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Follow on Google News | CENTRIA Formawall® Panels Protect and Enhance Senior Housing RenovationsPanel system brings new life to old building, improving aesthetics and insulation capabilities
By: CENTRIA CENTRIA enabled the design team to create a visually-appealing building façade on the former Park View Apartments, owned by the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). The Formawall panels specified also enhance the structure's insulative properties as a single-component thermal and moisture barrier. Formawall is responsible for "essentially creating an insulated rainscreen," "The panel system not only gave us the opportunity to change the look of the building, but to have a continuously insulated façade," says Greg Marinelli, associate principal with Holabird & Root, the firm responsible for the design. Visually, the panels form a weathertight skin that adds an attractive dimension to the façade, replacing the building's tired, crumbling brick exterior. Arranged in alternating matte blue zinc and embossed chromium grey, the panels appear iridescent, and are arranged with tongue-and-groove joints. The 124,420 square-foot building renovation project was completed in 22 months, and the final complex holds 180 units which are leased to low-income seniors. Each home was designed to conserve space, capping out at 550 square feet, and the ceiling heights in each apartment reach just over 7 feet. The units are also ADA compliant. The building was designed with residents' well-being in mind. Amenities include a raised IPE roof deck with 30-foot tall planters, a solarium floor, a fitness room, a game room, and access to three formal gardens, an events lawn, and a looped walking path on the grounds. The Fannie Emanuel senior housing complex was completed in October 2017. Holabird & Root was the project architect, and CCJM provided additional services. The general contractor was Old Veteran Construction, and the CENTRIA dealer was Crown Corr Inc. ### ABOUT CENTRIA CENTRIA innovations in architectural metal wall and roof systems are helping building teams around the world envision metal as the future of the building envelope. From inspiration through installation, CENTRIA provides the highest level of expertise including service and support from an elite Dealer Network. Based in Pittsburgh (Moon Township, Pa.), our metal architectural systems are the perfect combination of science and aesthetics, offering advanced thermal and moisture protection technology, the broadest spectrum of design options, truly integrated\ components, and superior sustainability. CENTRIA is an NCI Building Systems company. Visit us at www.centria.com. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ Media Contact Nick Murosky, Director of Content Marketing LarsonO'Brien nick.murosky@ 4128311959 End
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