Architectural Glass and Aluminum Co. assisted in the construction of Franklin Antonio Hall at University of California San Diego’s campus in La Jolla. Completed in Spring 2022, the LEED platinum engineering facility houses seven different programs at the campus.
The highlight of this job included 4-feet wide, 15-feet tall, perforated aluminum sunshades throughout the exterior facade of the building. Installed by the field team, the end product is an innovative new learning facility designed for the engineering school.
Similar to the shape of a bow tie or the letter X, the sunshades stretch across the outer wall of the building. During the installation process, the field team used a four-color system to assign each sunshade to a specific quadrant, where they were placed into an outrigger bracket.
This color coded categorization was efficient and allowed the work to be completed with no issues, according to a company release.
Other systems on the main facade of this project included a unitized curtain/window wall and a stick built storefront with a skylight near the main entrance.
Additionally, the structure includes Panda multi-sliding doors, sprinkler baffles and interior fire-rated doors which went through extensive mock-ups at the beginning phases of development.
