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After a 2008 voter-approved bond, the team at Opsis Architecture<\/a> was tasked with updating Portland Community College\u2019s Rock Creek Campus. In line with a city known for green initiatives and smart growth, the bond stipulated that the 1970s buildings be updated and expanded while also reducing sprawl and becoming more efficient. Cascade Architectural<\/a> worked closely with the Opsis team to find the perfect wire-mesh materials for practical energy saving without sacrificing a specific design vision.<\/p>\n

\u201cPCC Rock Creek Campus is unique as it\u2019s located in a rural setting and includes an onsite working farm,\u201d says Opsis Architect Aaron Schalon. He and his team held extensive listening sessions with faculty, students and staff to understand what Building 5 needed to provide but also what everyone loved about Rock Creek: \u201cIt\u2019s different from all the other PCC campuses, and we found out that the stakeholders placed a really high value on the campus\u2019s rural location and character.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More than anywhere else, Opsis needed to showcase that character with Building 5, the \u201cfront door\u201d to the campus. PCC hoped to completely recreate the previous inefficient structure with an updated space centralizing student services like dining, leadership and a bookstore. Some 40,000 square feet of the original building was demolished and replaced with a 62,000-square-foot addition perfect for Rock Creek. \u201cThe inspiration for the building was the agrarian setting,\u201d Schalon says. While the interiors feature reclaimed oak paneling, Schalon says theme was realized primarily through a cantilevered corner element that, \u201cwe call \u2018The Box.\u2019 It\u2019s a nod to the traditional big red barn.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The other driving theme \u2014 sustainability \u2014 played into both demolition and design. 95 percent of demolished materials were diverted from landfills, and the addition\u2019s net sprawl was limited to just 20,000 square feet, even with more open, airy floor plans. However, for the building\u2019s daily functionality, Opsis had to balance those open spaces with energy-saving solutions. Schalon turned to Fabricoil to keep their ideas efficient. \u201cHarvesting natural daylight was a primary strategy to achieve the LEED gold status as well as to give these spaces the quality that we wanted. We knew that deploying Fabricoil could achieve these goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cascade\u2019s Fabricoil offers architects and designers a huge selection of materials, gauges and finishes to complement, delineate and shade spaces like the second-story student lounge, the focal point of the barn-inspired box. \u201cThe sunshades needed to be elegant, durable and transparent,\u201d Schalon says. A \u215c-inch raw stainless steel mesh offered the best shade for the space, and Cascade\u2019s custom-engineered products ensured it would stay true to the specific aesthetics. \u201cSunshades are only as good as their support system,\u201d says Schalon, \u201cso we worked directly with Cascade to create a low-profile tensioning system that met our design vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Exterior shading was not the only customized solution Fabricoil provided Opsis on this project, though. For the interior, the desire for a large open space meant the cafe would need to somehow be separated from student lounge and study spaces after business hours. To fix the problem, Cascade created a second Fabricoil system of aluminum and bronze finish that could slide into place as a security partition. \u201cCascade supplied the entire coil mesh security system, including the roller track and hardware. It was a nice turnkey solution,\u201d says Schalon.<\/p>\n

Also based in Portland, Fabricoil became an ideal local partner to Opsis, finding new ways their unique products could help. \u201cThey actually brought a mockup out to the site, which was invaluable to making decisions. You can draw it on paper, but until you see it you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re getting in terms of proportions and transparency. Having a partner that is able to do something like that is important for this kind of work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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