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System: Parkade
Attachment Method: J-Hook
Metal Fabric Pattern: Balance

Project: Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Garage
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Architect of Record: International Parking Design, Inc. - Alameda, CA
Design Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners, Santa Monica, CA
Facility End Use: Parking Garage
Completion Date: January 2008
Renovation or New Construction: New Construction

Project Details: The 900-space Santa Monica Civic Center garage was designed not only to visually inspire but to meet or exceed many of the USGBC’s LEED® guidelines. The structure employs various sustainable design and construction practices, materials and products – including Cambridge’s architectural mesh – culminating in the nations first LEED certified parking facility.

The Parkade system was fabricated with mesh in Cambridge’s Balance pattern, which features large-scaled, flexible open weaves that shade and screen structures.

Cambridge’s J-Hook tension attachment hardware was used to install the Balance product. This is a simple attachment of flexible metal fabric to structural supports view J-Hooks. The clearly articulated connection requires a rod that is threaded through the metal at top and bottom edges. The J-Hook hardware is appropriate for lengths of metal mesh held in tension up to 15-20 feet.

The impressive versatility of architectural mesh made it a perfect building element for the Santa Monica Civic Center parking garage. Its recyclable nature, along with its unique aesthetic and unmatched durability made it a fitting material for welcoming guests to the Civic Center.

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