Firm's concrete decision earns 43rd annual award.Michael Fieldman Associates received the 43rd Annual Roger Corbetta Award for its work on P.S./ I.S. 499--The Queens College Queens College: see New York, City Univ. of. School for Math, Science and Technology, Flushing, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The 850-student primary/intermediate school on the campus of Queens College is the second constructed by New York School New York school Painters who participated in the development of contemporary art, particularly Abstract Expressionism, in or around New York City in the 1940s and '50s. Construction Authority using a superstructure comprised solely of structural reinforced concrete reinforced concrete Concrete in which steel is embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces. The reinforcing steel—rods, bars, or mesh—absorbs the tensile, shear, and sometimes the compressive stresses in a concrete . According to Fieldman, "Both schools were designed by our firm and both have received the Annual Concrete Industry Board Award. "The material was chosen for durability, cost savings, speed of construction and ability to combine with other materials to achieve pure and tranquil space with a refined strength. The whole architectural composition becomes homogeneous and visually stable. The concrete frame of the building is inherently fireproof fire·proof adj. Impervious or resistant to damage by fire. tr.v. fire·proofed, fire·proof·ing, fire·proofs To make fireproof. Verb 1. , allowing full exposure of the architectural concrete as the finish surface interior walls and ceilings." The school replaces inadequate and temporary classrooms also located on Queens College Campus. This 120,000 sf school was constructed on a fast-track process, with a construction duration schedule of 21 months. The concrete stairways, Fieldman continued, are enclosed in cast-in-place reinforced concrete walls. All the interior wall and soffit surfaces are smooth concrete surfaces. The wide piers separating the stairways are articulated with openings filled with clear glass block creating a heightened experience for the stair users. "The unique combination of safety, speed of construction, and long-term durability is what makes cast-in-place reinforced concrete the ideal material for a school--or any other public or commercial building," says Alfred G. Gerosa, president of The Concrete Alliance, Inc. He also applauded the way that concrete's esthetic es·thet·ic adj. Variant of aesthetic. potentials were emphasized by the architects at Michael Fieldman Associates. In the classrooms and corridors the basic formwork form·work n. The structure of boards that make up a form for pouring concrete in construction. system for the exposed concrete is round columns and 16" deep long coffers. The round columns are formed with plastic surfaced form material to present a very smooth surface. |
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