Hotel Curtain WallBT_E&E2
2008. MArch. Columbia University
critic: Anthony Webster
Environments and Enclosures II
site: The Bronx, New York
program: hotel
partners: Rajiv Fernandez, Naomi Ocko,
Michael Walch
quick project description: The curtain wall is a rectangular unit system with a diago-
nal grid imposed upon it. Windows are a fourth of the floor height and pivot in the
appropriate direction for the program behind them.
hotel curtain wall
hybrid systemUnits are hung on channels that are suspended from the main structure. The pattern created by the different panels - sheet-metal, glass, operable window - randomizes an otherwise ordered system.
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enlarged elevation
enlarged plan at windows window sill detail cutaway axon at operable window assembly
cutaway axon channel and hook connection
window head detail
parapet detail