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THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECTS 5

We married mechanical system locations to structure because the structure wasn’t
going to move, so it didn’t impede the flexibility by putting the two together.
Normally that’s something the mechanical engineer and structural engineer would
hate to do. They don’t want to design around each other’s work. Normally, they
want to be independent. [This approach] worked really well. The engineers coordi-
nated all of the details to make it happen. It’s beautiful, I have to say, when you look
at it. We have structure and system integrated into the same aesthetic form.

PLATINUM PROJECT PROFILE
Yale University Sculpture Building & Gallery, New Haven,
Connecticut
Yale’s 51,000-square-foot Sculpture Building & Gallery houses the undergrad-
uate sculpture program of the School of Art. The $52.6 million, three-story
building includes a gallery, administrative offices, classrooms, and machine
shops. A sophisticated indoor air quality system continuously tests for indoor
air pollutants, then flushes and recirculates the air as needed. A unique curtain
wall system combined with solar shading reduces heat gain through the glass
façade by about 30 percent. Over 90 percent of the gallery’s roof is vegetated.*

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*Yale Office of Sustainability [online], http://www.yale.edu/sustainability/sculpture.htm, accessed April 2008.