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Meeting key performance, durability and maintenance goals, metal proved to be the ideal material for the roofing, soffit and ceiling of the Peregrine Fund’s new Global Raptor Education Center addition to the World Center for Birds of Prey site in Boise, Idaho.
In addition to blending into the rural, woodsy environment, Hatch Design Architecture designed the standing seam roof to match the profile of a large bird spreading its wings.
"The project was designed to relate contextually to the campus as a whole, as well as the natural environment and specially the world of birds of prey education and conservation,” explains Jeff Hatch, AIA, LEED AP, principal at Hatch Design, Boise. “The roof line… ceiling and soffit were designed to emulate the spread wings of a bird of prey."
Covering the 2,108 square-foot building, 3,700 square feet of 24-gauge steel standing seam roof system from Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. was specified in Colonial Red. The single-component roofing system panels are applied directly over the steel purlins and the smooth exterior steel facings are coated with the PVDF color finish.
Moving past the metal soffits, the metal theme continues to the interior where 6-inch tongue and groove aluminum panels in light cheery are installed. The building houses a lobby, reception space, storage space, offices and restrooms. In addition, a retail space is covered with 4-inch-wide flat aluminum panels in the same light cherry color.
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