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Building Statistics - Building Facade
Building Facade

As seen on the North elevation (Figure 4) the bottom band is 8”x 2 ½” two-aided curtain wall with custom cap with both transparent panels and spandrel shadow boxes. The left side of the middle band is architectural precast concrete while the right side is brick-faced precast panel in stack bond pattern with false jointing. The top band is 6 ¾” x 3” four-sided structurally glazed curtain wall with both transparent panels and spandrel shadow boxes. Above the main top band there is a vertical protrusion whose façade is 1”stucco on cmu substrate. Similarly the South elevation has this same pattern of horizontal bands of varying material.

Unlike the North and South elevations, the East and West elevations don’t present the horizontal banding clearly, instead it transitions into more vertical bands of varying material. From left to right these materials are 6” nominal cmu, 1” stucco, 6”nominal cmu again, brick-faced precast panel, and 1” stucco again. This vertical pattern applies up to the fifth floor, above that, the horizontal bands of stucco and glass curtain wall persist.

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Note:While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the infor- mation contained herewith is considered a work-in-progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original buil- ding designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Cassandra Watson. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design

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