De La Salle High School

De La Salle High School

This student center and faculty lounge is a one-story, 20,000 sq. ft. steel frame structure, which utilizes significant expressed structural elements to enhance the curvilinear architectural forms required to achieve the overall architectural vision. Perhaps the most notable elements of this architectural expression occur at the main hall with the 95 foot span lenticular steel roof trusses providing a sense of motion from interior to exterior space and the tall chevron braced frames juxtaposed against the brick building envelope.

 

Credits: Project completed by Doug Robertson as Principal with Umerani Associates

Architect

Ratcliff Architects

Contractor

Cahill Contractors

Photography

Diana Barbatti

Innovations

  • Structural-Architectural Integration

    Seamless alignment of braces, columns, and trusses with materials like brick. Enhances cohesion between form and structure.

  • Red Brick Application

    Full-size red brick unifies interior and exterior, echoing the historic campus aesthetic.

  • Lenticular Steel Trusses

    95-foot trusses span and transform into aluminum eaves, creating a distinct edge detail.

  • 3D Dynamic Analysis

    Ensures balanced lateral force distribution, addressing plan irregularities and height variations.

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