Pfluger Architects’ Austin office, designers of Smith Elementary School, shown here, created an exterior infused with texture and playfulness by developing a unique combination of three different box rib patterns installed both horizontally and vertically. Although the resulting pattern may seem random, it was actually quite intentional.
The design team turned to Petersen to supply its PAC-CLAD panels, which include three different profiles from its Box Rib wall panel systems in a custom Slate Blue finish to create the patterning. Additionally, Flush Series soffit in a woodgrain finish was used to clad the building’s sizable overhangs and HWP panels in a Charcoal finish along the clerestory windows running under the school’s roofline. All the panels were fabricated from 24-gauge steel.
For more information, visit the project webpage.
PAC-CLAD Panels
