OARDC – Ohio State University Research Facility
OWNER: Ohio State University
DATE: 2015
CONTRACTOR: Donley’s, Inc.
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The OARDC Campus in Wooster, Ohio was devastated by a tornado in 2010 completely leveling the Williams Greenhouses. Designs for a replacement facility started in 2011 and commenced in 2013 with construction starting that year. The 20,000 square foot facility is divided into fourteen separate compartments. The design incorporated a central hallway providing intake air and utilities for all of the compartments. State of the art heating, cooling ventilation, growth lighting and environmental controls dominated the design process. Shade/heat retention blanket systems and high pressure fog systems were also included in the finished complex. The structure is aluminum with an aluminum glazing system using laminated single layer glass for the roof glazing and polycarbonate panels for the vertical glazing systems.
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