the People

Owner
Rock Valley College

Architect
Studio Gang/O'Donnell
(now called Studio/Gang Architects)
1212 N. Ashland Ave. Suite 212
Chicago, IL 60622
T 773-384-1212
F 773-384-0231
e-mail: jgang@studiogang.net

Lead design principal:
Jeanne Gang, AIA

Principals:
Mark Schendel, AIA, Kathleen O’Donnell, AIA

Project architects:
Junko Goseki, Juliane Wolf, Kara Boyd

Project team:
Michan Walker, Odile Compagnon, William Emmick, Thomas Alman; team
with models by Yasushi Koakutsu, Michelle Linden, Viola Metzger, Dominick Soltys

Engineers
Structural Engineer, Design:
Dewhurst MacFarlane and Partners
New York, NY; London, UK
Team: Tim Macfarlane, partner, Damian Murphy, Chris O’Hara, David Shea, Yumi Fujikawa, Yoshinori Nito

Engineering Motion Studies:
Peter Heppel

Motion Technology:
Uni-Systems
Minneapolis, MN
www.uni-systems.com
Cyril Silberman, Frank Worms

Wind Studies:
Battle McCarthy, Consulting Engineers
London, UK
www.battlemccarthy.demon.co.uk
Guy Battle

MEP:
Consulting Construction Services, LLC
Chicago, IL
Jim Bess

Consultants
Landscape:
Studio Gang with Rock Valley College

Lighting: (Owner’s Stage Lighting Consultant)
Barbizon
Chicago, IL
www.barbizon.com
Tobin Neiss

Rigging:
ACD
Indianapolis, IN
Damon Atwood

Sound System:
Sound Investment,
Chicago, IL

Cost:
Construction Cost Systems
Chicago Il.
www.ccsos.com

General contractor
Sjostrom & Sons
Rockford, IL
www.sjostromconstruction.com
Joel Sjostrom

Erector:
Area Erectors,
Rockford, IL
www.areaerectors.com

Photographer
Greg Murphey
(812) 597-0113
murpheystudio@yahoo.com

CAD system, project management, or other software used
AutoCad 14, 2000 usa.autodesk.com

the Products

Structural system
Steel Frame for Roof and Proscenium Building - Metal Fabricators
Rockford, IL

Painter:
Karl Schoening & Sons
Rockford, IL www.kschoening.com

Gluelam Roof Panel Structure:
RLD Company, Inc.
Vancouver, WA
– Supplier: Schmeling Building Supply Rockford, IL www.schmeling.com
– Bailey Lumber, Rockford, IL

Roof Panel Structural Tongue and Grove Wood Decking:
- Manufacturer: Lock-Deck www.lockdeck.com / Disdero Lumber www.disdero.com Portland, OR
– Supplier: Schmeling Building Supply
Rockford, IL www.schmeling.com
– Bailey Lumber, Rockford, IL

Exterior cladding
Masonry:
Glazed Brick for Control Booth:
Rauch Clay Sales Corporation
Chicago, IL www.rauchclay.com

Copper Cladding Proscenium Building:
Fabricator / Installer: Master Sheet Metal
Rockford, IL

Roofing
Theatre Roof:
Grace Ice & Water Shield
www.na.graceconstruction.com

Proscenium and Control Booth Roof:
EPDM Roofing: Firestone, Carmel, IN

Stainless Steel Standing Seam Roof:
Fabricator / Installer: Master Sheet Metal
Rockford, IL

Doors
Proscenium Building Weather Door:
Door Engineering and Manufacturing Co.
www.doorengineering.com
Austin, MN
with Polygal cladding www.polygalusa.com
Polygal USA, Janesville WI

Door Hardware:
Schlage www.schlagelock.com

Interior finishes
Stage Floor:
Tongue and Grove Wood Decking: Lock-Deck www.lockdeck.com / Disdero Lumber www.disdero.com Portland, OR
– Supplier: Schmeling Building Supply
Rockford, IL www.schmeling.com
– Bailey Lumber, Rockford, IL

Raised flooring Control Booth:
– Supplier: Interface AR, Grand Rapids MI
www.interfaceinc.com
Nevamar, Hampton SC www.nevamar.com
– Installer: Airtite Contractors, Inc.
Chicago, IL www.air-tite.net

Concession Stand Counter Tops:
Corian www.corian.com

Furnishings
Fixed seating - Theatre Seats:
American Seating, Grand Rapids, MI www.americanseating.com

Lighting
Bollards:
Lampas www.lampas.com

Step Lights:
Prescolite www.prescolite-lsp.com

House Lighting:
Altman www.altmanltg.com

Lighting Controls:
–Theatre lights:
Electronic Theatre Controls www.etcconnect.com
– House lights: Unison

Plumbing
Lavatories:
Acorn www.acorneng.com
Neo Metro Collection

Toilets:
American Standard www.americanstandard.com

Drinking Fountain:
Haws www.hawsco.com

Accessories:
– Bradley www.bradleycorp.com
– American Specialties, Inc. americanspecialties.com