Melvin J. and Claire Levine Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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This building establishes a forward looking character for the School of Engineering and Applied Science, while remaining sensitive to existing site conditions and context. The footprint and massing respond to adjacent buildings, with particular attention to scale and fenestration. The building is articulated as a glazed pavilion presenting luminous, transparent facades to the campus. This strategy allows daylight to be maximized on a dense, urban site, and provides visual interconnections between the life of the campus and life within the building. The facades are constructed using ventilated curtain wall technology in a composition of transparent and translucent glass. This project represents the first use of this system in the United States. Although the technology is new, proportions were determined using mathematical ratios following the golden section.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

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