GBBN was mindful to design the expansion in context of the existing RMH structure, as well as its surrounding urban neighborhood, which includes single-family homes, two medical towers and mid-level office and parking structures. The exterior is primarily masonry, while the L-shaped courtyard is “a study in fun.” The walls are clad in metal panels that showcase playful colors-two shades of green and one custom yellow, Parakeet, around the window openings. The Avondale location, which is less than a block away from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, now offers 177 rooms.ĭesigners with the local GBBN architecture firm collaborated with Ronald McDonald House (RMH) to integrate the expanded structure in the Avondale neighborhood. Ronald McDonald houses provide an important resource for families with severely sick children, which is why so many are undergoing expansion. The $42 million addition and renovation doubled the charity’s space, which provides lodging and meals to families at no cost, while their children receive medical treatment at nearby hospitals. Most colors meet LEED, Energy Star and Cool Roof Rating Council certification requirements.Playful pops of color perfect the newly renovated Ronald McDonald House in Cincinnati’s Avondale neighborhood, making it the largest in the world. All provide the well-known Petersen quality and are available in full 70 percent PVDF finish in 45 colors on steel and aluminum. Petersen is long-recognized for its PAC-CLAD metal standing seam roofing products, and also offers metal wall panels including exposed fastener panels, flush panels, composite wall panels, fascia and coping systems, and column covers. The Petersen distributor on the project was Brock Associates in Pittsburgh. And the use of the PAC-CLAD had a lot to do with it,” he said. “I couldn’t be happier with the way the project turned out. But the corrugated really turned out great.”Īrchitect Lubetz agrees. That made installation of some of the outside corners a little challenging. This job was relatively straightforward, although the building was irregular and didn’t have many 90-degree corners. “We see corrugated popping up all over the place. The architect really did a nice job of mixing and matching the colors,” Stein says.Ĭorrugated metal continues to be a popular architectural material, Stein notes. It’s almost an amusement park appearance that the kids really like. “It certainly sets itself apart from the other construction in the area. Project manager Skip Stein likes the look of the new building. Installation of Petersen’s PAC-CLAD material was done by general contractor Franjo Construction in Pittsburgh. The contractor bid it out and the price was right.” We got involved with Petersen because we like their colors.
PAC-CLAD corrugated metal would be the most economical, long-lasting material we could use. “We had an extremely minimal budget for the project. “As soon as we knew we wanted the building to be colorful, metal became the obvious choice for the exterior,” Lubetz says. The decision to use metal as the primary exterior façade material was made fairly early in the design process. 032” aluminum panels were finished in Copper Penny, Silver, Cardinal Red, Award Blue and Patina Green. So we came up with the idea of literally surrounding the building with simple, elemental blocks that would be individually colored so that we would have this pulsating, dynamic structure,” Lubetz says.Īpproximately 2,600 square feet of PAC-CLAD 7/8-inch Corrugated Panels in five different colors was just what the design team was looking for. “But it was such an unattractive structure that we just couldn’t do it. Front Studio Architects initially was hired to design an addition on the back of the existing library building.
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