The $53-million Pacific Visions expansion project at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach reached a major milestone on October 17, as the final panel of glass was placed on its rolling, wave-like façade.

由旧金山的建筑和设计公司EHDD设计,新的29,000平方英尺,两层楼的机翼代表了水族馆的第一个主要扩展,并将成为该机构,整合艺术和科学的焦点,同时提供。游客可以更好地了解人类,海洋和地球之间的联系。

EHDD设计建筑师Quyen Luong表示:“通过研究,实验和测试,我们开发了一种生物形态结构,以形式和材料表达唤起海洋的流动性。”“这种形式本身源自太平洋的丰富生物多样性,指的是微观的活形形式和大量鲸鱼。在与[玻璃立面工程师] Buro合作时,有机形式合理化为800个独特的[玻璃]面板,这些面板固定在钢结构周围。”

该项目的立面与EHDD设计的水族馆现有建筑物相辅相成,对不同的日光和天气条件做出了反应,其颜色不同,以反映太阳射线在海洋表面上弹跳的效果。该立面兼作通风雨屏,由839彩色的,轻便的玻璃面板组成,重200到800磅,覆盖了18,000平方英尺的面积。最内向的层结合了微妙的反射表面,中层是有色蓝色的,外层由低铁,酸蚀刻的玻璃制成,从而消除了树木和天空的直接反射,以减少鸟罢工的发生率。

Each panel is uniquely sized with the help of Catia and Revit software to accommodate the curves and angles of the building’s form. They were fabricated by Pulp Studio in Gardena, CA, while the glass cladding system and secondary support steel was designed, fabricated, and installed by Woodbridge Glass and Sentech Architectural Systems. Clark Construction is serving as general contractor on the project.

卢恩说,立面上的形式和材料之间的相互作用导致“不断变化的体验”,访客可以在一天中的不同时间围绕场地移动时观察到单一的颜色变化。

Duncan Ballash, president of EHDD, told me it required a lot of mock-ups, glazing assemblies, and experimentation to get the right effect on the glass so it would not have any reflections and to give it “some depth and luminosity and the feeling of the ocean.”

太平洋的视觉将容纳一个最先进的沉浸式剧院,范围130英尺,宽32英尺,屏幕弯曲,在180度的弧线中弯曲,并倾斜了30英尺的直径地板投影光盘,以使访客浸入其中虚拟海洋环境。其他项目功能包括扩展的特别展览和美术馆,以及额外的现场动物展览空间,以及振兴的前广场和展览馆。访客将通过太平洋视觉美术馆进入新机翼,并前往展示26英尺宽的8英尺高的媒体墙的区域。

面板的安装始于2018年7月。在10月17日的活动中,要放置最后一部分,伍德布里奇玻璃的机组人员将其从动臂升降机上抬起,并通过将载体框架悬挂在二级支撑钢的4个支架上,将其固定在适当的位置。并参与地震剪辑。

2绿色的扩张是追求评级水珠es from the Green Building Initiative, which is equivalent to LEED Silver. Officials say the project is designed to achieve 24 percent reduction in energy compared to similar buildings and will produce its own energy through a clean energy fuel cell system, rather than drawing electricity from the local grid. Sustainability features include efficient heating and cooling systems, low-flow fixtures in the restrooms, bird-friendly glass, recycling of construction waste, LED lighting, and environmentally friendly paints, carpets, adhesives, and sealants for clean indoor air quality.

在2017年2月在2017年2月开业之后,该项目已完成约96%的完成,2019年春季开幕式。