梅萨社区学院寻求学生舞蹈和音乐活动的家庭，决定了1150万美元的项目，将一个26,000平方英尺的电影院变成了一个48,000平方英尺的艺术中心。
在2013年3月开始，19个月的项目重复使用大约75％的现有电影院，包括墙壁，楼层和房屋后面的屋顶，组件和教室。一个460座多用途剧院用作新设施的核心。其他空间包括绩效教室，独奏和团体音乐练习空间，教师办公室和绩效大厅。通过在新的和现有结构的交叉口中从其中一个旧的剧院移除屋顶来创造一个新的入口庭院。
The project engineer required all trades to build mock-ups on site for approval by the owner and design team, including block, stucco, wall panels, paint, aggregate concrete samples, auditorium seating and light fixtures.
The mock-ups led to some changes in the grout color and also helped general contractor Layton Construction uncover any potential hurdles, says Blake Dijkman, the firm’s project engineer.
Crews formed etched concrete, then made it appear to be sandblasted by “applying an acid-like product to the concrete while it was still green, then power washing it,” Dijkman says. “The mock-up was approximately 12 square feet of concrete surface area that required 350 gallons of water to power wash.”
The large amount of water used on the mock-up caused the construction team to coordinate pours in the house auditorium so power washing could be done toward the front row and the water could then be pumped out of the building, he says.
The aesthetic exterior architecture of the building was inspired by the musical structure of cherished songs, creative re-purposing and the Sonoran desert.
The north masonry wall folds along an ascending diagonal line derived from the opening clarinet glissando of “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin. Stanchions reused from seating in the original theater represent the notes in the song and are used for other decorative elements.
There were no recordable safety incidents during more than 140,000 work hours. The team gave special attention to fall prevention for masons erecting the exterior block walls at multiple heights.
“The masonry was achieved by using mason towers erected around the perimeter of the performance space,” Dijkman says. “This created an adjustable platform that required the crews to crank in unison as they completed each lift.”
Mesa Community College Performing Arts Center
Mesa, Ariz.
关键人物;主力;重要一员
老板/ DeveloperMaricopa Community Colleges
领导设计公司Jones Studio
ContractorLayton Construction Co.
Structural EngineeringRudow & Berry
Mechanical and Plumbing EngineeringAME Consulting Engineers
Electrical EngineeringWoodward Engineering
Subcontractors铜态墙体系统，MAG建设，峡谷状态电气，舒适系统，rks管道，烤肉照明，琼斯混凝土，ikon钢铁，伯尼的黄铜，阳光沥青
