Project Award: SCC Cloud Song Center
Best of the Best Small Project (under $10 million) I Engineering News-Record
Architect- Architekton
ESD had completed MEP engineering for the new 31,000 square foot building, which includes six classrooms, an accounting and statistics learning center, faculty offices and student support space. In collaboration with Architekton and SCC, the goal was to be certified LEED Silver
Exposed Concrete Panels:
All exterior panels are exposed colored concrete with a sandblast finish--no paint or coverings were applied to the concrete. Okland worked out many mockups between Architekton and Suntec to select the right combination of coloring, sandblasting finishes, and concrete sealers. Panels were poured directly onto the waste slab which had to be perfectly flat and free of blemishes that would transpose to the face of the panels.
Ad-Hoc Ceiling System:
In the shared space in the Business School, the gypsum ceiling encompasses an abstract layout of exposed decking and linear lighting fixtures. The layout of the lighting and decking needed to sit perfectly within the structural joist spacing or angles, so the long lights would fit between joints. The layout also extends from the interior lights to the exterior making it a continuous ceiling system from the inside-out only broken up by the curtain wall.
Water Scupper:
The coordination between the physical element of the wall scupper and the adjacent site was a collaboration between the landscape architect, steel sub-contractor, Suntec, Architekton and Okland. The water scupper made of solid copper provides an element that showcases the remnant of water in the desert, further emphasizing its importance to the place and the SRP-MIC Community. The water is directed through a runnel beneath a cantilevered concrete bench into a bioswale, collecting water for the native vegetation.
MEP designs created for 75,000 square feet of renovations amongst 3 floors of CBRE Group Phoenix’s new office space. Sustainable designs were thoughtfully incorporated throughout, including light power reduction, water use reduction, and outstanding thermal comfort which contributed to achieving LEED® ID+C Gold status: Commercial Interiors.
