Project Profiles
BeforeAfterArden Realty, Irvine, Calif.
Retrofit Team
ARCHITECT: Spaces Planning & Design, Irvine, www.spaces-oc.com
LIGHT-GAUGE FRAMING DESIGNER: Architectural Systems Inc., Poway, Calif., www.asi-sd.com
PANEL INSTALLER: Emerald Metal Products, Signal Hill, Calif., emeraldmetalproducts.com
Materials
More than 36,000 square feet of Envelope 2000 metal composite material was used on the project. The panels were finished in clear anodized and Shasta white and installed using the Reveal System, a field-assembled attachment method utilizing perimeter moldings.
Manufacturer: Citadel, www.citadelap.com
The Retrofit
The building was originally constructed in the early 1970s and featured a rough-finished stucco.
“The biggest challenge was with the existing building being out of square and out of plumb. The conditions were definitely not good,” explains Dale Gronewold, owner of Emerald Metal Products. Gronewold’s team built a 16-gauge framing structure in 40-foot sections on the roof and lowered it to the ground. Then, the metal panels were attached to it.
PHOTOS: Citadel