The AAS team is able to design project specific columns to integrate with the overall theme of the designer.
See video clips to understand steps for manufacturing Fluted GFRC columns.
Fluted GFRC Columns – Architectural GFRC Manufacturing Process
GFRC Fluted Columns, Corinthian Capitals | SMU Delta Gamma Sorority House
Advanced Architectural Stone (AAS) has developed a number of admixture compositions that provide a range of options. See below in this blog post the options for standard as well as premium colors available to designers.
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AAS Stone Panel Color Chart | Standard Colors
AAS Stone Panel Color Chart | Premium Colors
> COMPUTERIZED COLOR LAB: VIDEO
The AAS team worked closely with the architect and contractor to realize elevation design for the Sundance Palace Theater in Fort Worth, TX.
Preserving the original theme of the theater building while carrying out this renovation project was the key to success. The stone pieces for this are custom manufactured using cast stone and GFRC.
The stone panels for the fish design pattern on the jamb and arch used not only the AAS technology, but also the design craftsmanship and experience of the AAS team.
AAS developed the large protruding decorative keystone in architectural GFRC product material. The original design piece was hand carved. AAS artist developed the matching replica of the keystone using clay. Once it was approved by the architects, the team used that to develop rubber mold for the piece. This mold was used in turn to fabricate the keystone with intricate design details in GFRC.
The precise matching of stone pieces for the massive cornice and dentil design at the top of the theater elevation achieved monolithic stone look.
Project Name:
Sundance East – Palace Block
Architect:
David M Schwarz Architects, Inc.
General Contractor:
Dennet Construction
Products:
Cast Stone, Architectural GFRC
Award: APA Design Craftsmanship Award
Cornice work and banding, particularly decorative and protruded banding, are a particular specialty for Architectural Products. The ability of Advanced Architectural Stone (AAS) to produce massively projecting elements with light weight shapes allows architects not only to achieve unattainable results in other materials, but also to achieve the form at a practical and economical cost.
The Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame building houses the cultural heritage of memorabilia contributed by diverse cultures shaping the state of Louisiana and the Gulf South.
To celebrate the region’s history and location, Trahan Architects envisioned passages inside the museum to emulate fluid shapes of the braided corridors of the Cane River channels, leading the visitor through a meandering path of galleries. The AAS team manufactured large size stone panels with complex shapes to achieve architect’s vision.
Complex Geometry: Never before had stone been used as veneer with such complex geometry and size. The AAS team used BIM (Building Information Modeling) to coordinate between the design and manufacturing. This BIM effort was headed by CASE, Inc. in New York.
Smooth Finish: The AAS team verified the geometry of molds used to cast the stone, and delivered unique shaped, large pieces with stringent tolerance requirements. The stone pieces fit like a glove to achieve the fluid shapes of the museum corridors with a smooth monolithic finish.
Large Size Stone Pieces: The biggest panel used in the building was about 18’ x 12’; it weighed 9,600 lbs. The AAS team molded both the front and back sides of every panel, so that the stone pieces would fit in the narrow wall space available. The vibrant-tamp cast stone panels weighed much less compared to wet-pour cast stone products of similar size. The AAS team designed every panel with the required thickness and attachments needed for precise installation.
AAS project team works with architects, contractors and building owners in design and manufacturing of modular columns in variety of shapes and styles. AAS has a lot of experience with very large size columns as required for a project.
Manufactured Vibrant-tamp Cast Stone Pieces | Column Design Integrated with overall Building Elevation Design at SMU Simmons Hall | Sequencing of Products Delivery, Detailed Palletization and Labeling, Settings Drawings Simplified Installation
Cast Stone Pieces for Column Secured using Steel Plates and Anchors
SMU Simmons Hall | Cast Stone, GFRC, Precast Concrete | Large Size Columns, Balusters Designed using Custom Molds | DOWNLOAD AND LEARN MORE >>
SMU Caruth Hall Architectural Stone Cladding | Cast Stone and Wet-precast Products Combined for Desired Design Accent | Large Column Porches and Entries, Design of Eaves, Window Surround Trim, Modular Columns Design
PROJECT: Collin Library | Architectural Cast Stone Columns
AAS | Cast Stone, Precast, GFRC | Seamlessly Integrated Custom Columns for Reagan Place, Dallas, TX | Combine Panels with Matching Color, Finish | Good Fulton & Ferrel Architects
The Market Square residential tower is clad in the Leuders limestone and much darker color AAS cast stone.
PROJECT: Houston Market Square | Custom Dark Color Manufactured Stone Highlighting the Leuders Limestone Exterior >>
PROJECTS GALLERY: CLADDING DESIGN >>
CASE STUDY: HOUSTON MARKET SQUARE TOWER >>
Architectural GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete), also known as light weight concrete are ideal for columns at higher elevation because of their lighter weight. With column that is hollow inside. GFRC casting technology can also be used to develop column covers or column wraps that envelope other structural support elements.
The sorority house building at SMU used ornate GFRC cladding for the building elevation design. The designers aimed to blend the new building seamlessly with other much older buildings in the campus.
Fluted, tapered GFRC columns with corinthian capitals played a key role in highlighting the design. The AAS team worked closely with architects and contractor to review, confirm design details at CAD drawing’s level. The team fabricated a number of custom molds and manufactured the columns with modular design.
Fluted GFRC Columns – Architectural GFRC Manufacturing Process
SMU Delta Gamma | Architectural GFRC Cladding, Fluted GFRC Columns with Corinthian Capitals
The AAS team engineered anchorage connections while designing and fabricating the columns and cornices used in this project. That simplified the installation, and also opened up options and flexibility in the design process.
Architectural GFRC | Pre-engineered, Built-in Connections | Installation Support | Installation of GFRC Products at SMU Delta Gamma Sorority House
AAS (Formerly ACS) | Gilbert Christian Highschool | Product: Architectural GFRC (Light Weight Concrete) | Architect: L. Smith – H & S International LLC. | Contractor: A. R. Mays
USC Ronald Tutor Campus Center | AC Martin Partners Architects | R & R Masonry | SEE CASE STUDY …
GFRC Columns at Higher Elevation | High Strength to Weight Ratio Simplified Structural Support Requirements | Lighter Weight, Ease Of Installation
These columns have a capital that looks like a series of leaves in a circular repeating pattern. This column and capital has 3 dimensional look and the capital is often larger than the Tuscan. They are beautiful but tend to look formal.
Architectural Stone Cladding | AAS Technology and Design Expertise Create Unparalleled Design Freedom | Products: Cast Stone, GFRC
AAS Project: Old Parkland West Campus | Computer Controlled Batch Plant Provide Product Consistency for Both Structural Properties as well as Color and Texture
SMU Delta Gamma Sorority House | Architectural GFRC Columns, Cladding for Desired Building Elevation Aesthetic
AAS (Formerly ACS) | Gilbert Christian Highschool | Product: Architectural GFRC (Light Weight Concrete) | Architect: L. Smith – H & S International LLC. | Contractor: A. R. Mays
Architectural Cast Stone, GFRC Veneer, Cladding, Corinthian Columns | Custom Colors | Custom Molds to Meet Design Needs
Tuscan columns are the columns used most frequently in the United States because they are also the simplest. They are not carved and do not have scrolls. They are columns that have a capital that is square with a circle under the square. Think of the circle as being round crown molding. There may be a ring under the circle, all of which would be considered the column capital.
AAS has an extensive range of molds to manufacture columns with a much shorter turn around time. The team is able to customize the column design for any diameter, length, as well as size of the capital.
AAS provides design assist, construction assist for the columns confirming design feasibility, and also simplifying the installation process.
SMU Caruth Hall Architectural Stone Cladding | Cast Stone and Wet-precast Products Combined for Desired Design Accent | Large Column Porches and Entries, Design of Eaves, Window Surround Trim
PROJECT: TRT Holdings Headquarters | Case Stone, Architectural Precast | 2014 APA Award of Excellence
Unlimited Design Freedom with Manufactured Architectural Cast Stone, Precast Concrete, GFRC | Seamless Matching with Different Materials for Optimum Value Engineering
The Ionic columns are usually defined by the scrolls at each corner of the capital. These scrolls are fairly large in proportion to the column itself and the scrolls are also known architecturally as volutes.
Designers are able to achieve any custom color for the columns with a control Sample.
Ionic Columns using Architectural Cast Stone | Laura Lee Blanton Building
Building Cladding and use of Ionic Columns | Product Used: Architectural Cast Stone | Laura Lee Blanton Building
AAS 2016 APA, CSI Awards for AAS Project Old Parkland | Cast Stone, GFRC | Custom Molds, Architectural Stone Cladding
