Metal Construction News, November 2018
Ballet Memphis Memphis Tenn Completed August 2017 Total square footage 44270 square feet Architect archimania Memphis www archimania com General contractor Grinder Taber Grinder Inc Memphis www grindertaber com Installer Ralph Jones Sheet Metal Inc Arlington Tenn www rjsm inc com Glazing contractor Cooper Glass Co Marion Ark www cooperglass com Curtainwalls Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Santa Monica Calif www obe com Circle 43 Glazing Vitro Architectural Glass formerly PPG Glass Cheswick Pa www vitroglazings com Circle 44 Metal wall panels Petersen Aluminum Corp Elk Grove Village Ill www pac clad com Circle 45 quality to the building We wanted to make the project dynamic and energized The copper screen looks more solid during the day and perforated at night when lights are on behind it Plus the varying angles of the sun make the copper ever changing And the natural patina process will change it further over time as well I think copper adds an element that may be more dynamic than any other metal material we have used To construct the perforated copper screenwall Arlington Tenn based Ralph Jones Sheet Metal Inc installed 10000 square feet of Elk Grove Village Ill based Petersen Aluminum Corp s PACCLAD 7 8 inch 20 ounce corrugated perforated copper panels The project also utilized 10000 square feet of 7 8 inch 16 ounce corrugated solid copper panels The perforation pattern is 5 16 inch round on 1 2 inch stagger Gordon Jones president at Ralph Jones Sheet Metal says This was an unusual project The use of both solid and perforated corrugated copper was highly creative We coordinated with the design team throughout the process The standing seam panels are between 41 feet and 51 feet long installed vertically Their verticality helps break up the massing and scale of the building Installing vertical panels of that length is always a bit of a challenge Jones says Ralph Jones Sheet Metal installed 23000 square feet of Petersens 0032 inch aluminum Snap Clad standing seam panels in Cool Color Metallic Zinc On a fl at roof portion of the building PAC CLAD Tite Loc Plus panels were installed To allow daylight inside at street level some of the standing seam panels perforated are perforated in a 5 16 inch round on 1 2 inch stagger pattern Ballet Memphis building was built on a site formerly occupied by a hotel in the Overton Square entertainment district The project expanded Ballet Memphis operations and the building houses a rehearsal studio and performance space dance classrooms and lecture halls waiting and viewing hall and offi ces November 2018 METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS 23 www metalconstruct ionnews com
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