Wasatch Campus, Utah Valley State College, Heber, Utah
by Jonathan McGaha | 31 March 2010 12:00 am
The $10 million campus has been a welcome addition for students who had been taking college courses through a satellite campus in a rental building in downtown Heber. The new 67,000-square-foot (6,224-m2) building is expected to be the centerpiece of a campus that will ultimately be home to approximately 2,500 students. The 20-acre (8-hectare) campus had been donated by a group of local landowners. The building includes classrooms, lecture halls, a library, food services and cafeteria, a physical fitness room, computer data rooms, a bookstore and administrative offices. The campus offers two-year degrees in accounting, behavioral science and business information systems, along with a bachelor degree in business management.
The building envelope consists of a steel structure, a combination of split-faced and homed concrete masonry veneer, natural stone veneer and glass. The stone came from a nearby quarry and was selected to reflect the natural colors and textures found on the site. The building also features 50,000 square feet (4,645-m2) of 24-gauge, 18-inch- (457-mm-) wide Englert’s Series 2500 metal standing-seam roof panels in Sandstone. Englert Inc. also supplied 20,000 square feet (1,858-m2) of Series 4000 Sandstone 24-gauge metal wall panels that complement the concrete and natural stone veneers.
Surrounded by stunning mountain landscapes, the facility was designed to follow the natural contours of the land and take advantage of the view corridors. The pitch of the standing-seam metal roof and its neutral colors were a key consideration in making a visual connection to the site. According to GSBS Architects, its “generous roofs provide character to the building by reflecting the natural slope of the land and protect large west-facing expanses of glass that provide access to views.”
The standing-seam metal roof also maximized use of recycled content in building materials, according to GSBS. “By incorporating the best of the sustainable architecture movement, the design follows standards for cost-saving modular approaches, aims to achieve a LEED rating and produces a facility that will last 100 years.”
Construction manager/building architect: Sahara Inc., Bountiful, Utah
Campus architect: GSBS Architects, Salt Lake City
Installer: Southam & Associates, American Fork, Utah
Metal roof and wall panels: Englert Inc., Perth Amboy, N.J., www.englertinc.com
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