Medical Center Maximizes Natural Daylight with Fire Rated Glass
OVERVIEW
Central to the new UC Davis Medical Center Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion's design was a large skylight that allows natural light to vertically flow into the atrium area and other light wells throughout the building. However, they also wanted to let light flow horizontally into the adjacent hallways, rooms, etc. Because the walls in the atrium and light wells have to meet a 2-hour rating, Stantec Architects approached SAFTI FIRST® for a solution. Large portions of the 2 hour atrium and light well walls were made “transparent” with the use of SuperLite® II-XL 120 in GPX® Framing.
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View all products (16)SuperLite® II-XL 120 - Fire rated glass, fire rated wall
GPX® Architectural Series - fire rated wall, fire rated opening
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