Program: The 28,750-square-foot chilled water production plant includes five 21-ton chillers, a control room, a communication room, transformer vault, equipment storage, and janitor’s closet on the ground level. The pump room, storage room, and staff locker room are located on the second floor. Design concept and solution: The architects focused on the integration of engineering and architecture for this project constructed to house machines. To expose the technical elements of the plant, the architects designed a glass curtainwall facade supported on steel bar mullions. The interior chillers, boilers, pumps, valves, columns, girders, beams, floor decks, and pipes are brightly colored so they are easily seen from the outside. Concrete walls and floors, the steel structure, ducts, light fixtures, and pipes are also exposed. A portion of the facade is clad with continuous sheets of profiled perforated stainless steel panels held 4 inches in front of pre-cast concrete planks. Formal name of project: University of Chicago - South Campus - Chiller Plant Location: Chicago, Illinois Gross square footage: 28,750 sq.ft. Site size: 1.05 acres Total construction cost: $28,991,000 Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 P: 312 427.7300 F: 312 332.0274 Info@murphyjahn.com
Arch 497 - Revit
Spring 2010
Adriana Irby