UNT Health Science Center MET
LEVEL 2 PLAN 1 AUDITORIUM 2 OPERABLE PARTITION STORAGE 3 UPPER LOBBY 4 CLASSROOM 5 BREAK-OUT 6 RESTROOM 7 ROOF TERRACE 2
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project
Health Science Center’s Medical Education & Training
Building, Fort Worth
(MET) building is located in Fort Worth’s Cultural District,
c l i e n t University
only blocks from the Kimbell and Amon Carter museums.
a r c h i t e c t Jacobs
The project was designed by Ennead Architects (formerly
d e s i g n t e a m Robert Young, AIA; Kevin McClurkan, AIA; Jesse Peck,
the Polshek Partnership) with Jacobs serving as architect
AIA; Nathan Carruth, AIA; Kyle Nix, AIA
and engineer of record. The MET is the first project to be
c o n t r a c t o r Austin
completed as a part of the Health Science Center’s recent
c o n s u l t a n t s Jacobs
master plan, which calls for a ‘greening’ of the campus
scape); Worrell Design Group (food service); The Access Partnership
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of North Texas System and Ennead Architects
Commercial (civil/structural/MEP/fire protection/land-
and an updated architectural vocabulary for new build-
(accessibility); WMA (hardware); Pruitt Consulting (codes)
ings. The program of the five-level, 113,000-sf building
p h o t o g r a p h e r Thomas
McConnell
a café on the lower two floors. along with patient simula-
r e s o u r c e s unit pavers :
Pavestone;
tion and physical therapy training rooms, an instructional
Forms; precast architectural concrete: Gate Precast Company; limestone:
surgical suite, and faculty offices on the upper three
Texas Quarries; cast stone : Advanced Cast Stone; masonry anchors :
floors. Materially the building responds to the existing
Hohmann & Barnard;
campus context by using precast concrete as a bris soliel
Metal; architectural woodwork and laminates : Woodhaus; building insula-
and stair tower cladding. At ground level, a curving wall of
tion : Johns Manville; aluminum composite panels : Alpolic (Armetco Sys-
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mall furnishings :
ornamental railings :
Landscape
Quality Custom Rail &
Cordova Shell limestone wraps the 500-seat auditorium,
tems); corrugated aluminum panels : MBCI (Armetco Systems); membrane
divisible into two 250-seat halves. Recently certified
roofing : Duro-Last Roofing; roof accessories : Petersen Aluminum; roof
LEED Gold, the MET included numerous other sustainable
pavers :
features, which were important to the client, according
(Florida Glass of Tampa Bay); glass : Viracon (Florida Glass of Tampa
to Richard Escalante, UNT System vice chancellor for
Bay); glazed curtainwall: YKK AP (Florida Glass of Tampa Bay); gypsum
administrative services. “By building in this manner,” he
board framing : Dietrich, USG; tile : American Olean, DalTile; terrazzo :
said, “the sustainable features for energy efficiency of
American Terrazzo; acoustical ceilings : Hunter Douglas, Armstrong
the buildings pay for themselves typically within eight
(Architectural Materials); metal ceilings : Hunter Douglas (Architectural
years. Plus, environmentally responsible buildings mean
Materials); acoustical wall treatments : Armstrong; paint: PPG; signage :
healthier buildings with better air quality.”
Art-o-grafx; operable partitions : Hufcor; shades : MechoShade (Kites
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UNT Health Science Center Medical Education & Training
includes an auditorium, classrooms, break-out space, and
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Completed in June 2010, the University of North Texas
Wausau Tile;
wood doors :
Assa Abloy;
entrances :
Oldcastle
Interiors); elevators : Thyssen Krupp; software : Revit, Autodesk
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