Metal building, IMPs house ice rink

by Christopher Brinckerhoff | February 1, 2018 12:00 am

Banwell Architects’ design for Jacobson Arena at New Hampton School in New Hampton, N.H., was driven by its program, architectural language of other buildings on campus, budget and future use. The facility is a fully enclosed and temperature-regulated hockey arena with a warming lobby overlooking the ice. The ice surface and support spaces are in one large mass under a main roof, which is how the architectural language of the building affirms the program.

Riess Construction LLC built the 36,771-square-foot arena with two metal building systems and three mezzanines supplied by Northern Building Systems. Secondary framing is G-90 galvanized steel members. The ice rink and locker rooms comprise 33,410 square feet. The lobby is 3,361 square feet. Jacobson Arena has a metal roof and insulated metal panel walls.

To coordinate with other buildings on campus, roof lines match the roof of an adjacent gymnasium. For future use, the arena’s structural system can accommodate an addition at the west end for a banquet facility. Also, its roof structure can accommodate photovoltaic panels.

The project included extensive site work and was designed for minimal impact on the environment including minimized non-encroachment of wetland areas. The existing ice rink was demolished after half of the new ice rink was in place.

For the roof on the main ice rink, Riess Construction installed 33,231 square feet of MBCI’s 24-gauge Double-Lok standing seam roof system in Kynar Classic Green. The roof was insulated with Therm-All Inc.’s OptiLiner banded liner system with a bright white polyethylene fabric that is a vapor retarder.

The main structure’s eave height is 23 feet, 2 inches. At the lobby, Riess Construction installed New Millennium Building Systems LLC’s 22-gauge Acoustical B-deck primed white.

For the ice rink’s walls, Riess Construction installed Kingspan Insulated Panels Inc.’s 42-inch-wide, 3-inch-thick Shadowline insulated metal panels in two colors; Sandstone is the primary color and Taupestone panels were used for accents.

For daylighting, thermally broken, low-E, Argon-filled insulated windows were installed. The project was completed in 2016.

Source URL: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/projects/metal-building-imps-house-ice-rink/

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