Containing over 193,750 square feet, the new Eric Hamber Secondary School addresses multiple goals for occupant safety and wellbeing. Part of this broader approach to building design, the incorporation of several fire-rated glazing assemblies ensure the students and faculty of the school have an open, light-filled and code-compliant learning environment. For example, the project team specified Fireframes® Aluminum Series and Fireframes® Designer Series Doors, both with Pilkington Pyrostop® fire-rated glazing, as openings along egress stairways. The systems work together to increase visual connection for intuitive wayfinding while also maintaining means of egress pathways in the event of a fire. The new building also features fire-rated glass curtain walls at multiple elevations within a central corridor. The narrow-profile frames of the Fireframes SG Curtainwall® Series maximize glazing areas to optimize light transfer from the exterior glass assemblies. Together, these fire-rated glazing systems support an open, forward-looking and code-compliant school design.
Project:
Eric Hamber Secondary School
Location:
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Architect:
KMBR Architects
