Mountain Man
Senior Member
The black piece I see looks to be a metal spandrel panel on the window assembly, though there is the black panel in the first picture you posted yesterday that could be a hardie type material.
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I walked up close to it to try and get a pic, but the scaffolding was in the way. I thought it also might be some sort of metal flashing or something....hard to say. I'm anxious to see some more material go up.
Snapped a few more pics of this today.
Here are a few of the courtyard entrance. It’s hard to get a close-up view with all the scaffolding in the way, but I think the entrance is going to be wider and more prominent than has come through in some of the pics.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
If the cladding on this ends up being corrugated metal I might have an aneurysm.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Yeah, wtf with the corrugated metal?
Chinook Arch
Active Member
If it's corrugated metal, I won't make a judgement until there is a significant amount up. With corrugated metal it can look good or bad, for example I like the look of the corrugated metal on Annex.
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October
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The corrugated metal is likely just a base layer, I've seen this before on other buildings most notably the Rocky Ridge YMCA, the whole building was covered in the metal before the actual spandrel was put over top. It's also green which would make no sense looking at the renders. I expect the spandrel on this building to look similar to what is on the YMCA, but white/silver-ish rather than gold.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I've never heard of corrugated metal as a base layer under the finish cladding. That would be extremely expensive as well.
Beazley66
Active Member
I haven't heard of corrugated metal being used as a drainage layer. I have heard of lath strips which are not metal, and they reduce thermal heat transfer + bridging. The orientation of these panels pieces seems to imply they may be used as a drainage layer, but I'm not sure it makes sense from a building envelope perspective. The City of Calgary has only recently approved the use of fiberglass Cascadia clips to fasten cladding and allow for a good rainscreen design. Not sure what this is about.
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
It appears that those corrugated metal squares have been taken down from the west side of the building. Not sure about the back of the building.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
They looked like a mock-up, so perhaps they are considering a cladding change or adding that as accent panels?
bgarneau
Active Member
I would say it was an opening act to allow for full building prep while the main show is in the shop for fab
Beazley66
Active Member
Frankly, I'm a little concerned about building envelope continuity. I'm looking at the Typar Metro Wrap application, and the inconsistent taping. Kind of giving me cold sweats. Although, the photos are a couple weeks back. Also not too sure small green metal mock-ups qualify as an opening act.
bgarneau
Active Member
Taping the joints is actually bad practice as it can hide tie ins. As long as the membrane has correct lapping it's functioning correctly. There are two envelope engineers on the project bc of its complexity and so nothing is missed
Sneak peek of the courtyard. Difficult to get a sense of space with all the scaffolding.
Sneak peek of the courtyard. Difficult to get a sense of space with all the scaffolding.