University City Science Center, 3737 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

West Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood is recognized as one of the leading innovation districts around the country. Anchored by the University City Science Center – a 50+ year old organization focused on business incubation, programming, and support services for entrepreneurs and start-ups – uCity Square is a 14 acre, 2.5M sq ft mixed-use community positioned between Penn Presbyterian Hospital (an affiliate of Penn Medicine), Drexel University, and University of Pennsylvania.

The project included 15,000 sq ft of Metalwërks® Arcwall™ Advanced systems at the entrance & lobby canopies, wall façade and cantilevered soffits with Metalwërks® Column Cladding and custom 11 gauge stainless skirt panels . All Panels feature back-cut panel corners for sharp, crisp 1/16” radius bends. Panel finishes include 3 coat metallic silver and 2 coat Gray PPG Duranar Finishes. Panel Modules were established early based on a 63” curtainwall design module which exceeded many company 60” designs. Additionally, the design team wanted the back-cut corner bends to match existing panel work on the adjacent building. The project achieved LEED Gold Certification.