[ RETRO WALLS]
NOTHING
 TEAM
TYPICAL
BUILDING OWNER AND
LEAD-PROJECT ENGINEER:
CRAIG CIGAS, Coatesville, Pa.,
www.cigasmachineinc.com
ARCHITECT:
ABOUT IT
AP3C ARCHITECTS, Philadelphia,
www.ap3c.com
CONTRACTOR:
SCENIC RIDGE CONSTRUCTION,
Gordonville, Pa.,
Solar-collecting Walls Breathe
www.scenicridge.com
New Life into an Industrial Structure
ENGINEER:
WACHTER& ASSOCIATES,
West Deptford, N.J.,
uilt in the 1880s, Building
www.wachterbsd.com
B
3 had become an eyesore
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER:
on an industrial campus in
PROVIDENCE ENGINEERING CORP.,
Pottstown, Pa. Once owned
Lancaster, Pa., www.proveng.com,
by Bethlehem, Pa.-based
and MACINTOSH ENGINEERING,
Wilmington, Del.,
Bethlehem Steel Co., Build- www.macintoshengineering.com
ing 3’s illustrious history
included the production
CIVIL ENGINEER:
D.L. HOWELL & ASSOCIATES INC.,
of components used in West Chester, Pa.,
the Golden Gate Bridge.
www.dlhowell.com
However, as the years
MANUFACTURERS:
passed, the building was
InSpire Transpired Solar Collector
abandoned and neglected.
System, ATAS INTERNATIONAL INC.,
Allentown, Pa., www.atas.com;
In 2007, Cigas Machine
TECTUM INC., Newark, Ohio,
Inc., Pottstown, discovered Building 3 and determined
www.tectum.com; POWRMATIC
the 73,000-square-foot space provided the room need-
INC., Finksburg, Md., www.
powrmatic.com; AIRIUS, Longmont,
ed to manufacture stainless-steel plate products for Colo., www.airius.us; HUVCO,
industrial, commercial and architectural applications.
Rohrersville, Md., www.huvco.com;
Despite Building 3’s age and appearance, the basic metal
RUFFFIN BUILDING SYSTEMS, Oak
Grove, La., www.ruffi nbuilding-
structure was in good condition. However, the lack of systems.com; SYNERGY LIGHTING
heat and insulation, as well as inadequate ventilation,
CONTROLS, Conyers, Ga., www.
synergylightingcontrols.com;
made the building’s temperature extremes unbearable
and BRAE, Oakboro, N.C.,
most of the year. A solution to Building 3’s problems
www.braewater.com
was a transpired solar collector wall system. 
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