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The University of Cincinnati Athletic Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

The University of Cincinnati Athletic CenterHigh Concrete Group LLC recently completed the installation of architectural panels on a most unusual facade of the University of Cincinnati’s new Varsity Village Athletic Center. This project is one that blends art and engineering – and truly demonstrates the unique combination of sculptural design, crisp, weather-tight detailing, and uniform appearance possible only with precast.

What resulted is an artfully conceived and carefully executed integration of form and structure; an extremely complex steel truss frame clad with 567 compound-curved, light gray, light sandblasted precast panels that actually wrap the individual steel structural elements to provide deep window recesses echoing the steel superstructure. In the horizontal plane, there are six convex, two concave, and eight compound transition curves cast using eight custom-constructed, all-steel forms; including a one-of-a-kind adjustable form.

“The precast dimensional precision is like a fine crafted watch. The way the pieces fit together is remarkable.”
Mark Thurnauer - Project Architect - glaserworks


CTI
Visit www.highconcrete.com  or 1-800-PRECAST

Precaster: High Concrete Group LLC
Architect of Record:
glaserworks
Design Architect:
Bernard Tschumi Architects
Engineer of Record:
THP, Ltd., Inc
Structural Engineer:
Arup Structural Engineers

 
 


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