Optima Camelview Village
Designed with a strong focus on sustainability and environmental elements, no two buildings on the 12-acre Optima Camelview Village are exactly alike. The steel framing in each of the complex’s 11 buildings features large cantilevers—up to 20 feet—that support planted, stepped terraces and 23-acres of rooftop gardens. Linked by a series of walkways and pedestrian bridges, the community has an inherent, interconnected feel.
| Client | Optima, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Architect: | David Hovey & Associates |
| Size | 7 Stories | 85 Feet (26 M) tall | 2,100,000 SF (216,000 SM) | 701 Units |
| Sustainability | LEED Gold |
| Office: | Overland Park |
| Completion: | 2010 |
A unique terrace planting system, developed in collaboration with Arizona State University, helps with thermal insulation, improves stormwater retention, and provides passive shading for the glass facades. The complex adapts more standard sustainable elements for Arizona’s desert climate.
As structural engineer of record, our single source steel experts, collaboration and our Steel Frame Alliance division, played a critical role in the development of the steel framing system to realize with the architectural intent, providing structural engineering, detailing, steel procurement, fabrication, steel erection, foundation design, and elevated slab design and placement of concrete floors. This integration of services enabled the team to "lock in" steel material orders early in the design process to expedite the fabrication process.
Since the design of each of the village’s buildings is unique, with no vertical stacking, our team utilized 3D modeling and BIM to optimize the precision of the steel components before delivery to the site—further contributing the successful fast-track construction of the complex.
