Metal panels provide flagship look for school district

by Jonathan McGaha | December 31, 2008 12:00 am

The design of the new Pattengill Middle School in Lansing, Mich., was intended to provide a flagship look for future Lansing School District facilities. The 200,000-square-foot (18,580-m2), 850-student institution delivers a “high-tech, modern, up-to-date look” according to architect Jay Van Duren of GMB Architects, Holland, Mich.

Approximately 9,000 square feet (836 m2) of 24- by 24-inch(609- by 609-mm) panels in 0.063-aluminum and 24- by 48-inch (609- by 1,219-mm) panels in 0.080-aluminum Dri-Design panels in Silver Mica by Dri-Design, Holland, were utilized. The patentedDri-Design Wall Panel System is a dry joint, pressure-equalized rainscreen system.

“The notable design challenges included developing an overall grid and accentline arrangement that would provide a transition from the brick below to the roof soffit panels and the standing seam roof above,” according to Van Duren. “The Dri-Design system provided the flexibility to adjust accent lines and panel lines to match the control joints of the masonry below. The look of the panels provided a clean and highly planar surface to lighten up the top half of the two large building forms within the context of the total envelope.”

Van Duren also cited low cost, ease of construction and choice of colors as reasons for selecting the Dri-Design system. The panels were installed by Bouma Interiors, Okemos, Mich.

Dri-Design

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