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When the
Saint
Louis Art
Museum
opens the
doors of its
new
building
June 29,
visitors
will
witness
architect
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Saint Louis Art Museumexpansion painted LEED GoldApr 5, 2013, 5:00am CDT
David
Chipperfield’s
vision for
adding
onto an
iconic
structure
that has
been a
part of
Forest
Park since
1904.
However,
this $130
million
East
Building
will debut
with Gold
certification
through
the U.S.
Green
Building
Council’s
Leadership
in Energy
and
Environmental
Design
(LEED)
program
because of
its “green”
building
practices
and
sustainability.
“LEED
Gold
certification
means
that Saint
Louis Art
Museum
has built a
very
socially
responsible
building
while
providing
the
citizens of
the St.
Louis
region a
premier
facility to
view art,”
said Roger
McFarland,
group vice
president
in St.
Louis for
HOK, the
architect
of record
for the
expansion.
The
construction
of the new
facility
involved
innovative
collaboration
between
David
Chipperfield
Architects
and HOK.
“HOK
signed a
unique
arrangement
with the
Saint
Louis Art
Museum
and David
Chipperfield’s
office in
which it
was a
three-
party
agreement
where
both firms
worked
directly
for the
museum,”
McFarland
said. “In
(HOK’s)
role, we
were
responsible
for
coordinating
all
technical
issues,
leadership
of the
engineering
and
consulting
teams and
the
delivery of
the
project.”
During
construction,
more than
97 percent
of landfill
waste
created by
the
building
process
was
diverted
and
reused,
according
to
museum
officials.
An
additional
82 percent
of wood
building
material
used in the
construction
process
was
harvested
from
forest
areas
certified
by the
Forest
Stewardship
Council
(FSC) and
the new
parking
garage will
include
partial
covering
by a green
roof that
has 30
inches of
dirt, grass
and plants
to
minimize
heat
absorption
from the
sun. The
new
parking
garage will
feature
reserved
spaces for
both fuel
efficient
cars and
low
emissions
vehicles.
Inside and
out, low-
flow
plumbing
for
restaurants
and
kitchen
spaces will
curtail
water use,
while
irrigation
and
storm-
water
management
systems
will
diminish
soil
erosion. A
new boiler
system
will
service the
entire
museum
campus,
while a
computerized
system
delivers
under-
the-floor
air
distribution
that
respects
the
fragility of
the
museum
collection.
“The
expansion
will allow
the
museum
to put
more
master
works on
view in
both the
East
Building’s
extensive
new
galleries
and in
renovated
and
reinstalled
galleries of
the iconic,
Cass
Gilbert-
designed
Main
Building,”
said
Matthew
Hathaway,
spokesman
for the
Saint
Louis Art
Museum.
“In
addition,
the
expansion
will allow
the
museum
to upgrade
amenities,
including
a 300-car,
underground
parking
garage and
a 2,500-
square-
foot
restaurant.”
The
museum
was
awarded
LEED Gold
certification
March 11.
LEED
provides
third-
party
verification
from the
USGBC,
which
certifies
sustainable
building
projects at
Platinum,
Silver and
Gold
levels.
Tarlton
Pepper
KAI,
comprised
of the
Tarlton
Corp. of
St. Louis,
Pepper
Communication
Group of
Chicago
and KAI
Design &
Build of St.
Louis, is
the
general
contractor
for the
expansion.
Chipperfield
of David
Chipperfield
Architects,
which is
based in
London
and Berlin,
is known
for his
previous
work such
as the
Museum
of Modern
Literature
in
Germany
and the
Hepworth
Wakefield
gallery in
the U.K.
More than
1,500 jobs,
including
200 full-
time
construction
positions
and about
40
subcontractors,
are
involved
in the
project.
The art
museum
will add 25
full-time
employees
to serve
visitors
when the
new
building
opens to
the public.
Construction
began in
January
2010.
According
to a 2011
study by
the St.
Louis
Regional
Chamber,
the project
is
expected
to
generate a
total
economic
impact of
$250
million in
St. Louis.
BeyondSimpleDesign
In 2006,
the Saint
Louis Art
Museum’s
commissioners
selected
HOK, a St.
Louis-
based
design,
architecture,
engineering
and
planning
firm with
more than
24 offices
around the
world, as
the
architect
of record
for the
East
Building
expansion
project.
HOK,
which had
2012
revenue of
$406
million, is
merging
contemporary
architecture
with
sustainable
design in
the 21 new
galleries
built in the
new
facility.
The
expansion
will
provide 30
percent
more
gallery
space for
the
museum
while
minimizing
the
environmental
impact
created by
construction.
The East
Building
will
feature
ceiling to
floor
windows,
an oak
floor, a
100-seat
restaurant
and a
renovated
auditorium.
Materials
used for
the
building
include
glass and
stone
polished
to
replicate
the
original
style of the
existing
Saint
Louis Art
Museum.
The
concrete
used for
construction
is made
with
minerals
and rocks
from the
Missouri
River.
“The team
of
architects
and
contractors
working
on the
project
exceeded
rigorous
sustainability
standards
while not
compromising
either the
visitor
experience
or the
painstakingly
controlled
indoor
environment
where
works
from the
museum’s
collection
will be
displayed,”
said
Rebecca
Nolan,
HOK’s
senior vice
president
and
managing
principal.
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