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South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Cutler Bay, Fla. When the international design fi rm Arquitectonica was commissioned to design the 79,042-square- foot South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SM- CAC) complex, they were careful to select exterior cladding materials since the structure would be located within the U.S. hurricane corridor. The $51 million complex opened to the public in October 2011. The performance hall building includes a 966-seat, state-of-the-art auditorium with fl y tower and orchestra pit, front-of-house support spaces (box offi ce, lobby, restrooms, concessions), back- of-house support spaces (dressing rooms, storage and work areas and administrative offi ces) and a multipurpose rehearsal space. A separate activity building is used for classrooms and small square performances. The two buildings are joined by an outdoor promenade leading to a gently sloping lawn where outdoor concerts and festivals are staged along the Black Creek Canal. The central architectural motif of the perfor-
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mance hall pays homage to the act and art of per- formance. “Take your hands as if you were clapping after a performance. Then pull them apart ever so slightly,” says Bernardo Fort-Brescia, FAIA, principal of Arquitectonica. “Now look at them. You’ll see the central architectural motif—two folded planes wrapping around the sides of a vast, three-story-tall, 96-foot-high glass façade and clasping it in an em- brace.” The building refl ects the spirit of movement, moving patrons through a visual and physical experi- ence. The fl ow of people begins with the enormous stairs and walkways at the exterior of the building, and continues through to the brushed aluminum grand staircase that delivers patrons to their seats.
The architect specifi ed Alcoa Architectural
Products’ Reynobond with KEVLAR and Reyno- bond Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) to help enclose and protect the performance hall building envelope in its most vulnerable spots. At the main entrance, an ellipse-shaped canopy passes through the curtainwall at a 30-degree angle, changing from Reynobond with KEVLAR on the exterior to tradi- tional Reynobond ACM on the interior, with no vis- ible color difference between the two materials. The concrete walls of the elevator tower were not plumb or level, so to ensure the panels were fabricated cor- rectly, East Coast Metal Group Inc. (ECM), set up a fi eld shop at the job site and coordinated daily with the rest of the project team. Metal was specifi ed not only for aesthetics, but
also for being able to meet the wind resistance code requirements while providing maximum visibility. Using Wet-Seal and Dry-Joint Rainscreen Installation Systems, ECM fabricated and installed 7,288 square feet of 4-mm Reynobond with KEVLAR polyethyl- ene (PE) core with a Bright Silver Metallic Colorweld 500 paint fi nish for the exterior canopies, façade and soffi ts; 2,000 square feet of 4-mm Reynobond ACM fi re-resistant (FR) core with a Bright Silver Metallic Colorweld 500 paint fi nish for the interior canopy and soffi t; and 8,331 square feet of 4-mm Reynobond PE core in Natural Brushed Aluminum fi nish for the inte- rior of the elevator shaft tower. Obrascón Huarte Lain (OHL), S.A., Arellano Construction Co. served as the general contractor. ECM is currently fabricating kiosk eyelids, canopy poles, information signs and a mar- quee LED display using Reynobond ACM fi nished in Natural Brushed Aluminum and Bright Silver Metallic.
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