{"id":257,"date":"2013-03-10T17:29:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:26:19","slug":"stony-brook-university-residence-halls-student-center-focused-on-future-with-modern-alucobond-plus-cladding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/stony-brook-university-residence-halls-student-center-focused-on-future-with-modern-alucobond-plus-cladding\/","title":{"rendered":"Stony Brook University Residence Halls, Student Center Focused On Future With Modern ALUCOBOND PLUS Cladding"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Project Name:<\/th>\nStony Brook University Residence Halls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Project Location:<\/th>\nStony Brook, New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALUCOBOND\u00ae Materials:<\/th>\n100,000 sq. ft., 4mm ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS
\nCustom Birch, Flag Red, SUNY Orange, Bone White, Custom Arabian Blue, Cadet Gray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year of Installation:<\/th>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Architect:<\/th>\nGoshow Architects of New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fabricator\/Installer:<\/th>\nKenneth J. Herman, Inc., Amityville, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General Contractor:<\/th>\nJ. Kokolakis Contracting Inc., Bohemia, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Images:<\/th>\nTaylor Crothers Photography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As part of The State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook University on Long Island\u2019s north shore, is part of the nation\u2019s largest and most comprehensive state university system, which web site states \u201c is committed to providing quality education at an affordable price.\u201d  So, when new residence halls recently were required to meet the needs of Stony Brook\u2019s fast-growing student population, both budget and time constraints played important roles in the buildings\u2019 architectural design.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe university needed buildings that could be constructed fast and inexpensively,\u201d said F. Eric Goshow, AIA, LEED AP, partner, Goshow Architects, of New York. \u201cWe wanted to build with pre-fabricated elements to beat the clock. \u2026 Metal panel systems have been a great favorite of ours.  They establish a bright and clean look for buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Alucobond<\/a><\/p>\n

ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS aluminum composite material (ACM) was ordered in bold colors and installed as exterior cladding on an interconnected series of three buildings totaling 173,000 square feet with varying heights of two to six stories to create architectural interest.<\/p>\n

Included in the $56 million project are two new student residences known as the Nobel Halls and named after Nobel Prize-winners C.N. Yang and Paul Lauterbur, both former Stony Brook faculty members.  The 604-bed Nobel Halls, which welcomed their first student residents in August 2010, are divided into 104 suite-style apartments featuring a living room, a bathroom and three double bedrooms (the latter serving as single bedrooms for resident managers).   (This project was initiated in 2007 with a request for 450 beds to be completed by September 2009 but grew to a total of 604 beds and a fall 2010 semester move-in deadline.)  Adjacent to the two attached residence halls is the Center for Global Studies and Human Development, which provides multipurpose spaces and a caf\u00e9 area.<\/p>\n

Approximately 100,000 square feet of ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS in the 4mm thickness was installed on the buildings in a wide range of colors, including:  25,300 square feet of custom Birch, 7,300 square feet of Flag Red, 16,800 square feet of custom SUNY Orange, 30,300 square feet of Bone White, 15,300 square feet of custom Arabian Blue and 5,000 square feet of Cadet Gray.<\/p>\n

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The ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS colors were chosen to serve not only as building identifiers but as a way to brighten the campus , according to Goshow, who said his firm interviewed Stony Brook students prior to designing the buildings and learned that they thought the campus looked \u201ctoo brown\u201d in the wintertime.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe in the use of color,\u201d said Goshow. \u201cColor helps to brighten the whole experience.  Additionally, we designed the buildings with lots of windows and translucent glazing to provide the interiors with natural daylight and so the buildings could serve as way-finding lanterns at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

The contemporary ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS material in bold colors helps to make these buildings stand out on the 1,000-acre campus, most of which was built in the 1960s and \u201970s.  In particular, nearby residence halls were designed in the \u201cbrutalist\u201d architectural style featuring poured concrete and brick as well as pitched roofing.  Initially, university officials requested that the new residence halls match that style.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe convinced the university that they couldn\u2019t build traditionally; bricks are labor-intensive and not cost-effective,\u201d said Goshow. \u201cWe also wanted to focus on building for the 21st century.  It was the perfect time because we had a new university president (Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D.) coming on board.  And, we wanted to reflect Stony Brook\u2019s academic programs, which have huge emphases on science and technology as well as sustainability.  We wanted to distinguish ourselves from the old and look toward the future with confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

This building project is registered under the U.S. Green Building Council\u2019s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.  At a minimum, it was required to achieve LEED Silver certification but instead was designed and currently is being submitted for LEED Gold certification, according to Amanda Langweil, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CSI, CDT, director of sustainability, Goshow Architects, who said installation of the ALUCOBOND\u00ae backed by insulation outboard of studs played an important role in meeting guidelines for a higher level of LEED certification.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe needed to increase R-values when building with load-bearing steel-studded walls,\u201d said Langweil.  \u201cWe started by looking at traditional batt insulation but the R-values were reduced up to 60 percent due to thermal bridging.  So, we decided to install rigid insulation outboard of the studs to improve the exterior envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Alucobond<\/a><\/p>\n

In test simulations conducted by Amityville, N.Y.-based Kenneth J. Herman, Inc. \u2013 a full-service subcontractor specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of exterior metal panel wall systems \u2013 approximate R-values of 20 or higher were achieved when the metal wall panel system was installed with the insulation placed outside the steel studs, according to Mike Dell\u2019Olio, vice president, Kenneth J. Herman, Inc.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project was unique in that the thermal insulation was mounted to the exterior of the metal studs rather than in between the studs to achieve better thermal efficiency,\u201d according to Dell\u2019Olio, who said the ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS panels were installed in a rout-and- return dry-seal curtain-wall system that is fully guttered and weeped.<\/p>\n

Another unique challenge of this project involved creating the geometric shapes included in the architectural design of the Center for Global Studies and Human Development, which was clad in ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS in the Flag Red color.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe walls of this center are inward sloping on certain elevations and transition to vertical; and, there are numerous window return conditions on the entire project,\u201d said Dell\u2019Olio \u201cThis design required unique panel shapes that could only be accomplished with Alucobond.  We proposed ALUCOBOND\u00ae for this project in order to achieve this architectural look without the need for exposed applied trim.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to meet a fast-approaching move-in deadline for students, Kenneth J. Herman, Inc., which is located in close proximity to Stony Brook University, fabricated the ALUCOBOND\u00ae panels as they were being installed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made panels every day and shipped them out,\u201d said Dell\u2019Olio. J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc., of Bohemia, N.Y., served as general contractor for this project.<\/p>\n

\"Alucobond<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe project\u2019s timing, creating a new look and beating the budget were key areas of focus for both our architectural and construction teams,\u201d said Goshow.  \u201cKenneth J. Hermann was brilliant in figuring out crucial details in constructing our architectural design.  Utilizing the ALUCOBOND\u00ae system was a no-brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The finished buildings have been well-received by the university population \u2013 especially by the student residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased with these buildings,\u201d said Dallas W. Bauman III, Ph.D., assistant vice president, division of campus residences, Stony Brook University.  \u201cWe\u2019re continuing to sign student residents for next year, and these two buildings are in very high demand.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve certainly attracted a lot of attention on campus with the color combinations and different building sections. The building exteriors are beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Project Name: Stony Brook University Residence Halls Project Location: Stony Brook, New York ALUCOBOND\u00ae Materials: 100,000 sq. ft., 4mm ALUCOBOND\u00ae PLUS Custom Birch, Flag Red, SUNY Orange, Bone White, Custom Arabian Blue, Cadet Gray Year of Installation: 2010 Architect: Goshow Architects of New York Fabricator\/Installer: Kenneth J. Herman, Inc., Amityville, N.Y. General Contractor: J. Kokolakis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11,39,37,38,28,48,29,41,54,47,30,49],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-acm","tag-acp","tag-aluminum-composite-material","tag-aluminum-composite-panel","tag-architecture","tag-building","tag-design","tag-educational","tag-green-building","tag-leed","tag-residential","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7495,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/7495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alucobondusa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}