Hotel Hershey Conference Room
Additional Info
Award Winner : Modular Genius, Inc.
Architectural Excellence : This building was constructed for use as a temporary conference room during a major renovation at the Historic, Hotel Hershey. It was important that this building blend in with the ethics of the surrounding buildings and immaculate gardens. The hotel did not want this temporary building to look out of place like traditional temporary buildings. The facility hosts countless weddings and special events and near perfection was a requirement of the user. A light tan stucco exterior was installed which complimented the nearby light colored brick building. A barrel, steel, mansard roof line was installed which had four accenting columns resting on pedestals also to match with the surroundings. The building was installed 20' off of the hotel so the distance of travel was not too great for the hotels guests. A light gray powder coated prefabricated aluminum handicap ramp and stairs accented with stucco siding was installed just adjacent to the exterior hotel for efficient access.
Cost Energy Effectiveness : In lieu of a site installed stucco application, a panelized stucco press sheet was used for the building’s siding for cost effectiveness. Multi pane windows in the exterior doors as well as windows were placed throughout to let natural light in the building and causing the need for less artificial lighting. The hotel plans to reuse this building after the renovation of the hotel is complete and designed it so that it could have additional modular sections inserted between the two halves to form a larger building. Once relocated and expanded it will form a 2,160 sq ft building. Since the building was designed as a clear span structure the interior floor plan yet undetermined could be rather flexible and site built once relocated to another permanent location on the property and used as office space. The prefabricated aluminum stair and ramp system will also be relocated and reused to contain cost.
Occupied Date : 7/15/2008
Production Start Date : 6/1/2008
Project Location City : Hershey
Project Location State Name : PA
Technical Innovation : The conference room needed interior flexibility for multiple scheduled events. A 60' steel clear span truss system was built to insure there were no interfering columns in the interior. The interior lighting had 3- way switching with dimmable fluorescent ballasts to insure that proper lighting was achieved for any event scheduled to use the space. Positive site drainage was an important concern of the user. Interior roof drains were built in the building directing the water through a scupper to a downspout and underground storm water system. The down spouts hide behind the exterior columns. The height and degree of pitch in which the steel barrel roof mansard was built in the factory made it the maximum dimension for clear access in road transportation. Pushing the limit in the factory gave the customer what they wanted without having to site build this mansard feature at site.
Total Square Feet : 1440