b'PROJECT PROFILEBCBEC Elements that consultations with the architect, energy modeller and PASSIVE DESIGN RELIES IN LARGEowner have helped ensure the building envelope meets and exceeds the four PART ON THE CONTINUITY OF THE AIRDsdeflection, drainage, drying and durability. As a result, the exterior wall assemblies are of rainscreen design and AND THERMAL BARRIERS, MAXIMIZINGconsist of a self-adhered membrane, exterior mineral wool insulation, THERMAL RESISTANCE AND THE USE OFthermally broken clips and aluminum composite panels or metal cladding.HIGH-PERFORMANCE GLAZING. Naturally, building performance is also a key consideration for the envelope. To that end, Liaw notes, "While the Titchkosky, Associate with SHAPEvertical mullions, which create thesebuilding will not be Passive House Architecture, explains, "The buildingsmooth planes of continuous glazing.certified, we always try to pursue passive is basically striated into two levels: aAnd then the metal panel is meant todesign strategies for the building enclo-white portion at the bottom made frombe a counterpoint to that, where it hassure. Passive design relies in large part aluminum composite material for dura- more texture because of the customon the continuity of the air and thermal bility, and then the top portion which isprofile that we created with LAM Metalbarriers, maximizing thermal resis-darker and made with a metal panel inhere in Vancouver. tance and the use of high-performance three different profiles." glazing. The exterior wall is designed LDR Engineering Group, the buildingto be airtight and to minimize thermal The design intent, he continues, is toenvelope consultant, is a key partnerbridging, and all windows will be stick-have a contrast between the structuralwith SHAPE on the project. Seanbuilt curtain wall, either structurally silicon glazing along the perimeterLiaw, Principal and Senior Buildingsilicone glazed or with pressure plate of the glazed elements: There are noScience Consultant with the firm, tellsand beauty cap."10 BCBEC ELEMENTSA BCBEC PUBLICATION'