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Mixed metal buildings combine and celebrate movement
The Marriott Renaissance Capital View Hotel and Residence Inn hospitality project is the fi rst of its kind to earn LEED Gold certifi cation in Arlington County, Va. The $119 million, 14-story project is part of a mixed-use complex at the northern end of Potomac Yard, a 1 1/2-mile-long rail yard redevelopment site. The 300-room, full-service Renaissance Hotel
features an expansive lobby, restaurant, coffee shop, 10,000-square-foot grand ballroom, approxi- mately 17,400 square feet of fl exible event space and 10,000 square feet of meeting space. The Residence Inn at the southern end of the building houses 325 guest rooms. Both brands have their own lobbies and public spaces. They connect only on the second and third
fl oors where they share a meeting space, and the swimming pool and fi tness center, respectively. Sustainable features include a green roof on the podium/base, the highly effi cient skin and top-end mechanical systems. Movement is celebrated in ki- netic and intriguing ways via interiors, designed by ForrestPerkins. The interior spaces are connected and the design fl ows from one inviting space to another, encouraging visitors to explore the prop- erty. It has 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space, a 24,000-square-foot conference center and below-grade parking for 526 cars. Center Park, a linear green space that includes
an amphitheater, retail and public art spaces, hosts the structure. Cooper-Carry Inc. was the architect tasked with incorporating the two Marriott prod- ucts into one space. “The two products couldn’t be more differ-
ent,” says Andrea Schaub, AIA, of Cooper-Carry. “Renaissance Hotels are designed with a clean, modern aesthetic and amenities that appeal to people on the move. Guests staying in the Resi- dence Inn are there for longer periods of time, so they’re designed with a homey ambiance. We had to fi nd a way to pull the two disparate products together.” Because of this, Cooper-Cary looked to the
sites’ history as one of the busiest rail yards on the East Coast for inspiration. The fi rm created a light- fi lled structure that has the soul of a boutique hotel and the amenities for business or leisure travel. Metal pulls the two concepts together. The Miller-Clapperton Partnership Inc. fab-
ricated 25,297 square feet of 4-mm Reynobond aluminum composite material panels with an FR
core in a Smoke Silver Metallic Colorweld 500 fi nish; 17,769 square feet of 4-mm, Reynobond ACM panels with an FR core in an Anodic Clear Colorweld 500 fi nish; and 35,398 square feet of 4-mm, Reynobond ACM panels with an FR core in a Pure White Colorweld 500 fi nish, all from Alcoa Architectural Products. Columns, canopies, fascia and soffi ts throughout the structure were all made with metal panels. Metal also created a metal spandrel and can be found on the canopies of the Residence Inn on one side, and as exterior wall cladding to create a sleek, crisp contempo- rary look for the Renaissance Hotel on the other. The varying colors of the metal panels defi ne the structure’s properties. “The tapering columns at the main entrance
were the most diffi cult feature to fabricate,” says Scott Stafford, spokesperson for Miller-Clapperton. The architects followed the curves of the site
to form the shape of the building, which was so tight they had to carve out a 45-foot space for the porte cochère, wrapping it around the curtainwall to hide the valet station, a support column and a hot-air intake vent. A large curtainwall that stands 36 feet tall at the main entrance and extends 150 feet along varying fl at and radius planes dominates the east and west elevations to enclose the main lobby of the Renaissance Hotel. The curtainwall curves along the grand staircase and fi nishes at the second-level conference room.
Marriott Renaissance Capital View Hotel and Residence Inn, Arlington, Va.
Architect: Cooper-Carry Inc., Alexandria, Va. Interiors design architect: ForrestPerkins, Arlington Fabricator: Miller-Clapperton Partnership Inc., Austell, Ga. Metal panel installer: Pioneer Cladding and Glazing Systems, Baltimore Metal wall panels: Alcoa Architectural Products, Eastman, Ga.,
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September 2012
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