General Information

Building Name	Yale Sculpture Building
Location	New Haven, Connecticut
Building Occupant Name	Yale University
Occupancy Type	Eucation | Gallery | Parking
Size	155,828 SF
Height	Sculpture Building - 100 FT [ 4 floors | Basement ]
	Gallery - 64 FT [ Double-Height Space ]
	Parking Garage - 88 FT [ 5 levels ]
Construction Schedule	March 30, 2006 - June 30, 2007
Appox Cost	$36 Million USD
Delivery Method	Design-Bid | Fast Tracked
Sponsor	Steven Johns | Kieran Timberlake Associates

Project Teams

Architects	Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP [ kta@kierantimberlake.com ]
Structural	[ Removed By Request ]
C/M/E Engineer	[ Removed By Request ]
Lighting	[ Removed By Request ]
Landscape	[ Removed By Request ]
Parking	[ Removed By Request ]
Code	[ Removed By Request ]
Environmental	[ Removed By Request ]
Signage	[ Removed By Request ]
Elevator	[ Removed By Request ]

Architecture

The Yale Sculpture Building consists of three connected buildings.  The main Sculpture Building is a four story, 55,000 square foot building for the Sculpture department of the Yale School of Art.  The second building is a single floor gallery for exhibition of student work.  The last structure is a five story parking garage.  The garage has approximately 288 parking spaces and contains a 9,000 square foot area for retail and office space. 
The Yale School of Architecture will occupy the Gallery and Sculpture buildings until the renovation of the Art & Architecture Building.  The Building has loft-like studio space, classrooms, shop space, faculty and administrative offices, and storage throughout its occupancy. 
Landscape improvements include the development of paths from multiple streets to enhance the mid-block location of the building and establish its connection to the campus. Improvements also include courtyards for sculpture display and student work.
Environmental initiatives proposed for the project include a displacement air ventilation system, green roof, grey water and storm water harvesting, and solar hot water system.

Zoning

2005 Connecticut State Building Code (CSBC)
2005 Connecticut State Fire Safety Code (CSFSC)
Connecticut State Amendments to IBC, IMC, IECC and ANSI 117.1 2003
2003 International Building Code (IBC)
2003 International Residential Code
2003 International Plumbing Code
2003 International Mechanical Code
2003 International Energy Conservation Code
2003 International Fire Code
NFPA 70 National Electric Code
NFPA 221 Standard for Fire Walls and Fire Barriers Walls
2003 ICC Performance Code
2003 ICC/ANSI A117.1

Historical Requirements

Zoning was a slight issue on the site since the site was composed of individual zones.  A particular problem relating to zoning was a “Historically reserved building” on the site.  According to Connecticut codes, the building could not be torn down.  The problem was resolved when research showed that the building was not actually registered as a historical site and the building was demolished. 

Building Envelope and Roofing Systems

The sculpture building is an exposed steel frame structure with a glass, double-skin, naturally ventilated curtain wall.  The roofing system of the Sculpture Building consists of a grid of W beams and sloped concrete slab.  The Gallery is a stone clad, steel frame building with a sub-grade connection to the Sculpture Building.  The roof of the Gallery is a green garden.  The Gallery’s roof system is made up of a grid of Hollow Structural Shapes (HSS) and W-Beams.  The Garage is a post tension concrete structure supported by concrete columns.  The The North and West facades of the Garage will have vines planters.

Construction

The project delivery method was design-bid with fast tracking.  The total cost of the Yale Sculpture Building is approximately $36,789,166 USD.  The bid was placed by Shawmut Design and Construction.  Construction started in March 2006 and the building is planned to be completed in June 2007.   

Electrical

The electrical system for the Yale Sculpture Building is separated into three secondary electrical services.  The electrical service that supplies the main Sculpture building feeds into a 1200A, 408Y/277V 3 phase switchboard that has a short circuit rating of 100,000A.  Off of the main switchboard, the lighting receives power through a 112.5 KVA step-down transformer.  The remaining service feeds off of the main switchboard.  One of the secondary electrical services is connected to the fire pump controller.  This 1200A service entrance cabinet is connected to a 125 HP 3 phase 460 V fire pump.  The last secondary electrical service is connected to the parking garage.  Since the Parking Garage includes retail spaces, there is a commercial metering switchboard with six meter sockets.  The emergency power system consists of a 200 KW power generator which is connected to the three secondary services via four automatic transfer switches.  

Lighting

The lighting system can be separated by buildings. 

Main Sculpture Building:The lighting in the classrooms is arranged in a grid of three lamp, linear fluorescent fixtures.  The lobby consists of two lamp, compact fluorescent downlights and recessed track fixtures that can house most LSI track fixtures.  The utility areas such as storage and fire pump rooms have industrial fluorescent fixtures.  The overall design is composed of fluorescent linear fixtures to maximum energy savings and maintenance.   

Gallery

The lighting in the Gallery is regulated by two occupancy sensors.  The lighting system consists of suspended linear fluorescent track fixtures and supplemented by compact fluorescent downlights. 

Parking Garage

The Parking Garage’s lighting plan is made up of 150W surface mounted area fixtures that are spaced approximately 2.5 parking spaces. 

Mechanical

The Yale Sculpture Building utilizes a radiant heating system through the floors of the building.  One air handing unit on the roof circulates the air in the building.  Three boilers are located in the basement.  Two of the boilers are always running while the third is on standby.  Two variable flow controllers regulate the pressure in the piping.  The primary controller is set at 250 gpm while the second is on standby.

Plumbing

The Yale Sculpture building utilizes a recycled water system.  The system is intended to supply recycled water to the water closets of the Sculpture Building at a capacity and pressure to properly operate the plumbing fixtures at their maximum capacity.  The recycled water system also supplies the irrigation system.  Zentex Ozone generators and control panels are used to disinfect each system.  The recycled water is colored dye in the water closet and clearly labeled “RECYCLED NON-POTABLE WATER”. 

Structural

The Parking Garage’s structural system is a post-tension construction.   The typical slab thickness is seven inches with an approximately 18.5 k/ft uniform post tensioning force required.  Concrete columns are approximately spaced 60 feet apart North/ South and 23 feet apart East/ West.  Shear walls surround the stairwells and central utility core. 

The Main Sculpture Building and Gallery structural systems are a steel frame construction.  The foundation of the Sculpture building consists of primary 6’-6” x 10’-6” x 2’-0” and 6’-6” x 8’-0” x 2’-0” footings spaced 20’-0” around the perimeter and 8’-0” x 8’-0” x 2’-6” footings spaced 28’-0” in the interior section of the building.  The foundation walls are typically 12” concrete walls. 

The steel frame of the building is typically composed of W16x31 steel beams that span 28’-0”.  The beams are supported by W24x55 girders that span 20’-0”.  A 5’-0” module was retained in the design of the steel frame construction.  A 10” shear wall is common on all levels along with an 8” CMU shaft.  The shear wall encloses a stairwell and utility core.  The concrete slab varies from a 2.5” – 3” thick normal weight concrete on composite metal floor deck.        

The foundation of the Gallery consists of footings ranging from 6’-0” x 6’-0” x 1’-6” to 24’-0” x 10’-0” x 2’-0”.  The thickness of the reinforced concrete walls are from 12” to 18” thick.   The concrete slab is 3” thick normal weight concrete on 3” deep composite metal floor deck.  The roof construction is a grid of HSS 12x4x1/4 beams that is supported by W24x62 girders.   

Fire Protection

The Yale Sculpture building uses a system of sprinklers for fire protection.  The Main Sculpture building and Gallery utilize a wet pipe system that has a Fire Department connection.  Sprinkler heads are provided a maximum 130 square feet range with additional sprinkler heads below and around ductwork, piping, conduits, equipment and as required insuring proper floor coverage as regarded in NFPA #13.  Sprinkler wire guards are provided where mechanical damage might occur. 

Transportation

The transportation system consists of two hydraulic elevators.  The first is classified as a 3000 lbs capacity passenger that runs on a 480V 3 phase power supply.  The second elevator is a type Class “A” freight loading that has a 12,000 lbs capacity.