Proj Overview

Project Overview

Situated in a historic area, the 15-story Westin Alexandria condominiums and hotel needed to fit into its neighborhood of gardens, shops and restaurants. To provide an aesthetically pleasing design, architectural precast concrete panels clad the façade in a variety of finishes.

The building combines a 315-room hotel, 79 residential condominiums, below-grade parking, and street-level retail. The newcomer’s scale and silhouette were carefully crafted.

Precast Solution

The building is anchored with a precast concrete corner that serves as the hotel’s main entryway, which presents the image of a tower continuing two stories above the building’s brick walls which descend wedding cake-fashion.

On the top floors, lightly sandblasted panel sections were finessed to give the appearance of curvature on the sides, and vertical fins made of glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) separate the condominium bays. Together with the precast the two materials create the appearance of uniform limestone.

 

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Project Team

Architect

Cooper Carry, Inc.

Engineer

Uzun & Case Engineers

General Contractor

Centex Construction LLC

Owner

Regent Partners

Precaster

High Concrete Group LLC

Precast Specialty Engineer

High Concrete Group LLC

Key Project Attributes

  • Precast concrete’s aesthetic versatility allowed a variety of finishes to be used in a panelized system that provided fast construction and fewer joints to maintain through the building’s life.
  • Casting the panels at the precaster’s factory under controlled conditions improved quality control and minimized site congestion.
  • Finish techniques provide distinctive detail touches to panels.
  • Precast concrete panels work with full-thickness bricks to add dimension while providing strong support and fast erection of façade.
  • GFRC overhangs on top floor and other cornice details add visual interest.

Project/Precast Scope

  • Mixed-use project consisting of 315-room hotel, 79 residential condominiums, below-grade parking, and street-level retail.
  • 465,000 square feet.
  • Architectural precast concrete wall panels in several finishes used to clad building.
  • Top floors use lightly sandblasted panels with finessed edges to give the appearance of curvature to sides.
  • Vertical fins of glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) separate each residential unit