Emory Student Center, Atlanta

by Rosa Soto | October 1, 2021 12:00 am

Duda|Paine Architects designed the Emory Student Center at Emory University with an aluminum shading system that matches the surrounding context, and provides transparency and cover during summer months. Painted a terra cotta color, the aluminum roof trellis is a modern interpretation of terra cotta tile roofs at the school.

To match the Emory aesthetic consisting of stone, stucco and terra cotta roof tiles, the student center has stone and stucco to define the base of the building. The terra cotta-painted aluminum roof trellis is a contemporary response to the university’s clay tile roofs.

The 118,000-square-foot student center has a combination of indoor and outdoor social spaces, and study areas. Multistory spaces and pavilions are under a metal canopy. Circulation patterns allow accessibility on all sides of the building.

The aluminum trellis defines the area between pavilions and highlights a grand staircase, which provides access from the lowest level to an upper plaza. The aluminum roof trellis unifies the pavilions together and provides shaded exterior space adjacent to the building for flexible outdoor gatherings.

Peachtree Protective Covers Inc. fabricated and installed a custom trellis section with extruded aluminum airfoils. The company also fabricated and installed Mitsubishi Chemical Composites America Inc.’s 4-mm-thick ALPOLIC metal composite material (MCM) with fire resistant (FR) core into panels in a wet-joint rainscreen system. The panels have a fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE) polymer, AGC Chemicals Americas Inc.’s Lumiflon FEVE Cotta finish in Emory Brown. In total, 12,950 square feet of MCM and 4,060 square feet of aluminum airfoils were used.

Source URL: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/projects/emory-student-center-atlanta/

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