Form and function key to retail buildings

by Jonathan McGaha | April 3, 2011 12:00 am

The 26,800-square-foot
Holgate Square in Seattle is owned by Puget Properties, Medina, Wash., and is made up of four metal buildings with a 20-foot eave height from Memphis, Tenn.-based Varco Pruden Buildings. The first building has a 3:12 roof slope and utilizes a Varco Pruden SSR metal roof and R-32 Simple Saver roof insulation from Thermal Design, Stoughton, Wis. Buildings two, three and four have a 4:12 roof slope and utilize Varco Pruden’s SLR standing-seam roof panels and Thermal Design’s R-32 Simple Saver roof insulation. Anderson Construction Group, Seattle, was the general contractor, and CHG Building Systems Inc., Renton, Wash., was the installer.

Designed by Seattle-based Johnson Architecture & Planning, the buildings fit into the industrial character of the neighborhood and feature natural light and large volumes of space and durable low-maintenance finishes. “The unfinished space is designed to be flexible and can be divided into various sizes,” says Steve

Johnson, principal of Johnson Architecture & Planning. “We worked with CHG to customize the VP Buildings pre-engineered systems that are economical and appropriate for this use. We were able to incorporate the mezzanines, the large glazed roll-up doors and create very useful industrial and business incubator spaces that can accommodate what each tenant needs.”

Fontana, Calif.-based AEP Span supplied its Mini-V-Beam wall panels in Cool Metallic Champagne Kynar type paint for the majority of the building’s wall panels. Accent walls utilize AEP Span’s NuWave wall panels in Cool Zactique II Kynar type paint, applied horizontally. Modesto, Calif.-based Kingspan Insulated Panels Inc.’s Designwall insulated metal panels in a smooth Metallic Champagne finish were used as accents. The wall insulation is R-19.

While the project did not pursue LEED certification, it does feature a number of sustainable features, including:
• recycled and reclaimed material from the existing buildings that were demolished
• recycled content and recyclable natural of the steel building components
• the use of glass including natural ventilation
• the canopies and sunscreens
• high insulation values
• local source of many materials

To provide the most flexibility for future owners or tenants, the original building lot was divided into five separate areas-four building lots and one common area for parking-providing multiple possible configurations. The buildings are built out to nearly 100 percent coverage on the separate building lots. The broken-up wall surfaces on the street side and on the interior lot sides provide interest and function. The exposed wall bracing is used as a feature, and portal frame bracing as a function, to make door and window spaces as open as possible. The quality of the architectural metal roofing and siding shows bold vertical lines with wide flat insulated wall panels providing subtle features at the corners. Additionally, the cantilevered canopies feature stainless-steel interior gutters.

AEP Span, www.aep-span.com[1]
Kingspan Insulated Panels Inc., www.kingspanpanels.us[2]
Thermal Design, www.thermaldesign.com[3]
Varco Pruden Buildings, www.vp.com[4]

Source URL: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/projects/holgate-square/

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