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