General InformationLocation: Rockford, Illinois, USA
Scope of Work: Design, Fabricate, Install
Project Engineer: Alan Wilcox
Project Client: Studio/Gang Architects / Sjostrom & Sons
Project TeamArchitect: Studio/Gang Architects
Gen. Contractor: Sjostrom & Sons
Struc. Engineer: Dewhurst MacFarlane and Partners
- Six stainless steel-clad, cantilevered panels
- Each triangular shaped panel is 36 feet wide at the base and 42 feet long
- The tip of each panel rises over 24 feet to their fully open position
- Each panel driven by a 50-ton jackscrew powered by a 5 Hp motor
- Panels rotate around a torque tube
- Two hydraulic cylinders support the weight of each panel in the unlikely event of a jackscrew failure
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