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Modular VII Chiller Plant
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Philadelphia
Leers Weinzapfel Architects


Photography © Peter Aaron/Esto

the People

Owner
University of Pennsylvania www.upenn.edu

Architect(s)
Leers Weinzapfel Associates
280 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
Phone 617-423-5711
Fax 617-482-7257

Principal in Charge:
Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA

Consulting Principal:
Andrea P. Leers, FAIA

Project Manager:
Joe Raia, AIA

Project Architect:
Cathy Lassen

Project Team:
John Kim, Mee Lee, Anne Snelling Lee, Tom Chung, Ellen Altman, Jim Vogel

Competition Assistance:
Meara Daly, Mimi Hoang

Engineer(s)
Mechanical/Electrical:
William J. Trefz Consulting Engineers, Glenside, PA

Structural:
Keast and Hood, Philadelphia, PA

Site/Civil:
Boles, Smyth Associates, Inc., Philadelphia,
PA

Geotechnical:
Richard Mabry P.E., Maple Glenn, PA

Competition Civil Design:
Sverdrup Corporation, Boston, MA

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Cambridge, MA

Lighting:
Lam Partners, Cambridge, MA

Facilities Services for UPenn:
Trammell Crow Company, Philadelphia, PA

General Contractor
Sordoni Skanska USA, Parsippany, NJ

Photographer
Peter Aaron/Esto
914-698-4060

Renderer
Models:
John Kim, Leers Weinzapfel Associates

CAD system
Vectorworks, Version 8.0 www.nemetschek.net

 

the Products

Structural System
Fabricator:
Cives Steel

Erectors:
Cornell

Metal/glass curtainwall:
Insulated Metal Panels Product:
Centria Formwall 1000

Exterior Cladding
Curtainwall:
Product: Wausau
• Installer— Metalan Erectors Screenwall
• Manufacturer— Centria 3/4* Econolap custom with peforations
• Subcontractor—Exterior Systems and RK Metals

Concrete:
Subcontractor: B. Pietrini and Sons

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
Siplast - Modified Bitumen Membrane Roofing

Glazing
Glass:
PPG 1* Insulated Low-E

Doors
Entrances:
See Curtain Wall

Upswinging doors, other:
Bi -Fold Doors
• Manufacturer— American Bi-Fold Doors
• Subcontractor— South Jersey Overhead Doors

Furnishings
Fixed seating:
Baseball Stadium Seating- American Seating

Lighting
Exterior:
Screenwall Lights - Elliptipar
• Subcontractor— Silicon Power Controls

Conveyance
Elevators:
Thyssen Elevator www.thyssenelevator.com

Other
Landscape Site Work:
Subcontractor: RTCW

 

 

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