About Face: Giving Existing Towers a Modern Edge With Recladding

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Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP
The recladding of 475 Park Avenue South in New York City involved specific treatments for different parts of the building

The recladding of 475 Park Avenue South in New York City involved specific treatments for different parts of the building

The recladding of 475 Park Avenue South in New York City involved specific treatments for different parts of the building

Images courtesy of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

The recladding of 475 Park Avenue South in New York City involved specific treatments for different parts of the building as shown.

Design Strategies

While the aforementioned three-phase process remains fundamentally the same across all façade renovation projects, there are five fundamental design strategies that can be considered.2 Each one has varying impacts on the existing building and are discussed further as follows:

Façade retrofit strategies

Façade retrofit strategies

Image courtesy of Enclos

Four common types of façade retrofit strategies are: 1) replacement, 2) recladding, 3) over-cladding, and 4) double skin. A hybrid approach that combines elements of any of these four is a valid fifth strategy.

 

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Originally published in Architectural Record
Originally published in May 2015

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