temporary underground gallery,
BDCnetwork.com/PackageCenters
terior paths cut into the dunes and descend designed by Tinker Imagineers.
into a central clearing that brings daylight BDCnetwork.com/BunkerMuseum
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| NEWS+TRENDS |
MULTIFAMILY STILL SHOWING GROWTH

The Pacic Coast Builders Conference 3. Mixed-use projects are entertain-
usually focuses on single-family produc- ing more non-traditional uses,
tion home construction. But this years such as museums and conference
PCBC (June 27-29, San Diego) had a centers, said Jonathan Cox, SVP,
strong dose of multifamily-related con- AvalonBay Communities, a publicly
tent, according to a perceptive report traded multifamily REIT.
by Patricia Kirk, in National Real Estate 4. It is wise to lease the retail
Investor. Among the multifamily market component of mixed-use projects
trends Kirk noted: rst, said Kimberly Byrum, Principal,
1. Theres a lot of growth ahead Meyers Research. The retail creates
for the multifamily sector, said a destination that helps in leasing
Kim Edwards, SVP, J.P. Morgan Real the multifamily units.
Estate Banking. Long-term growth 5. Apartment units in mixed-use
in occupancy rates is projected, projects dont necessarily
Edwards told PCBC attendees. outperform the market in rent
2. Millennials in the 20- to 34-year- growth, according to Byrum, but
old age bracket are not the only they may stimulate rent growth for
group looking for apartments, the larger neighborhood. A walkable
said Ron Witten, Witten Advisors, environment can add $100 to $125
a multifamily market advisory firm. a month to rentals. It also produces
All age groups under 65 are showing higher yields, said Byrum.
demand for rentals. BDCnetwork.com/PCBCmultifamily
CONSTRUCTION SITES MAY BE ENTIRELY

FREE OF HUMANS BY 2050, SAYS
CONTRACTOR GIANT BALFOUR BEATTY
By 2050, construction dynamic new materials. 4D printing and self-
sites may be complete- Elements of the build transforming objects
ly free of humans, ac- will have the capabil- which self-assemble.
cording to construction ity to self-assemble. Wearable technology,
giant Balfour Beatty. Drones will keep scan- such as exoskeletons,
In a recent paper, ning the site to collect will become common in
Innovation 2050 A data that can predict construction.
digital future for the and solve problems Direct neural con-
infrastructure indus- before they arise. trol over devices and
try (BalfourBeatty. Humans will still have vehicles will be acces-
com/2050), the firm a role to play, not nec- sible to the industry.
claims that work cur- essarily on the actual Balfour Beatty US
rently done by humans job site but by remotely ranked #9 on BD+Cs
will be accomplished overseeing multiple 2017 Giants 300 list
via robots working in projects at one time. of general contractors,
teams. The robots will The paper suggests at $3.9 billion in 2016
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RSMEANS COST COMPARISONS: K-12 SCHOOL BUILDINGS ABI INDEX STAYS UP

ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH HIGH VOCATIONAL Architectural billings were up in June
SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL for the fth consecutive month, ac-
ATLANTA 140.97 142.83 159.97 161.62
cording to the American Institute of
BALTIMORE 147.32 149.27 167.18 168.90
BOSTON 187.64 190.12 212.94 215.12 Architects Architecture Billings Index.
CHICAGO 188.60 191.09 214.02 216.22 The ABI score for June was 54.2, up
CLEVELAND 153.67 155.70 174.39 176.18
from 53.0 in May. Any score above 50
DALLAS 137.32 139.14 155.83 157.43
DENVER 146.37 148.30 166.10 167.80 indicates an increase in billings.
DETROIT 162.88 165.03 184.83 186.73 BDCnetwork.com/ABIjune
HOUSTON 137.95 139.78 156.55 158.16
KANSAS CITY, MO. 163.04 165.19 185.01 186.91
LOS ANGELES 172.72 175.00 196.00 198.02
MIAMI 138.11 139.94 156.73 158.34
MINNEAPOLIS 173.36 175.65 196.72 198.74
NEW ORLEANS 137.48 139.30 156.01 157.61 New activity coming
NEW YORK CITY 208.12 210.87 236.18 238.60
PHILADELPHIA 182.56 184.98 207.17 209.30 into architecture firms
PHOENIX 138.11 139.94 156.73 158.34
PITTSBURGH 162.88 165.03 184.83 186.73 has generally exceeded
PORTLAND, ORE. 160.02 162.14 181.59 183.46
ST. LOUIS 162.08 164.23 183.93 185.82 their ability to complete
SAN DIEGO 166.69 168.89 189.16 191.10
SAN FRANCISCO 195.74 198.33 222.12 224.41 ongoing projects.
SEATTLE 165.10 167.28 187.36 189.28
WASHINGTON, D.C. 153.67 155.70 174.39 176.18 KERMIT BAKER, PHD
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 136.84 138.65 155.29 156.88 CHIEF ECONOMIST, AIA
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| THINK TANK | By George Takoudes, AIA, Healthcare Practice Leader, and Kelly Grifn, LEED AP, Workplace Strategist, NBBJ
CARING FOR CAREGIVERS:

5 WORKPLACE AMENITIES THAT
SUPPORT HEALTHCARE WORKERS
workstations to phone

Millions of
dedicated clinicians
and medical
Interestingly, healthcare
facilitiesacademic
medical centers in
sitting with colleagues
and teaching, to hands-
on work interrupted by
spacesis key. While
traditionally healthcare
professionals work in particularare wrestling ringing pagers. Amid facilities feature more
hospitals and clinics with similar issues as this controlled chaos, private offices than most
around the world. corporate workplaces. doctors and clinicians also corporate workspaces,
Unfortunately, many of them Both seek to increase need places to wrap up some academic medical
experience long hours, productivity, collaboration, emails and consult with centers are experimenting
occupational injuries, and and work-life balance, and colleagues. with an unusual office
stress due to the nature of an improved workplace In terms of physical approach, with as little as
their work. Not surprisingly, environment can help space for medical 60% individual workspaces
in a survey of the most facilitate these goals. professionals, its about and as much as 40%
balance: finding the shared spaces.
right ratio of shared Respite. Many clinicians
AMENITIES THAT ARE NOW COMMONLY FOUND spaces to individual
workspaces to
and medical professionals,
especially those in palliative
ON CORPORATE TECH CAMPUSES PROVIDING support spaces. It care, have difficult jobs
can also be about supporting severely sick
VISUAL AND ACOUSTIC PRIVACYRETREAT smart spaces that patients and their anxious
support improved families. The workplace
SPACES, YOGA ROOMS, SOOTHING GARDENS processes and must give them the space
workflows. to think, grieve, and
CAN HELP BRING CALMNESS TO A CLINICIANS Privacy. Patient recuperate, and thus help
OR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS DAY. privacy rules
require healthcare
prevent burnout.
Amenities that are
GEORGE TAKOUDES, AIA, NBBJ
workplaces to now commonly found on
keep information corporate tech campuses
stressful job categories, Here are a few of the confidential and discussed providing visual and
nurses, surgeons, social unique needs clinicians verbally only in a secure acoustic privacyretreat
workers, and emergency and other medical environment. Yet clinicians, spaces, yoga rooms,
dispatchers all placed in the professionals face and the clinical faculty, and medical support lounges, and
top 10. ways new workplaces professionals also need soothing gardenscan
Many healthcare and specifically workplace privacy to decompress and, help bring calmness to
organizations are amenitieshave the sometimes, to grieve the a clinicians or medical
increasingly focused on potential to help: loss of a patient. professionals day.
designing amenities, Variety. A day in the life As in corporate In Seattle, the University
policies, and workplaces of a medical professional workplaces, allocating of Washington Montlake
to better support their is varied and filled with a range of quiet Tower features a room for
clinicians, health providers, physical movement, workspacesfrom private exercising and relaxing
and administrators. from reviewing patients, offices to individual with views of Mount Rainier

Staff lounge at the University
of Washington Medical Center visitors, and sharing meals, Riverside Methodist
Montlake Tower. Photo: Benja-
which often facilitate social Hospital Neuroscience
min Benschneider/NBBJ
support. Center in Columbus, Ohio,
Yet areas for engagement neuroscience, heart,
and community-building and vascular clinicians
and the Montlake Cut. are not just limited to work together in one
In Boston, Brigham and indoors. Healthcare and building, fostering an
Womens Hospital has a insurance provider Kaiser interdisciplinary approach
dedicated garden for staff, Permanente, for example, to improve neuroscience
while at Massachusetts is hosting farmers markets patients experiences.
General Hospital, the across the U.S. outside of In Boston, the newest
surgical floors have access their health centers and medical technology
to daylight, which helps clinics. at Massachusetts
energize surgical teams Collaboration. Finding General Hospital syncs
who may spend long hours creative, flexible ways to to smartphones so
in the OR. encourage knowledge clinicians and nurses can
Community. Team- sharing and idea communicate more easily,
based medicine requires generation is essential to quickly, and quietly.
opportunities for group improving patient care. In The most successful
communication, and a healthcare setting, this healthcare workplace
just like corporate office can mean trading private amenities are not just
workers, clinicians and offices for shared space. nice-to-haves but crucial
medical staff also need For clinicians, its about elements that make life
places to build community providing shared spaces better, easier, and more
and celebrate events like large and smallthat help joyous. The benefits are
birthdays and the lives ease the workday transition many. For employers:
of patients who recover, from clinical to office to workforce recruitment,
as well as those who community space. engagement, and
pass away. These can Departmental satisfaction. For employees: CIRCLE 764
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| THINK TANK | By Brian Walker, EIT, LEED AP BD+C, Consultant, Paladino and Company
SEVEN LESSONS LEARNED

ON COMMISSIONING PROJECTS
to identify potential

Commissioning
helps projects
achieve greater occupant
is not functioning. These
flaws may not be detected
by the end user but will
can be identified before
there is an adverse impact
on the building occupants or
shortcomings in the design.
Understanding how things will
comfort and satisfaction, absolutely impact cost and harm to equipment. be installed, controlled, and
higher building energy performance. 4. What you dont maintained is critical to the
efciency, and ease of 2. Design for the know could cost commissioning design review.
maintenance for the maintenance team. you. Commissioning 6. Let the design engineer
building engineers. Developers and architects unearths problems. Not and CxA resolve problems
Paladino has managed often provide as much commissioning a building with controls. Control
hundreds of commissioning usable space as possible doesnt make problems systems can be problematic
projects, including office, in the design, but they go away, it just allows on complicated projects.
hotel, multifamily, schools, dont locate mechanical them to persist and The issues usually result
and retail facilities. Here are systems in a place that grow, often undetected from controls contractors
some lessons and smart makes maintenance easy. by building occupants. designing systems around
ideas weve learned along We have seen mechanical The longer the building their own opinions or
the way: units placed above 12-foot- goes uncommissioned, interpretations. A thorough
1. The devil is in high ceilings with another the more the problems review of the controls
you guessed itthe eight feet of space between will pile up, creating a big submittals sequences of
details. With mechanical the ceiling and the units. and potentially expensive operation, schematics,
systems commissioning, Even a simple task such as concern. Property owners and wiring diagrams by the
should retrocommission their design engineer and CxA
uncommissioned buildings. and coordination among all
WHEN MAINTENANCE IS DIFFICULT, IT IS 5. Enhanced commissioning partieswill resolve issues
prevents design headaches. and establish a mutual
LESS LIKELY THAT IT WILL GET DONE. Paladino commissions understanding about how the
BRIAN WALKER, EIT, LEED AP BD+C, Paladino and Company projects with both systems will be operated.
fundamental and enhanced 7. Test procedures
the contractors focus is changing a filter becomes commissioning. Possibly the should be reviewed by
often on ensuring that all time consuming, and service best benefit of enhanced the persons conducting
systems meet their basic on the unit becomes very commissioning is the the tests. It is not
purpose, which is to provide difficult. When maintenance commissioning authoritys uncommon that the person
conditioned air to the space. is difficult, it is less likely design reviews. When assigned by the contractor
What often gets overlooked that it will get done. a project that only had to conduct functional
are other details that may 3. Dont skip monitoring fundamental commissioning performance testing has
not affect occupant comfort. capabilities. Building reaches the construction and never reviewed the test
Consider, for example, engineers have strong closeout phases, there are procedures, which can lead
systems that provide feelings about the often concerns that could to having someone on site
ventilation that are not monitoring capability of have been avoided had we with the wrong capabilities
working properly. Or their HVAC systems (or lack had the chance to review the or without the appropriate
something causing a thereof). A well designed design and provide feedback tools, or the system is
system to use more energy monitoring system that to the engineering design not fully ready for testing.
than needed, such as if alerts maintenance staff the consultants. Effective communication
the schedules are set moment there is a problem The CxA can use past between teams will ensure
improperly or if a damper can often mean that issues experience in the field smooth testing.

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| THINK TANK | By Alan Reed, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal, GWWO Inc./Architects
THE ADROIT APPROACH: ACHIEVING

AN IDEAL VISITOR EXPERIENCE
simple two-dimensional

One of the rst
questions that I am
often asked as we begin
or disembarking other
forms of transportation.
In doing so, the stress
entry to the resource and
should be visible upon
arrival. Reception may be
displays to interactive
exhibits and 4D theater
design on a new visitor associated with trying to as simple as a sign at a experiences. In the case
center, nature center, or understand and navigate in trailhead or park, or, in of living history sites and
museum is how to assure an unfamiliar environment the case of a building, a museums, much of the
that each visitors is minimized. lobby or welcome desk. If message may be delivered
experience is memorable Decompression is the possible, this area should via costumed interpreters
and meaningful. Through journey between arrival and be manned by someone or docents. The most
more than 30 years of actually entering a building able to answer any effective interpretation
designing interpretive or site. This phase allows questions visitors may have includes a rich mix of
centers, Ive found that the guests time to cleanse their prior to their interpretive strategies to reach the
most meaningful minds of their journey or experience. widest possible audience.
experiences are created daily stresses and prepare Orientation provides Transformation is the
through a close for their visit. Effective visitors with an ultimate goal of the visitor
collaboration between decompression happens understanding of the experience. Successful
architects, landscape over a meaningful amount opportunities available visitor and interpretive
architects, and exhibit of time and distance, so they can plan their facilities do more than
designers. and ideally incorporates visit. In the case of a just provide information,
Inherent in that process some initial interpretation. natural site, orientation is they touch people on
typically limited to a map many levels, allowing
of trails and destinations, them to make personal
EFFECTIVE DECOMPRESSION HAPPENS with information such as
distances, difficulty of
connections to the subject
matter and inspiring them
OVER A MEANINGFUL AMOUNT OF terrain, etc. Conversely, to learn more. Imparting
in a large visitor center, that knowledge and
TIME AND DISTANCE, AND IDEALLY orientation is often an appreciation of the
multifaceted, including resources in a clear and
INCORPORATES INITIAL INTERPRETATION. maps, interactive touch memorable way is the key
ALAN REED, FAIA, LEED AP, GWWO Inc./Architects screens, orientation to transformation.
films, and access to staff Visitor experiences are
for specific questions. a significant component of
is incorporating the most Often, clients are Regardless of the vehicle, lifelong learning and provide
logical visitor sequence. conflicted about the idea proper orientation is critical many opportunities to
I use the acronym of decompression and the to a comprehensive and impact ones life. To make
ADROIT when describing need to accommodate enjoyable visit. that experience as enjoyable
the sequenceArrival, the disabled or elderly. Interpretation and stress-free as possible
Decompression, Reception, While these are important overarches the entire requires an ADROIT touch.
Orientation, Interpretation, considerations, more often visitor experience and
and Transformation. than not, solutions can be should begin the moment
More insights from BD+Cs
Arrival is the first found without sacrificing guests enter the site. It
29 AEC blog partners at
impression of a place or the opportunity for is accomplished through
www.BDCnetwork.com/Blogs
site. Ideally, one sees their decompression. a variety of vehicles and
destination prior to parking Reception is the formal venues that range from

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| TRENDSETTING PROJECTS | By David Malone, Associate Editor
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD VISITOR CENTER

TELLS STORY OF OPPRESSION, THEN FREEDOM
DORCHESTER COUNTY TOURISM
mans life. The buildings grows wider as the museum, visitors are
buildings design visitors move northa met- directed toward a memorial
expresses the im- aphor for freedomwhile garden that heads north
portance of traveling the view to the south is before weaving through the
northward to escape truncated by the splay of the site and returning to the
the circumstances of buildingmeant to suggest beginning. This gardens
slavery through an inte- a sense of oppression. path is meant to represent
grated site, building, and The design firm, GWWO Tubmans circuitous routes
exhibit design. Inc./Architects, used three and willingness to return to
The museum is con- volumes to memorialize the region.
ceived as a series of ab- the fates of the enslaved A series of exhibit galler-
The $21 million, 15,000-sf stracted forms made up of in the region: be sold, stay ies, an orientation theater, a
Harriet Tubman Under- two main structures, one in fear of being sold, or run museum store, an informa-
ground Railroad Visitor administrative and one away. As visitors make their tion desk, a research library,
Center in Church Creek, exhibit. The structures are way north, they can take offices, and support spaces
Md., uses engaging dis- joined by a shared entry detours to other parts of the are all included in the mu-
plays and exhibits to tell plaza and terrace. museum to discover and seum, which opened to the
the story of Harriet Tub- The space between the learn. After passing through public in March.

COVINGTON, WASH.,
GREENLIGHTS A 214-ACRE
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
LakePointe Urban Village, a 214-acre
mixed-use development expected
to exceed $670 million, recently
received unanimous development
approval from the city of Covington,
Wash. The mixed-use community will
include an 850,000-sf regional and
lifestyle center, a 130-key hotel, up
to 1,500 single-family homes and
multifamily residences, a 20-acre
lake, and open space and trails. A
peninsula will extend into the prop-
ertys 20-acre lake and contain retail
shops, restaurants, a pavilion park,
homes, and green space.
LakePointes main street will
allow for vehicular and pedestrian
trafc. The buildings will feature
eclectic and traditional design ele-
ments to create a sense of timeless-
ness. Groundbreaking is expected to
occur in early 2018.
Lakepointe is a joint venture be-
tween Oakpointe Communities and
DETROIT PISTONS PERFORMANCE CENTER
Presidio Residential Capital. KTGY
HOPES TO INVIGORATE THE COMMUNITY,
Architecture + Planning is the mas-
CREATE AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
ter planner and designer.
In late 2016, the Detroit Pistons announced plans to
leave The Palace at Auburn Hills and return to down-
town Detroit. As part of the phased transition, the
team is planning the Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Per-
formance Center in the New Center neighborhood. De-
signed by Rossetti, the 100,000-sf facility will serve as
a training facility and headquarters for the Pistons and
will include a sports medicine, treatment, and rehabili-
tation facility managed by Henry Ford Health System.
It will feature a player locker room and lounge, full-
service kitchen and dining facilities, weight room, hydro
and cryogenic treatment systems, green space and
courtyards, and a dedicated Henry Ford Health Systems
Sports Medicine Building connected to the performance
center. The new facility will also be incorporated into
the community with public spaces for community rela-
tions, networking, youth basketball clinics, fitness,
health, and nutritional programming. Construction is
slated to begin this summer.

| TRENDSETTING PROJECTS |
SEATTLE HOTEL WILL sf of meeting and ballroom shopswill con-

BE THE LARGEST space integrated with a nect the new build-
IN THE PACIFIC two-story glazed base that ing with the street.
NORTHWEST features a restaurant and All of the ground-
At 1.4 million sf, the Hyatt hotel lobby functions. Of the level spaces
Regency Seattle, currently smaller volumes, the north- are designed to
under construction, is des- ern portion will be devoted spill onto wide,
tined to become the largest to ballrooms and will feature landscaped sidewalks to mixed-use neighborhood. A
hotel in the Pacific North- a pre-function hallway and create a visible merger of mid-block connector will in-
west upon completion. The event space. The southern inside and outside. The terface with an existing alley
45-story, 500-foot-tall tower portion will contain meeting second level will include a for pedestrian, garage, and
is composed of two primary rooms. convenience store, a large back-of-house access within
volumes. The second primary vol- bar and restaurant, and ex- the interior of the block.
The first is a semi-de- ume is a 37-story tower panded lobby space. This leaves the street pe-
tached, eight-story podium housing 1,260 hotel rooms, The towers overall mass- rimeter free for continuous
bisected at street level a glass-enclosed fitness ing strategy will help to public space.
by a mid-block connector. center, and a club lounge. minimize shadows cast The hotel is expected to
This podium, which will be At the street level, a over adjacent blocks to be completed in 2018 and
divided into two smaller vol- series of highly transpar- the north, where the lower achieve LEED Gold certifica-
umes by a vertical window ent spaceslobby, porte- height of the podium aligns tion. LMN Architects is the
wall, will comprise 105,000 cochere, restaurants, bars, with the residential and design architect.
COURTESY ORE DESIGN
MANHATTANS UNION Suspended acoustic bafes

SQUARE GETS ITS VERY made from recycled water
OWN FARMHOUSE bottles translate the traditional
An unused space has been repur- geometry of the American
posed as a multifunctional com- farmhouse into an abstract ceil-
munity area, bringing GrowNYCs ing motif that guides visitors
fresh food markets, recycling re- throughout the environment.
source locations, and local garden Reective solar tubes illumi-
support under one roof. GrowNYC, nate a feature wall. An existing
a sustainability-focused nonprot, commissioned ORE Design mechanical shaft in the center of the room was turned into a
to create the community events center and learning space, mirrored jewel box for a vertical hydroponic wall. The educa-
located near Union Square in Manhattan. Dubbed Farmhouse, tional kitchen and large storage closets were built below an
the center includes a classroom forum, educational kitchen, existing re stair to create an additional projection surface.
and conference center. The rooms can be combined to oper- The result is a modern building with hints of classic American
ate as a fundraising venue. farmhouse architecture.

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| TRENDSETTING PROJECTS |
UNIVERSITY OF
IDAHO ARENA WILL
MAKE TIMBER A
FOCAL POINT
A new $30 million, 4,700-
seat sports arena will
house several of the Uni-
versity of Idahos sports
programs, including mens events, special concerts, for construction
and womens basketball and meetings. Timber and on the north side
and volleyball, when it is mass timber construction of Kibbie Dome and
completed in 2020. will become a focal point will become a show-
Designed by Hastings + for the project, which has piece for student athletes.
Chivetta Architects, with received a Wood Innova- Through its use of timber
Opsis Architecture as the tion Grant to help with con- and mass timber construc- KPFF Structural Engi-
architect of record, the struction costs. The arena tion, the arena will serve neers performed the struc-
University of Idaho Arena will become the first wood as a learning laboratory for tural engineering work. The
will also serve as a gather- facility of its size in Idaho. students in forestry and general contractor is Hoff-
ing space for academic The new arena is slated engineering. man Construction.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES BUILDING

HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABILITY
IN EVERY DESIGN ELEMENT
It makes sense that a building dedicated to envi-
ronmental studies would focus on sustainability
as much as the new Center for Environmental
Studies at Bishop ODowd high school does. The
5,500-sf laboratory, designed by Siegel & Strain,
includes two laboratory classroom spaces that
expand onto a large outdoor patio overlooking San
Francisco Bay.
The LEED Platinum and Zero Net Energy Veri-
ed building minimizes energy use via its site
orientation. South-facing clerestory windows are
protected from unwanted solar gain by a deep
overhang. A large porch shades the west end of
the building and wraps around the structure to the
north to cover the outdoor classroom.
A 4,300-gallon cistern that collects rainwater
for toilet ushing and irrigation and low-ow water
xtures have reduced potable water by 60% over
baseline water usage. The building materials used
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HEALTHCARE FACILITIES | By John Cauleld, Senior Editor
HOME
Located on the fth-oor roof of the East Tennessee Childrens

Hospital in Knoxville, this 4,500-sf roof garden offers a quiet
escape for patients and family members. The curvilinear design
DENISE RETALLACK
was inspired by the Tennessee River and the native riverfront

PHOTO CREDIT
landscape. CRJA-IBI Group designed the space.

AWAY
FROM HOMEBuilding Teams help childrens hospitals create
a sense of normalcy for patients and their families.
O
N JUNE 6, THE FIRST PHASE in the Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford in Palo
construction of the new Childrens Alto, Calif. Now, architecture is doing what it has
Hospital at Erlanger in Chatta- always done best: affect peoples lives, their moods.
nooga, Tenn., broke ground. When That influence, though, doesnt stop at shiny ob-
it opens next year, this three-story, jects, brighter colors and signage, or themed floors.
90,000-sf, $40 million outpatient AEC sources says their healthcare clients are focused
centerwhich HKS designed and Mc- on giving young patients a level of control over their
Carthy Building Companies is building surroundings, and a way to maintain some continuity,
will encompass 72 exam rooms, 21 specialty pediatric while hospitalized, with relatives and friends.
clinics, lab and imaging services, and a pharmacy. Most childrens hospitals will have areas of respite
Sick or injured kids who come through the centers for patients to enjoy recreation or retreat to a garden
front entrance and lobby might forget, if for a mo- or sitting area, resources to continue school while in
ment, theyre in a hospital. Those areas will feature an the hospital, and similar childrens activities to make
authentic 1891 steam engine donated by the Tennes- their stay more enjoyable, says Dan Spinetto, VP and
see Valley Railway Museum, a 30-year-old fire truck Regional Operations Manager with Brasfield & Gorrie.
cab from the Creative Discovery Museum, a pink tow It is important for the construction team to under-
truck donated by the International Towing and Recov- stand the purposes of those areas, and appreciate
ery Museum, a tree house provided by the local tourist that they are as important to the care of the patient
attraction Rock City, and kite-like gliders suspended as the procedure rooms.
from the ceiling. When HDR takes on a childrens hospital project, it
Such decorative flourishes are among the posi- pursues a design philosophy that takes into account
tive distractions this and other new and renovated understanding human nature and empathizing with
childrens hospitals are adding to mitigate fears and what children and their families are experiencing, says
anxieties of patients and their families. Brian Zabloudil, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Senior Healthcare
It used to be that you could put a couple of toys in Planner and Childrens Services Leader with HDR.
the lobby and that was enough, says Randy Beckwith, The firms latest work in this sector includes the
AIA, LEED AP, Project Manager with Carrier Johnson + 340,000-sf expansion of the Childrens of Missis-
Culture, whose resume includes recent work on the sippBatson Childrens Hospital, in Jackson, and the

HEALTHCARE FACILITIES |
Dimensional Innova-
tions, an experiential
design rm based in
Kansas City, Mo., de-
veloped the immersive
Nicks Theater, located
in the Gerdin Family
lobby of the University
of Iowas Stead Family
Childrens Hospital.
Patients can run two
interactive games on
the theaters 32-foot-
long screen, which
uses Microsoft Kinect
software. Researchers
ALEX GRIGSBY, DIMENSIONAL INNOVATIONS

at the National Chil-
drens Medical Center
in Washington, D.C.,
have found that video
games can provide a
distraction that aids
in pain relief.
450,000-sf expansion of the Childrens Hospital At one of CannonDesigns recent projects, the
and Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Each has 141,000-sf St. Louis Childrens Specialty Care
been designed with a particular sense of place Center in Town and Country, Mo., the firm and hos-
and scale, says Zabloudil. pital worked in tandem to examine how children
Childrens hospitals, in fact, have become interact with and perceive healthcare spaces.
incubators for hospital design innovation, says The facilitys design, in turn, focused on provid-
Uma Ramanathan, AIA, Principal with Shepley Bul- ing opportunities to play, socialize, fantasize, and
finch, which has produced a report, Designing for explore. For example, Stroupe says the hospital
Children, that identifies seven factors that make allows patients to personalize their rooms with
these daunting environments less intimidating artwork either they or their friends create.
(see sidebar, page 37). Writable surfaces hang from patient room
walls, sized to accommodate the age ranges
CREATING A SENSE that pediatric care touches.
IT USED TO BE THAT YOU OF NORMALCY Childrens hospitals treat a gamut of patients
COULD PUT A COUPLE Childrens hospitals differ from other

healthcare facilities in several ways.
that runs from newborns and young kids to
teenagers and even adults with chronic child-
OF TOYS IN THE LOBBY For one thing, when youre treating a
child, youre really treating the whole
hood illnesses. The charge for Building Teams,
then, is to create an environment that is
AND THAT WAS ENOUGH. family, observes Jocelyn Stroupe, friendly and appealing to a preschooler as well
RANDY BECKWITH, AIA, LEED AP,
IIDA, CHID, EDAC, ASID, Director of as a high school kid, says Brasfield & Gor-
CARRIER JOHNSON + CULTURE Healthcare Interiors with CannonDe- ries Spinetto. He and other AEC sources say
sign. So any design should strive to that common areas with multiple features that
create a sense of normalcy, says Stroupe, es- include educational games and diversions can
pecially for inpatient care, where kids have longer bridge the hospitals patient-age divide.
lengths of stay. Given that some patients with chronic illnesses
That often translates into designs that per- or injuries that require therapy or treatment might
petuate routines to make patients feel more be returning to the hospital down the road, pediat-
comfortable, less stressed. More hospitals allow ric-care design must consider a patients stages of
patients to control room environments, such as psychosocial development, observes Joshua Theo-
lighting. And childrens hospitals often include dore, ACHE, EDCA, VP and Global Health Practice
learning areas and even classrooms where pa- Leader with Leo A Daly. The building should lead
tients can keep up with their school work. them on a path to recovery, he says.

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rooms. Cooper says this is a three-phase proj-

ect that could eventually build out to a total of
42 suites.
Hospitals themselves are being designed
with larger patient rooms and family-friendlier
amenities.
The patient rooms at the Childrens Hospital at
Erlanger will range from 280 to 350 sf, double the
size of the rooms in its older hospital, says Bruce
Komiske, MHA, FACHE, VP of New Hospital Design
and Construction for Erlanger Health System.
Kevin Kuntz, President of McCarthys South-
east division in Atlanta, thinks its good that
rooms are being made spacious enough for
relatives to stay with patients longer because
patients are more willing to talk with family
NICOLE W PHOTOGRAPHY
members about their illnesses or discomforts

than with the hospital staff.
The Medical University of South Carolinas
(MUSC) 625,000-sf Shawn Jenkins Childrens
Hospital and Pearl Tourville Womens Pavilion,
In late 2016, Childrens
currently under construction in Charleston,
Healthcare of Atlanta Sometimes that initial leg of that path can S.C., and scheduled to open in October 2019,
at Egleston renovated be a hike. Childrens hospitals often serve will include ICU rooms that are double the size
nine sleep rooms, where
parents can stay to rest,
large geographic regions. Some families must of rooms in its older facility, and other patient
shower, and do laundry travel great distances to provide their child rooms that are 80% larger. Families staying for
while their children receive with the care they need, and to stay with them extended periods will have access to kitchens,
treatment at the hospital.
These rooms serve more
long-termwhich is generally considered an showers, and washers and dryers. The new build-
than 2,300 families per important therapeutic element in the patients ing will have enhanced Wi-Fi capacity. A confer-
year. Braseld & Gorrie, recovery. Hospitals are recognizing the need to ence room on each patient floor will allow medi-
the projects CM, teamed
with architect Crosby De-
accommodate those families for longer stays. cal teams to collaborate and discuss patient
sign Group on the project. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Con- issues with family members.
necticut and Western Massachusetts on July Childrens hospitals seem to be paying particu-
1 opened a 30,000-sf, $11.35 million Ronald lar attention to improving familial experiences in
McDonald House across the their neonatal areas, with an eye toward letting
street from Yale New Haven mothers stay closer to newborns longer, and
THE CHARGE FOR BUILD- Childrens Hospital in New Ha- families to remain in close proximity to mothers
ven, Conn. Ronald McDonald after childbirth.
ING TEAMS IS TO CREATE Houses typically accommo- The Childrens Hospital and Medical Center
date families whose children in Omaha, which is scheduled for completion
AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS are the sickest, and who in 2021, will include a fetal care center with
travel the farthest distances side-by-side operating rooms, so specialists can
FRIENDLY AND APPEALING TO for care. Most of the families perform C-sections and then bring newborns
A PRESCHOOLER AS WELL AS here are Latino, have large

families, and arent afflu-
into the second OR if there are complications,
explains HDRs Zabloudil.
A HIGH SCHOOL KID. ent, says Ron Cooper, AIA,
NCARB, Principal with Svigals
The $75 million, 271,120-sf expansion of the
East Tennessee Childrens Hospital in Knoxville,
DAN SPINETTO, BRASFIELD & GORRIE
+ Partners, which designed which opened in April, includes a 44-bed NICU
this project. A typical stay for designed to allow family members to be present
a family at a Ronald McDonald House is four 24/7 to promote critically important bonding
weeks, he says. with newborns, says Keith Goodwin, the hospi-
The new building in New Haven replaces an tals President and CEO. That space includes a
older Ronald McDonald House a few miles suite with a kitchen, resource center, and walk-
away. It includes 18 suites and two respite out roof garden.

Ramanathan of Shepley Bulfinch, the design seeking input from patients families as never
architect on the project, says her firm employed before. HDR, for one, relies pretty heavily on
gaming technology to figure out how to get more family focus groups when its designing hospi-
natural light into the NICU rooms, which are orga- tals, says Zabloudil.
nized into clusters to make it easier for patients Twenty-six family members of current and
families to interact with each other and with the past patients were involved for more than a year
hospital staff. in the design phase of MUSCs new childrens
MUSCs childrens hospital will feature a neo- hospitalwith between one and four family
natal center where mothers and sick babies can members sitting in on every weekly architectural
stay together, as long as the newborns gestation meeting about clinical spaces.
is least 32 weeks. The only other hospital in the Among those parents was Kelly Loyd, whose
U.S. offering neonatal couplet care is Catholic twin daughters were born premature and had
Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., says Robin to stay at the hospital for weeks following
Mutz, MPPM, BSN, RNC, NEA-BC, Executive Nurs- their birth. Loyd chairs MUSCs Family Advisory
ing Director of the MUSC childrens hospital. Council and was part of the feasibility and
steering committees during the design of the
GETTING FAMILIES INVOLVED new hospital.
IN THE DESIGN PROCESS Perkins+Will [the projects design architect]
Hospital administrators and AEC teams are remarked in a blog that it wasnt used to that kind
2017 HKS
Hasbro Childrens Hospital in $200 million phase will

Providence, R.I. That facil- encompass a 12-story tower
ity included local artwork, a for inpatient services and the
live zoo in its lobby, and a renovation of the womens
36-foot sailboat on its roof. services pavilion. Phase three
This was the first hospital to will be a new childrens OR.
solicit the donation of a fire Komiske shared with
truck for young patients to BD+C some simple steps to
play on, which became one of creating a successful childrens
Komiskes trademark design hospital:
features. Craft a vision statement
He has authored six and a list of guiding prin-
books on design innovation ciples. Childrens Hospital
Q A year after he was for childrens hospitals and of Erlanger aspires to be the
BRUCE KOMISKES
installed, in 2013, as President is a sought-after speaker. most important new building
RULES FOR and CEO of Erlanger Health Komiskes designs are evident in Chattanooga. The principles
SUCCESS: System in Chattanooga, Tenn., at the University of California driving this project would
RENOWNED Kevin Spiegel recruited Bruce at San Franciscos Benioff create an environment with a
Komiske, one of the industrys Childrens Hospital; the Sidra sense of place thats universal-
HEALTHCARE
leading authorities on design- Medical and Research Hospital ly appealing to all ages, pro-
PLANNER SHARES ing childrens hospitals, to in Doha, Qatar; and the Ann motes best practices, supports
HIS RECIPE FOR develop a master plan for the and Robert Lurie Childrens Erlangers academic mission,
SUCCESSFUL seventh-largest public hospital Hospital in Chicago. and conveys a commitment
in the U.S. That plan included Childrens Hospital at to health and wellness. The
CHILDRENS
a new childrens hospital to Erlanger is a three-phase, $300 design needed to promote
HOSPITALS replace a 40-year-old facility. million project, whose first learning and teaching, and the
Komiske has worked on phasea 90,000-sf, three- Building Team needed to be
childrens hospitals since story outpatient centerbroke good stewards of the budget
1994, when he helped create ground in June. The second, and resources.

PATIENTS ARE MORE WILLING TO TALK WITH
FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR ILLNESSES OR
DISCOMFORTS THAN WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF.
KEVIN KUNTZ, MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES
of involvement by families on such a project, recounts Loyd, with evident satisfaction.

Those families didnt win every battle over design changes. But some of their
victories were notable. Loyd recalls one woman who was involved in the design
of the cardiac room. Initially that design called for an open floor plan. But this ORDINARY ROOFS
womanwho had lost a child to illnesswrote a letter to the council stating that
the design wouldnt give families the privacy they needed WASTE ME
to grieve. Her letter was forwarded to the hospitals
medical director, who read it at the next meet-
ing and then said the design would defer to
this womans request and would include
private rooms.
paired up, and Komiske and

his team spent three weeks
with the finalists, helping them
come up with seven renderings
each, based on the hospitals
programming. The hospital
then rented an IMAX theater
in Chattanooga, where the
HYDROTECH ROOFS
The new Childrens Benchmark the project two squads presented their
Hospital at Erlanger is a against other hospitals. visions to the public. A couple
three-phase, $300 mil-
LEVERAGE MY
lion project that, when Komiskes team traveled to hundred people showed up.
completed, will be part seven childrens hospitals, And while their choices werent
of a much larger medi-
POTENTIAL
including facilities in Seattle, the final verdict, we ended up
cal center and womens
pavilion, with mixed- Philadelphia, and Richmond, picking the team they liked,
use components. The Va. Lessons learned from those says Komiske.
lobby of the hospitals visits include how best to Use mockups for show and
outpatient center will
include a vintage re organize the on-stage/off-stage tell. The Erlanger Building
truck (above) and hang clinical areas, with separate en- Team, which includes HKS and
gliders (opposite page) trances for patients and staff, McCarthy Building Companies,
suspended from the
ceiling. HKS is the proj- and that the days where every built 300-sf mockups of treat-
ects designer. McCar- clinician had a private office ment and medical rooms for a
thy Building Companies were over. Childrens Hospital fundraising event that was held
is the CM. CIRCLE 771
at Erlanger wont have any. in a large hangar. Those mock-
Win over the community. ups were then reassembled
A design competition for in the hospitals medical mall,
Childrens Hospital at Erlanger where user groups could walk
narrowed the field to two through them and make sug-
design and two construction gestions for design alterations.
management companies. They John Caulfield, Senior Editor
A new clinical research

campus for the Childrens
Hospital of Philadelphia,
across the Schuylkill River,
will include four distinct
open spaces that link that
campuss buildings. Coo-
per Robertson and Pelli
Clarke Pelli are teaming to
design the project.
COOPER ROBERTSON
GREEN SPACES OFFER RESPITE AND HEALING

TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES
Q Last fall, as the Massachusetts Medical Center, which includes a spaces totaling 4.5 acres. The first
Department of Public Health was flowering garden with turf, a laby- building, the Roberts Center for
approving the construction of a $1 rinth, and a water feature. Pediatric Research, just opened,
billion clinical building for Boston A roof garden is among the and the entire project should be
Childrens Hospital, opponents amenities planned for the Univer- completed by 2022.
protested outside the State House sity of Louisvilles eight-story, $78 Don Clinton, AIA, MRIAC, LEED
because that project requires million Pediatrics Medical Office AP, Partner with Cooper Robert-
demolishing a half-acre healing Building, which is in the final stag- son, one of the architects on this
garden, Prouty Garden, which was es of construction and anticipates project, says this public realm
bestowed to the hospital 60 years 140,000 patients visiting its offices will be accessible to patients and
ago. annually. The new eight-story, $120 their families, and will connect
The hospital plans to move some million Dayton (Ohio) Childrens the buildings to the surrounding
elements of that garden to smaller Hospital patient tower, which was University City neighborhood.
open spaces inside and outside completed in June, includes a roof- The public spaces also support
the new facility. This debate calls top garden with a giant xylophone the resilience of the site and its
attention to the contemplative, and walkway, as well as special surrounding community, along the
therapeutic, and sustainable values play areas for children battling Schuylkill River, in the event of
that patients, families, medical cancer. flooding. The design plans for the
professionals, and the public often Some hospitals are integrating collection, conveyance, and reten-
associate with green spaces within outdoor parks into their design tion of 85% of the stormwater that
or near childrens hospitals. concepts. A new 8.5-acre clinical hits the site through a combina-
First Lady Melania Trump trav- research campus for the Childrens tion of green roofs, rain gardens,
eled to Washington, D.C., in April Hospital of Philadelphia will include and underground cisterns that are
to dedicate the rooftop healing three 26-story towers that are expressed as landscape features.
garden at Childrens National linked by four distinct public open John Caulfield, Senior Editor

At the Childrens Hospital at Erlanger, Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford are
Komiske says he originally wanted to using immersive VR technology to ex-
suspend a half-size medevac helicop- plain complex congenital heart defects.
ter from the lobbys ceiling as a cool MUSCs childrens hospital uses
feature that connected with one of that VR technology to provide autistic kids
facilitys signature services. But one
parent said during a design meeting
with virtual visits to the hospital
and some of its procedure and test- HELPING YOU
that while the real medevac saved his
sons life, his family didnt want to be
ing rooms so there are no surprises
when they are admitted, says Mutz. HARNESS THE
reminded of the experience every time
they walked into the building. Thats
Other hospitals use VR to distract kids
who require frequent injections. POWER OF RAIN
when the team decided to suspend But some AEC sources arent sold
hang gliders instead, says Komiske. yet on VR as a substitute for simulation
rooms that hospitals have long used
VR IN PEDIATRIC CARE: to prepare children for what its like THE GARDEN ROOF
PROS AND CONS to be rolled into an MRI tube or onto

Before the design of the Childrens an operating table. Shepley Bulfinchs ASSEMBLY
Hospital at Erlanger was completed, Ramanathan, for one, thinks real
McCarthy built 300-sf mockups of simulation rooms are still better than
patient rooms, which different user any virtual alternative. What hospitals
INTRODUCED OVER
groupsstaff, families, former pa- are missing these days is a sense of 20 YEARS AGO,
tientscould walk through and take touch, especially for a child, says Ra-
notes for possible changes. Will Gaith- manathan. Plus, a lot of people dont
PROVIDING:
er, McCarthys Senior Project Manager, understand VR.
stormwater management solutions
says suggestions included more USB The University of Connecticuts Brain
reduce
ports and cabinets sized so they dont Imaging Research Center, which maps
impede strollers coming into and being oxygen sensors in the brains of children retain
stored in the room. with disabilities, includes a 10x16-foot delay
simulation room with an ersatz MRI extended roof longevity
machine that physicians use to explain
WHAT HOSPITALS ARE to kids whats going to happen and to additional usable space
gain their trust, says Cooper of Svigals
MISSING THESE DAYS + Partners, which renovated the 4,500-
full assembly warranty
IS A SENSE OF TOUCH, sf center a couple of years ago.

But just as technology is now integral
Learn more today at
ESPECIALLY FOR A CHILD. to medicine, surgery, and rehab, so
too is it likely to play a bigger role in y p n
UMA RAMANATHAN, AIA, SHEPLEY BULFINCH
helping childrens hospitals create im-
mersive experiences that take patients
This was better than VR, which minds off of their problems.
weve also used, because it allows The University of Iowa Stead Family
people to see colors, fabrics, and so Childrens Hospital in Iowa City, which
forth, says Gaither. opened in February, recently debuted
AEC firms regularly use virtual reality in its lobby a 32-foot-long, curved-
to assist their clients in understanding screen theater that, using Microsofts
design nuances or construction choices. Kinect technology, runs two interactive
And a growing number of hospitals are games: Eagles Flight, where kids use
incorporating VR into their patient care. their arms to control the flight of birds
Seattle Childrens Hospital recently across the U.S. to view landmarks like
teamed with the startup Pear Med to Mount Rushmore; and Story in the
develop VR and augmented reality soft- Stars, which brings three stories to
ware for clinical diagnosis and patient life as constellations. The theater is ac-
communication. Pediatric cardiologists cessible to children in wheelchairs and
at the Childrens Heart Center at Lucile with limited mobility.
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Harness the Power of Rain is a trademark of American Hydrotech, Inc.
Tom Collins, Chief Operating Officer of Dimen- menting with digital distractions for chil-
sional Innovations, which developed the theater, drens hospitals and has incorporated some of
sees diversionary tactics like this becoming them into early designs. One recent hospital
more prevalent in childrens hospitals as ways project includes a huge digital wall that has
to help sick kids escape from the hospital become the first stop for kids. And it operates
without physically leaving the building. He adds without any touching required, which Ramana-
that a basic system can be installed for under than says is an important consideration in
six figures. high-acuity settings where infection control
Ramanathan says her firm has been experi- is a priority.+
COURTESY HDR
The 350,000-sf expansion of

Childrens of Mississippis Batson
Childrens Hospital in Jackson will
connect the outpatient building to
the main hospital. Other childrens
hospitals have been pushing pedi-
atric care into neighborhoods that
are closer to potential patients and
their families. The Building Team:
HDR (interior design, CE, landscape
architect, medical equipment plan-
ning), CDFL (ambulatory outpatient
clinic architecture, interior design,
MEP), Walter P Moore (SE), and
Braseld & Gorrie (CM).
PEDIATRIC CARE MOVES TO THE BURBS,

CLOSER TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE
Q Erlanger Health System in Houston, which in 2011 CHID, EDAC, ASID, Director severe case that comes to
chose to build an outpatient opened its West Campus, of Healthcare Interiors with them should be expedited to
center as the first phase of its along Interstate 10 and Barker CannonDesign. She notes that the main hospital.
new $300 million childrens Cypress Road, with ambula- a lot of these centers are clinics Brian Zabloudil, AIA,
hospital because it would tory care so that parents whose services include outpa- NCARB, LEED AP, Senior
impact the greatest num- dont have to travel so far, tient surgeries, cancer treat- Healthcare Planner and Chil-
ber of children, says Bruce says Theodore. ments, and physical therapy. drens Services Leader with
Komiske, VP of New Hospital Next spring, Texas Childrens As more hospitals focus on HDR, has noticed that more
Design and Construction with will begin opening an extensive providing suburban outpatient hospitals are integrating their
Erlanger. outpatient network in Austin services that include basic outpatient and inpatient care.
That outpatient center, that, over the following five urgent care and ambulatory One reason, he suggests, is
when completed next year, years, will encompass four pe- care in more convenient retail the recognition that a lot
is expected to serve 100,000 diatric urgent-care clinics, three settings, Dan Spinetto, VP and of these kids have chronic
sick or injured kids annually, pediatric specialty-care clinics, Regional Operations Man- illnesses and are in and out of
and would be part of a grow- 18 pediatric primary-care prac- ager with Brasfield & Gorrie, hospitals all of their lives.
ing trend among healthcare tices, and two maternal-fetal sees one drawback. Many The expansion of the
systems to push pediatric medicine practices. families can get confused as Batson Childrens Hospital in
services out into the commu- The expansion of outpatient to when they should go to a Jackson, Miss., which HDR
nity, says Joshua Theodore, centers associated with chil- suburban outpatient center designed, physically attaches
ACHE, EDCA, VP and Global drens hospitals is more the versus a main hospital. He the outpatient center to the
Health Practice Leader with norm because of the difficulty believes that hospitals need main hospital, which offers
Leo A Daly. for parents to get patients to to create the right identity access to adjacent surgery and
He points specifically to main hospitals in urban areas, for outpatient facilities, and imaging services.
Texas Childrens Hospital says Jocelyn Stroupe, IIDA, establish guidelines for when a John Caulfield, Senior Editor

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AEC TECHNOLOGY | By David Malone, Associate Editor
SOFTWARE CORNUCOPIA
Jacksonville Jaguars new facility showcases the power of computational design.
I
nspired by the citys mesmerizing network array of 3D and 4D software programs to create
Grasshopper for
Rhino was used with
of estuaries and bridges that span the St. and build this signature design element.
the Lunchbox plug-in Johns River and frame the NFL Jackson- The roof consists of 3,000 tons of struc-
to create Dailys ville Jaguars home facility, Dailys Place, tural steel that support a PTFE membrane. The
Places roof struc-
ture. Populous de-
the Jaguars new 6,000-seat amphitheater PTFE fabric is suspended from 430-foot-long
signed the roof form and 94,000-sf indoor practice field, owes structural steel trusses that support an array
and then worked in its identity to a local convenience store of structural steel v-columns. The roof links the
tandem with Walter
P Moore to create
chain that won the naming rights. steel beams with the PTFE membrane, which
the roofs structure There was nothing convenient about the was placed on the underside of the structure
and subdivide it into amphitheaters design, however. The 160,000- something that had never been done before.
trusses.
sf structure is a deceptively complex building, According to Populous, this was done to keep
marked by its most intricate feature, an un- the continuity of the buildings architecture in
dulating roof. Hundreds of AEC professionals relation to Jacksonvilles bridges visible from the
scattered around the world employed a dazzling exterior. Since right angles are rare in nature and

AEC TECHNOLOGY | By David Malone, Associate Editor
just about nonexistent when it comes to rivers, build team to locate the intersection early on
the roofin fact, the entire structurewas de- and correct the geometry before construction ad-
signed such that it does not have a single piece vanced too far, saving time and money.
of steel perpendicular to another. Hundreds of professionals from firms across
Creating and implementing this riverine design the U.S. (Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York,
was premeditated, calculated, and engineered and Jacksonville), England, and New Zealand
to come together exactly the way it did. But with- participated in the project. To avoid time-wasting
out the use of software like Grasshopper, Rhino, errors, Populous maximized its 3D model and
and Revit, there is no way the roof could have available software to create a model that could
been completed in five months, as it was. be shared by the contractor, steel fabricator,
Grasshopper was used to review the design and erector.
of the structure and calculate the reductions in Populous and structural engineer and design
Each piece of steel
roof fabric that were needed to suck in the roof team member Walter P Moore knew from the
was modeled and from the sides and reduce overhangs. Grasshop- outset that an embedded and nontraditional
placed with purpose per also helped to rectify a delay in the rolled design and documentation strategy was needed
in order to create a
design that resembled
steel schedule by allowing the team to easily to be able to deliver the complex project in the
Jacksonvilles numerous determine which members provided a stronger 12-month construction schedule, says Thom
bridges and estuaries. impact between rolled versus straight members. Chuparkoff, AIA, LEED AP, Lead Project Manager
The result is a building
without a single piece
The workflow of Rhino to Revit helped the for Populous.
of steel perpendicular team to discover that the roof geometry needed Populous and Walter P Moore implemented,
to another. to be corrected at the intersection of the roof shared, and tested Grasshopper, Dynamo,
and the concourse. This workflow allowed the and Revit concurrently throughout the entire
project. This process allowed the design to be
automated and iterative to meet the construc-
tion managers needs and the subcontractors
schedules.
As the project advanced, the Grasshopper and
Revit models were transferred into Tekla soft-
ware, which allowed for collaboration between
the design and construction teams. Populous,
Walter P Moore, Hunt Construction Group, Danis
Building Construction, Banker Steel, and Struc-
ture Flex were able to use the same design and
fabrication models concurrently to advance the
design and detailing for construction.
Walter P Moore and Populous took responsi-
bility for the Tekla model to create the Advanced
Bill of Materials model, which they turned over
to Banker Steel for fabrication and assembly,
COURTESY HMC ARCHITECTS

says Chuparkoff. Banker Steel was then able to COMPONENTS
use Walter P Moore to utilize their own models for
OF DAILYS PLACE
the shop drawing portion. This saved time in fabri-
cation and installation. AMPHITHEATER
In the construction realm, the workflows allowed
the design and construction process to become
blurred. By implementing Rhino to Revit early be-
tween the architect and structural engineer, we were
able to continue that model relationship and extend
the workflow into the steel fabrication and detailing,
says Chuparkoff.
Despite the sheer complexity of the structure,
the RFI log amounted to less than 300 project-
related questions from the field, he says. The mul-
titude of software programs used managed to keep
the project organized, updated, and distributed
among all team members, regardless of where in
the world they were located.
COURTESY HMC ARCHITECTS

Dailys Place held its first event May 27. Home-
town band Tedeschi Trucks played the first concert
in the new amphitheater, which Jaguars owner
Shadhid Khan described as iconic. +
SOFTWARE HELPS DEMYSTIFY

THE PROJECTS COMPLEXITY
Q Heres how the software Grasshopper for Rhino structure, Populous used This exploded axonometric
view of Dailys Place shows the
programs used in Dailys was used in tandem with this workflow to represent nine major components of the
Place helped simplify the the Lunchbox plug-in to the structure in the Revit design. The PTFE membrane
intricate project: build the roof surface and model and drawings. (2) located underneath the roof
structure (1) is something that
Rhino and Revit were subdivide the structure into Kangaroo, a form-finding has not been done before,
used as the primary geom- trusses. The roof form was plug-in for Rhino-Grasshop- according to Populous.
etry modeling programs for designed by Populous; then per, was used in the early
the project. The roof and the Grasshopper script was stages of the job to quickly
skin were modeled in Rhino, worked on jointly with Wal- study design intent. The the structural steel framing
which is considered more dy- ter P Moore to create the structure could be updated through custom-developed
namic for complex geometry. structure for the roof. as programmatic and func- plug-ins developed by
Rhino was also the common A Grasshopper script was tional directives changed Walter P Moore that used
medium for collating digital used to write out point data the roof form. The base Grasshopper as the primary
models and coordinating be- to an Excel file to transfer input for the script was 13 interface.
tween teams for interfacing geometry from Rhino to input curves that could be Tekla was used to com-
and clash detection of fabric Revit for coordination and manually adjusted in Rhino. municate the full steel pack-
and steel. It was also used documentation. Then Dy- The structural analysis age and connection details
for studies of ponding and namo was used to pull that components of GSA and with the steel contractor via
drainage of the fabric surface. data into Revit to build na- SAP software were used in the 3D model. This enabled
Revit was used for all other tive geometry with adaptive tandem to study structural the seamless transition from
geometries and full construc- components. As Walter P steel and fabric. These CDs to shop drawings and
tion documents. Moore was engineering the programs helped analyze fabrication.

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By C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor | ADVANCED MATERIALS |
NEW STEEL SYSTEMS ADD
COURTESY SOM / SCOTT FRANCES PHOTOGRAPHY

STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
Advances in R&D are fostering new forms of structural and aesthetic steel.
AESS steel columns at Lee Hall III,

Clemson University, designed by
Thomas Phifer and Partners with
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. SPONSORED BY
R
ecent advances in steel struc- mance, and decrease overall construction
LEARNING OBJECTIVES tural systems, notably in archi- costs, according to Kheir Al-Kodmany, of
After reading this article, you should tecturally exposed structural the University of Illinois at Chicago. They vi-
be able to: steel, steel plate shear walls, sually communicate the inherent structural
+ EXPLAIN how novel steel struc- and castellated and cellular logic of the building while also serving as a
tural systems can improve con- beams, have been the subject medium for artistic effect, he adds.
struction project delivery, building of development by structural
performance, and sustainability. engineers, steel specialty con- SMOOTHING STEEL DELIVERY
tractors, and industry groups. One major initiative over the last year has
+ DESCRIBE the use of architectur- Architecturally exposed structural steel focused attention on Section 10 of the
ally exposed structural steel and (AESS) has been used in projects ranging 2016 American Institute of Steel Construc-
how new standards facilitate the from college buildings to airports. In these tion Code of Standard Practice, which
design, delivery, and construction applications, architects toe the line between addresses AESS. Industrywide work led to
using these building systems. design and engineering by showcasing the significant revisions of the code, organized
form of a material generally recognized into multiple categories and different treat-
+ DISCUSS the use of steel sheer mainly for its function. When left exposed, ments required for each kind of exposed
walls and castellated and cellular structural steel can express form, integrity, steel material. In general, since steel can
steel structures. and beauty in buildings while simultane- be rolled or bent to tight specifications with
ously demonstrating function and strength, widely available fabrication technologies,
+ LIST additional steel building according to Modern Steel Construction. complicated designs can be easily accom-
techniques that simplify construction The benefit of AESS lies primarily in its plished with the material. Steel can also be
and design. expressiveness. Exterior bracing and diagrid test-fitted prior to shipping, helping ensure
systems have been shown to reduce build- that on-site erection goes smoothly. Steel is
ing materials, enhance structural perfor- considered among the most recycled build-

| ADVANCED MATERIALS |
ing materials available, making AESS practical and system has an impressive 50-year design life.
sustainable as well as an aesthetic choice. The wheels design gives passengers the feeling
The code committee improved the ANSI document they are floating. This is accomplished with a single
AISC 303-16 with a defined approach to specifying rim element and single cabin-support bearing. The
AESS in construction documents. Five categories wheels steel structure is left completely exposed,
(AESS 1, 2, 3, 4, and C) are given, corresponding to allowing guests to notice design details as small as
typically increasing cost and time for fabrication and the steel connectors, according to Klai Juba.
erection. The approach follows on a successful 2009 AESS was also used in the twisting steel design
STEEL PLATE update to the Canadian Code of Standard Practice. A for Samsung 837, at 837 Washington Street, New
growing pool of architects and structural engineers is York. The seven-story digital playground of glass
SHEAR WALLS endorsing the U.S. adoption by referencing the AESS and steel features a modern exoskeleton of riveted
categories in project submittals and CDs. beams and girders. It was built on top of a build-
OFFER BOTH The code defines the statement of custom and ing constructed in the 1920s, creating a historical
CREATIVE AND usage for fabricated structural steel, said Code

Committee Chair Babette C. Freund, President,
mashup of two architectural statements.
Another noteworthy new case, Lee Hall III at
STRUCTURAL Universal Steel of North Carolina. This is important
to allyou dont have to reinvent the wheel every
Clemson University, presents treelike structures in
an elegant, minimal pavilion for an expansion of the
ADVANCES FOR time you have a new project. AISC President Charles
J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD, adds, The most fundamental
schools College of Architecture, Arts, and Humani-
ties. The architects from Skidmore Owings & Merrill
A VARIETY OF change is that, as of last year, the code is now an and a blue-ribbon project team used AESS to support
ANSI-approved consensus document. the building and roof plane with slender Y-shaped
APPLICATIONS. These developments bode well for the art of build- columns. Close-up inspection reveals exceptionally
ing. The structural benefits of AESS have resulted careful craftsmanship by the steel fabricator, allowing
in its employment in award-winning projects, includ- the finished members to appear smooth and visually
ing hundreds of buildings and even some wonders consistent to campus visitors.
like The Linq Hotels High Roller Hotel in Las Vegas,
designed by The Hettema Group, Pasadena, Calif., SHEAR EXCITEMENT IN SHEAR WALLS
with Klai Juba Architects, Las Vegas, and constructed Steel plate shear walls (SPSW) offer both creative
by a team led by local contractor W. A. Richardson and structural advances for a variety of applica-
Builders. At 550 feet in height and built at a cost of tions. The basic approach is to weld steel plates to
approximately $300 million, The High Roller is the columns and beams, creating a stiffened structure
largest observation wheel in the world, according that is relatively slender compared to alternative
to owner Caesars Entertainment. The exposed steel reinforced concrete walls; this can yield greater rent-
able area in the buildings. Prefabricated steel plates
are common production items in the manufacturing
world, making SPSWs easy to source. Plates can
The twisting steel exoskeleton
atop Samsung 837 in New York be easily bolted into place, too; in this way, columns
City shows the riveted girders can be connected with plates to stitch a reinforcing
in a rare example building structure to resist large loads as part of the
of AESS.
column erection sequence.
The AISC has partnered with Charles Pankow Foun-
dation to initiate a new study aimed at advancing
steel-plate composite shear walls filled with concrete.
(See BDCnetwork.com/PankowR&D for more about
GRANT FREDERIKSEN / CHATTERSTONE PHOTOGRAPHY
the Charles Pankow Foundations work.) The goal of

the researchconducted by civil engineering profes-
sor Amit H. Varma, PhD, and his team at Purdue
Universityis nothing less than to create a new way
to optimize the designs and speed the construction
schedules for high-rise buildings.
Concrete-filled composite plate shear walls, known
as CF-CPSWs, are becoming more familiar to project
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| ADVANCED MATERIALS |
SPECIMEN ONE-INNOVATIVE as shear walls in high-rise building core systems. needed for lateral loading is provided by steel plates
COMPOSITE SHEAR WALL More permissive concrete industry tolerances can that are narrower than spacing of the facilitys steel
be a challenge for these cores, and the speed at columns, improving the openness and accessibility
which the jump-forming can progress generally slows of the facility. The alternativetypical diagonal brac-
the project down, says AISCs Carter, a structural ingwould have decreased the usability of several
1 engineer. The steel-concrete composite plate ap- laboratory zones. The success of SPSWs in the
proach, the research partners expect, will eliminate Miami University project led directly to their use in
these drawbacks and still provide a system with another project, Ohio State Universitys Main Library.
excellent stiffness and damping. Proponents of Steel plate shear walls have also seen many
concrete core systems counter that their designs advances in design and behavior in recent years,
enjoy wide acceptance and availability. thanks to research linking top academic groups and
CF-CPSW core wall structures are gaining momen- industry leaders. The latest studies have helped
tum because they take advantage of steel prefab- improve the cyclic loading response of steel plates,
2
rication in the shop, which improves construction as well as engineers understanding of plate strain
precision, quality, and speed. CF-CPSW systems and other behaviors under real-world loading.
also use stay-in-place formwork in the field, which SPSW column design has also seen improvement,
can cut construction time required at the project including some with plastic hinges above the base,
site, says Purdues Varma. His teams $600,000 resulting in significant reductions in column weight.
research project is receiving technical support from Other studies of coupled SPSWs are improving de-
structural engineer Ron Klemencic, PE, SE, Hon. AIA, sign methods, the detailing of steel coupling beams,
3 Chairman/CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, and steel moment frames. Many of these have ap-
Jim Malley of Degenkolb Engineers, and seismic plications to better seismic design approaches and
structures expert Ronald Hamburger, SE, Simpson post-earthquake repair strategies.
Gumpertz & Heger. Steel fabricator Supreme Group
COURTESY HONGSONG HU, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
LP, Vancouver, is donating to the effort. CASTELLATED/CELLULAR STEEL BEAMS

The track record for steel plate shear walls has Castellated and cellular steel beams are yet another
been solid. SPSWs benefits include reductions in promising direction in the development of structural
wall thickness and building height while still offering steel systems. The quickly growing body of knowl-
4 strength values comparable to concrete but with edge surrounding the application of these beams
decreased density, according to Peter Timler, VP makes them a possible new choice for designers
of Engineering, Supreme Group. SPSWs are also and builders. Castellated and cellular beams of-
ductile and so can be constructed quickly. Recent fer unique benefits over traditional beams, mak-
SPSW testing covers many types of building projects ing them advantageous for projects ranging from
and has shown considerable success. Their use in parking garages to workplaces, according to David
the construction of nuclear power plants attests to Dinehart, PhD, Professor, Department of Civil and
their tight tolerances, reliable erection Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, and
record, and good performance in load co-author of a new guide on the topic.
WITH THEIR LONG BEAM resistance.

These benefits have rung true for many
Castellated and cellular steel beams have open-
ings within sections. This effect is created by cutting
SPANS, CELLULAR AND project teams in recent years. SPSWs
were used in the 5.5 million-sf L.A. Live
along the length of the section in a wave form and
welding the two pieces together to form a deeper
CASTELLATED BEAMS entertainment complex in downtown Los
Angeles, designed by RTKL Associates
section with openings. Castellated beams employ
hexagonal openings; cellular beams have circular
CAN PRODUCE SAVINGS and constructed by Clark Construction or oval openings. Longer spans and the ability to
and others for the Anschutz Entertain- run utilities through the web openings are just two
IN BEAM DEPTH AND ment Group. Miami Universitys Psychol- advantages, says Dinehart.
ogy Building and Animal Care Facility, Since services no longer have to be supported
SHEAR CONNECTORS. in Oxford, Ohio, designed by NBBJ and beneath the beams and the need for this space is
structural engineer SMBH, Columbus, eliminated, overall building height can be greatly
Ohio, also used SPSWs. reduced, too. With their longer spans, cellular and
Thanks in great part to the use of SPSW, the over- castellated beams can produce savings in beam
all weight of the L.A. Live structures was reduced by depth and the number of shear connectors required.
30%. For the Miami University facility, the resistance Cellular beams differ from castellated beams in

that the spacing of the cells can be changed between those who typically use reinforced-
COURTESY HONGSONG HU, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY

limits. This ultimately eliminates excessive infill use concrete flat plate systems, which
and allows for greater flexibility. Even within the same have been dominant in the resi-
cellular beam, several depths and diameters of the dential marketplace and in some
cell are possible without change in the fabrication. hotel designs.
Cellular beams also use ring stiffeners, allowing more In search of lower floor-to-floor
zones to be available for service. heights, a number of new sys-
The AISCs new design guide, AISC Design Guide tems present steel alternatives to
31: Castellated and Cellular Beam Design, offers tech- flat-plate concrete. Some employ
nical information necessary for employing castellated low-profile beams that are
and cellular beams. The guide, written by Dinehart, known to speed construc-
provides a review of the current state of practice of tion and help create open
the design of castellated and cellular beams, making interiors with great flexibility
note of differences in failure mode with traditional for room layouts. Using
beams. It also includes detailed models of both com- steel T-sections to span the
posite and noncomposite beams. floors, the systems allow
Of these beams, Sameer Fares, PE, SE, an R&D for the floor planks to also
structural engineer at New Millennium Building Sys- be used as the ceiling. This
tems and co-author of the AISC guide, says that the is beneficial because the
web openings in these beams introduce new limit underside of planks tends
states and unique design considerations. to be the smoother side.
Castellated and cellular beams are making a In some cases, the project teams clean and glaze
splash in innovative projects nationwide. The Lowes the bottom (ceiling) side of the plank, while alterna-
[Top] Steel-plate shear
Company Headquarters Parking Deck, Mooresville, tive designs employ a furring channel and gypsum
walls perform well
N. C., saved $300,000 in initial costs over precast board finish. According to Dan Fisher, Jr., with system in seismic-resistant
concrete, according to the project team, due to the maker Girder-Slab Technologies, about 200 buildings, construction assemblies.
Novel composites of
use of castellated beams, some over 60 feet long. mostly along the eastern seaboard, have successfully
steel and concrete are
The beams also added to the visual appeal of the employed these and similar approaches. under consideration.
parking complex, as noted by the American Galva- Some thin-floor systems help reduce the site area [Bottom]
Composite shear walls
nizers Association: It is not often that a parking required for equipment and material laydown, espe-
provide options for
structure is viewed as an attractive piece of a build- cially formwork, according to the AISC. They also pro- buildings in high seismic
ing complex, but, in this case, the aesthetic value of tect the steel from fire risk, so spray-applied products zones. Many are made
with steel plates con-
castellated beams elevates this Lowes structure to or encapsulation detailing may not be necessary. Like
nected to reinforced
an integral element of its appealing surroundings. flat-plate or thin-slab structures, this growing class of concrete walls. Courtesy
structures relies on the tight tolerances and efficien- Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl,
UC Berkeley
HYBRID STRUCTURES IN THE FRAME cies of prefabricated elements, which can bring a
Another area of study has been hybrid structures, in- building to market faster than ever beforeif proper
cluding wood-panel structural floor systems combined planning and lead times are observed.
with a steel frame. Under development by Skidmore, In-wall beams is another successful approach for
Owings & Merrill with the AISC, the concept shows thin-floor technology. These beams are aligned such
promise in fire-related testing. The approach uses that they fall along partition lines or soffits, through
cross-laminated timber (CLT), which effectively spans which the beams run. The approach uses conven-
distances of up to 30 feet. Such a structural element tional steel framing or with a steel deck or long-span
has appeal for multifamily construction due to its type of deck. The resulting floor assemblies may be
acoustical and damping properties. The typical design as slender as 10 inches or less, and in some smaller +EDITORS NOTE
carries CLT panels nested between asymmetric steel spaces may be as thin as five inches or less. This completes the read-
beams; the loads are carried by steel columns. A con- ing for this course. To
crete topping applied above prepares the subfloor. AESS, STEEL PLATE SHEAR WALLS, and castel- earn 1.0 AIA CES HSW
AISCs Carter says the technique could make steel lated and cellular beams are all proven technologies learning units, study the
more attractive in multistory projects, especially for that can be considered for a wide variety of building article carefully and take
its span advantages, while also reducing the floor types. These advances point to a future in which steel the exam posted at
system's weight. It also has benefits for seismic structural systems will be regarded as much for their BDCnetwork.com/
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12 INVENTIVE CEILING
+ ACOUSTICAL SYSTEMS
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1
3 4
1 EZ STAB 2 TECHSTYLE 3 SERIES 487-AR 4 SIMPLE MODERN

The EZ Stab Bolt Slot and Designed in collaboration Double-glazed, demount- This new collection of inte-
EZ Stab Tier Drop suspen- with HOK and designer Guil- able interior office partition rior and exterior metal wall
sion systems feature the laume Martin, this acoustic system delivers an acousti- panel and ceiling systems
stainless steel EZ Stab tile line offers a selection cal rating of up to 47 STC offers nine finishes that
clip, which is stronger of organic, abstract, and to keep exterior sound out were inspired by the design
than standard clips on the geometric patterns that and interior sound in. The teams discovery of ancient
market, according to the can be re-colored to fit systems 31/2-inch air cav- objects during recent trav-
maker. Its double-stitched the design of any room. A ity between the two glass els. Blue Rust, for example,
web and staggered rivet honeycomb design absorbs lites maximizes acousti- is a fresh take on rust, with
holes add stability and both high and low frequen- cal privacy while allowing purple and sea blue tones,
reduce twisting. Both sys- cies for robust acoustical ample natural light to flow that was inspired from the
tems feature a mitered de- performance. The Green- through office interiors. Beverly Pepper sculpture
sign on the cross tee and guard Gold-certified panels With available snap-in outside of the Ara Pacis in
main runner intersections are made of formaldehyde- pocket fillers, the Series Rome. Parisian Rust (pic-
for a clean, continuous slot free, fiberglass composite 487-AR can be converted tured) was inspired by an
with multiple lengths. construction. into a single-glaze system 18th-century manuscript
CERTAINTEED CEILINGS HUNTER DOUGLAS for enhanced versatility. found in Paris.
CIRCLE NO. 885 ARCHITECTURAL | CIRCLE NO. 886 C.R. LAURENCE | CIRCLE NO. 887 PURE + FREEFORM | CIRCLE NO. 888

5
7 8
5 ECHOSTAR 6 METALWORKS 7 SOUNDEDGE 8 INTEGRITY 4200

PANELS BLADES This collection of modular Designed for museums,
This line of diamond- Line of aluminum ceiling acoustical fins is con- art galleries, hotels,
shaped acoustic panels is blades has been expanded structed from the com- event spaces, office lob-
designed to be installed with 24- and 48-inch panys Soft Sound material bies, airports, and other
in specific areas that lengthsjoining the exist- (100% PET plastic with up high-profile interiors, the
require enhanced acousti- ing line of 96-inch panels to 50% recycled content) Chicago Metallic Integrity
cal control. The diamond offering designers more to drastically reduce sound 4200 suspension system
facets deflect sound waves flexibility to achieve custom- reverberation. The fins are features a double reveal
while the surface absorbs looking ceiling designs with available in a multitude of for a high-end look with
sound, reducing echo and standard items, including lengths and depths, are a smooth, white surface.
controlling noise. The striated, geometric, herring- easy to install, and can be It uses Rockfon acoustic
single or linked units are bone, cellular, and linear. mixed and matched in nu- stone wool panels with
available in five colors: The blades are available as merous configurations. The a square tegular narrow
white, ivory, speckled gray, perforated or unperforated material can be spaced to edge. The panels rest flush
gray, and charcoal. The panels, and in nine colors accommodate off-the-shelf with the center bar of the
distinctive units also serve and six effects. lighting systems. Starting grid profile to produce the
as an architectural effect. ARMSTRONG CEILINGS price: $150/fin. double reveal.
KIREI | CIRCLE NO. 889 CIRCLE NO. 890 ARKTURA | CIRCLE NO. 891 ROCKFON | CIRCLE NO. 892

| PRODUCT ROUNDUP |
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11
12
9MIAMI-DADE- 10 CMP-ALU6010 11 QMARK PANELS 12INTEGRATED

READY CEILINGS The historic King of Eng- Radiant ceiling panels are SOLAR NIGHTLIGHT
Six exterior ceiling systems land building in Stuttgart, designed to provide local- Tubular daylighting device
by USG have received No- Germany, is the first sus- ized spot heating or primary for light commercial and
tices of Acceptance (NOAs) pended-ceiling application heating for a range of appli- residential applications
from Miami-Dade County for for GKDs CMP-Alu6010 cations, from hotels to of- features a solar panel that
performance during severe composite mesh panel. fices to hospital rooms. The harvests and stores power,
weather testing. Included The panels were used for panels can be specified by so that when the sun goes
in the approvals are USGs the grid-free installation of dimension and output level, down its illuminated as a
drywall suspension sys- ceiling elements made of and are offered in custom nightlight. During the day,
tem and a series of metal gold-anodized aluminum colors and finishes. Panels the system functions as a
exterior ceilings, includ- mesh, creating a strik- are available in standard daylighting device, transfer-
ing Paraline Plus Linear, ing space on the top floor 24x24- and 24x48-inch ring light down a highly re-
Celebration Snap-In, and of the building. Made of drop ceiling panels, as well flective tubewhich bends
Celebration Torsion Spring. metal mesh and aluminum as custom sizes up to 28 up to 90 degrees and can
Applications include soffits, honeycomb plate, the inches wide and 96 inches be up to 70 feet longand
parking garages, and material delivers sag-free long. distributes it evenly into an
covered entrances. performance. MARLEY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS interior space.
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| PRODUCT INNOVATIONS | By David Malone, Associate Editor
WALKING ON
GLASS: CLEAR
FLOOR SYSTEM
OFFERS LARGEST
TWO-HOUR FIRE-
RESISTIVE PANELS
A new patent-
pending glass
oor system offers
easy installation, a
maintenance-free design,
and the largest panelized sizes
available, according to the maker.
The GPX FireFloor System is a single
glass unit composed of custom resistive glazing together in a single
SuperLite II-XL glazing combined with unit to eliminate condensation and
a tempered laminated non-slip walk- the desiccant bags used to combat
ing surface and a fire-resistive-rated these problems.
structural steel framing grid. The system uses the largest
The framing grid is shipped pre- tested and listed individual glass
fabricated and in sections for ease panels for two-hour fire-resistive
of installation in the field. Its design glass floor applications. The maxi-
allows installers to set the structural mum individual panel area is 40.9
frame and load each glass panel from sf for fully supported panels, 25.7
the top. This is in contrast to traditional sf for butt-glazed floor panels.
glass-floor systems, which require the The GPX FireFloor System was
installer to set the structural frame tested with a load of 100 psf and is
first, then the walking surface (which is available with load spans up to 50
loaded from the top) and the fire-resis- feet. It can be used in both interior
tive glass (which is loaded separately and exterior applications and comes
from the bottom). in multiple glass make-ups and
The GPX FireFloor System seals frame finishes.
the walkable surface and the fire- SAFTI FIRST|CIRCLE NO. 870

INSULATED WALL
SYSTEM CUTS DOWN
INSTALLATION TIME
The ProGUARD DP Insulated
Concrete Board system uses
fully engineered panels that offer
thermal protection with ship-lapped
edges to eliminate thermal breaks
and meet continuous insulation
requirements. ProGUARD DP is a
combined system that eliminates
the separate steps of the drainage
plane, insulation, wire lathe, and
mortar bed to cut installation time
down to one-third that of traditional
wall systems. The concrete board
and insulation board are laminated
together, which results in the use
of a quarter-inch concrete board
(as opposed to a half-inch) for a
more lightweight assembly than in
traditional systems. ProGUARD DP
can be used with thin brick, thin
natural stone, thin porcelain tile,
thin manufactured stone, stucco,
and synthetic stucco.
ARRISCRAFT| CIRCLE NO. 871
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

KEEPS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE
A growing concern at U.S. universities and colleges is student and
staff safety. For Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, the solu-
tion for protecting its approximately 5,000 students from re, severe
weather, and other emergencies was to install a SimplexGrinnell
voice-enabled re alarm system. The system provides advanced re
detection and notication, and allows for emergency messages to be
transmitted in campus buildings through re alarm speaker devices.
The location of activated devices can be identied so emergency
personnel can respond quickly and efciently. Each array possesses
1200-1600 watts, which allows emergency messages to be heard
beyond the campus, up to two miles away.
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| PRODUCT INNOVATIONS |
SCUFF-RESISTANT
PAINT IS TAYLOR MADE
FOR HIGH-TRAFFIC
COMMERCIAL SPACES
It doesnt take long for the walls
of a high-trafc commercial space
to go from freshly painted to hav-
ing the appearance of a runway
at OHare International Airport.
Benjamin Moore is hoping to
rectify that situation with its new
Ultra Spec SCUFF-X paint, a rst-
of-its-kind, one-component interior
latex paint engineered specically
to resist scuff marks in high-
trafc commercial environments.
SCUFF-X provides the level of
scuff-resistance of two-component
coatings without the
strong odor, pre-
mixing, short pot life,
and application diif-
culties commonly as-
sociated with sim milar
a
products, accordingng
to the maker. The e
paint is recommen nd-
ed for such areas as
EXTERIOR METAL a prominent role in cladding
hallways, stairwells,
PANELS COMPLEMENT the vertical rooftop extension
lobbies, ofces,
PERFORMING ARTS of the auditorium and stage,
gymnasiums, locker
CENTERS MAPLE INTERIOR while approximately 4,000 sf of
rooms, public rest-
The 62,000-sf Austin Indepen- Petersens M-42 Wall Panels in
rooms, and retail t-
dent School District Performing Galvalume Plus were integrated
ting rooms. SCUFF-X
Arts Center in the Texas capital with the glazed curtain walls on
comes in one- and
offers a 1,200-seat auditorium, the exterior faade.
ve-gallon pails in
250-seat black box theater, and The 24-gauge panels used for
more than 3,500
100-seat multipurpose room. Its the rooftop extension were fin-
Benjamin Moore col-
main lobby is created mostly of ished in Burgundy, Colonial Red,
ors. Matte, eggshell,
glass and shows off the verti- and Terra Cotta to complement
and satin nishes
cal maple wood paneling inside. the maple used in the auditorium
are available.
In order to create a cohesive and lobby.
BENJAMIN MOORE
design, Pfluger Associates Archi- We wanted the upper, exte-
CIRCLE NO. 874
tects and Miro Rivera Architects rior material to appear as an
specified PAC-CLAD metal panels architectural continuation of the
on the exterior to complement maple paneling, says Jessica
the maple used in the main entry Molter, AIA, LEED AP BD+C,
and lobby. Project Manager with Pfluger
Two Petersen Aluminum Architects. You can definitely
profiles were used in the design see that at night when the lobby
of the project: 14,000 sf of is illuminated.
PAC-CLAD Flush Panels played PETERSEN ALUMINUM| CIRCLE NO. 873

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ADVERTISER Index
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American Institute of Steel Construction .. 51 ........................ 785 McNichols Company ............................. 16 ........................ 760
American Hydrotech, Inc. ......................37, 39, 41.... 770, 771, 772 National Grid* ...................................... 48 ........................ 775
Bestbath Systems.................................. 9 ......................... 755 NCFI Polyurethanes ........................... 14, 21 .............758, 764
Bluebeam Software .............................. 15 ........................ 759 nora systems ...................................... 6, 65..............753, 783
CENTRIA ............................................ 17, 63 .............761, 779 PFlow Industries ................................... 63 ........................ 781
CREE .................................................... 43 ........................ 773 PPG Metal Coatings ............................. 31 ........................ 768
Dryvit Systems Inc ................................ 25 ........................ 766 Rockfon ................................................ 23 ........................ 765
Fabcon* ............................................... 57 ........................ 776 SAFTI FIRST .......................................... 13 ........................ 757
FARO Technologies ............................... 44 ........................ 774 Technical Glass Products....................IFC, 3 ..................... 751
Georgia-Pacific Corporation ................. 10 ........................ 756 Uponor ................................................. 35 ........................ 769
Huber Engineered Woods ...................... BC........................ 784 USG ...................................................... 19 ........................ 763
I 3 Surfaces ............................................ 8 ......................... 754 Viega ................................................... 4, 5 ....................... 752
LATICRETE International .................... 18, 63 ............762, 777
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TRANSMOGRIFYING E INK, ENERGY-HARVESTING

PAINT REMOVE FICTION FROM SCIENCE FICTION
These materials can turn an ordinary wall into dynamic real estate.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUILD- programmed to dynamically switch

ING OF THE FUTURE, every mate- colors in nearly any pattern, shape,
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architectural materials, E Ink Prism developed a paint that can absorb
creates a new way for commercial water vapor and use solar energy
spaces such as large hotel lobbies, to split it and generate hydrogen.
office complexes, and airports to Hydrogen, which is often referred to
E INK (TOP); RMIT UNIVERSITY (BELOW)
change the aesthetics of the space as the cleanest source of energy,

without resorting to a large LCD or can be used in fuel cells or in con-
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and higher energy demands that an alternative to fossil fuels.
come with it. The paint contains synthetic
E Ink Prism has a paint-like ap- molybdenum sulfide, a new mate-
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patibility with various materials and and catalyses the splitting of water
shapes that make it highly suitable atoms into hydrogen and oxygen,
for architectural applications. E Ink according to RMIT. All that is need-
Prism comes in seven different col- ed for the paint to produce fuel is
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to switch colors in nearly any fuel-production space. Areas with
and Waltz
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sequence to change the (black)and humid climates provide ideal ap-
aesthetics of a wide can be sized plications for the paint. But its
variety of spaces. At developers say the material can
to be compat-
right, Professor Kou-
rosh Kalantar Zadeh, RMIT ible with most also be used in applications in
University, holds samples configurations, very dry, hot climates near oceans.
of glass dabbed with a new As the seawater is evaporated, the
patterns, and
energy-harvesting paint; lead
researcher Torben Daeneke dis- materials. paint will absorb the vapor and
plays a bottle of the material. The film can be produce fuel.

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AUGUST 2017

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