With classroom and administrative wings, the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools' Earl Shapiro Hall is quite simple, though atypical forms and detailing required tight coordination among specialty trades, which met regularly with contractor and designers to review intent and feasibility.
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Among other features, steel frame and metal deck create a cantilevering, geometrically skewed library atop the administrative wing. The concrete-framed classroom wing incorporates projecting piers that have been likened to the flying buttresses of Gothic cathedrals. Metal ceilings within the 130,000-sq-ft facility are set at angles with the intent of creating unique and interesting spaces. Full-height glazing provides abundant natural lighting in classrooms.
芝加哥大学实验室的学校——伯爵Shapiro Hall, Chicago
Key Players
OwnerUniversity of Chicago
General ContractorLend Lease, Chicago
Designer女性生殖器切割建筑师Inc .,橡树溪,Ill.; Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, Chicago
Structural EngineerRME Inc., Chicago
MEP EngineerArup North America, Chicago
Civil EngineerEnvironmental Design International Inc., Chicago
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