Hmong American Peace Academy (HAPA) High School, Milwaukee

by Rosa Soto | February 1, 2022 12:00 am

Hmong American Peace Academy (HAPA) High School was built with three types of metal wall panels. Insulated metal panels (IMPs) were used for main walls of the 100,000-square-foot building to provide insulation and a weather barrier, as well as meet aesthetics requirements. Multiple heights (modules) were required, as a lot of the joints align with other elements of the building. Formed corners allowed for corners to be done without trim. The main part of the building is a white color to give it a lighter feel compared to masonry. A darker gray color was used in recessed areas to accentuate voids.

John Holland, vice president of operations at G&L Associates Inc., the panel dealer, says, “The main challenge with this school was that there were so many things to align the joints with, and there were a lot of corners and starting/stopping points. Because of this, we had to do 3-D scanning on the building after a lot of the adjacent work was in place. The 3-D scanning gave us a visual image of the building in its entirety. This condensed the schedule, but allowed us to size the panels correctly since the formed corners do not allow for a lot of flexibility in the field.”

R.A. Smith Inc. scanned the building and Wenger Roofing Inc. installed CENTRIA’s 3-inch-thick Formawall Dimension Series IMPs in Crushed Ice and Slate Gray.

For the penthouse screen walls, Wenger Roofing installed CENTRIA’s BR5-36 ribbed, exposed fastener metal wall panels in Crushed Ice. At the soffits, Wenger Roofing installed CENTRIA’s IW-10A concealed fastener metal wall panels in Crushed Ice and Slate Gray.

Source URL: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/projects/hmong-american-peace-academy-hapa-high-school-milwaukee/

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