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Earth-friendly
Aesthetically pleasing
Low maintenance
LEED Certified
Quality Warranty
To create a LEED Certified building used to accommodate education, recreation and community gathering needs for a new residential community.
Limited budget
Inexpensive maintenance
Avoid the “big box” look of many schools
LEED Certification
Two clients established the requirements for this project – Kennecott Land and the Jordan School District, both located in Salt Lake Valley. The clients and architects agreed that the 117,000 square foot, two-level building should fit comfortably in the residential neighborhood. It was essential that the design of this large facility would visually reduce the size of the building.
The project team members that worked together to build this school included Brixen & Christopher Architects of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bud Mahas Construction, Inc., of Salt Lake City, and All Metals Fabrication of Ogden, Utah.
The use of metal wall panels and metal roofing in conjunction with split-faced concrete masonry afforded the designers a multitude of colors and textures from which to choosethat could relate to and complement the materials used on the new homes surrounding the school.
To reduce the visual scale of the facility, the designers clustered parts of the building into smaller forms, varied roof heights and different roof formations. The metal roof and wall materials were easily adaptable to the desired architectural design. Additionally, the metal roof gave the building more vitality than traditional asphalt shingled roofs.
Many of the exterior walls are of heavy-gauge cold-formed metal framing with metal wall panels attached. These walls were economical and and much easier to insulate than the concrete masonry walls. This resulted in a building that easily met the energy code requirements.
The Daybreak Elementary School attained a LEED Silver rating. Some of the contributing factors to this were the energy efficiency and recycled content of the metal roof and wall panels. |
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