HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201700061 Plan - Approved 2017-06-13Sherri Tracinski, Architect
PO Box 8
Trevilians, VA 23170
Albemarle County minor amendment to architectural plans
A. Written Description of the proposal
office: 540-967-5653
mobile: 540-223-1949
srt@tracinski.com
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Mountaintop Montessori is proposing roof replacements of the two Lower Elementary
classrooms (and the attached covered walkways) labeled as #443 and #441 Rolkin Road on
plat 78-12A. (See photo above.) There will be no changes to the existing pitch of the roofs,
and no changes to any overhangs or roof sizes.
We are proposing to replace the existing single -ply asphalt shingle roofs with Galvalume
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Sherri Tracinski, Architect
PO Box S
Trevilians, VA 23170
office: 540-967-5653
mobile: 540-223-1949
srt@tracinski.com
Standing Seam metal roofs that match the approved and recently built GrACE Building,
marked as #437 on the same property. The new proposed roof material will match the
neighboring GrACE Building in material, color, and detail.
We believe that the proposed roof replacement of these two buildings with much higher
quality roofing materials will elevate the appearance of these two buildings. These buildings
are situated high on the hill above 250 and are quite hidden in the summer months by
densely planted deciduous trees. And due to their fairly low pitch, even during the winter
months these roofs will be only slightly visible along 250 Entrance Corridor. And given their
relatively small scale and the extensive existing tree screening, these two roofs should already
have a fairly small impact on the Monticello view -shed.
But with the Monticello view -shed in mind, we think that the choice of Galvalume standing
seam roofing will closely mimic the soft dull grey of the historic roofing up at Monticello
and is much more in keeping with the historic slate roof on the 1920s house that is the main
office on our campus. Galvalume, as I'm sure you know, is slightly shiny when it is first
installed, but quickly fades to a dull grey. I know that the reflectance factor of roofing
materials is a concern for the Monticello view -shed, and with that in mind we are hoping to
get the roof replaced during the summer months when the children are out of school and
the trees shield the roofs' short-lived shine until the leaves fall. Our only other possible
replacement opportunity would be during the winter holiday break when the bare tree
branches would make the temporary roof shine most visible from Monticello.
As to other examples of this same roofing, Galvalume standing seam metal was the
approved roofing material on the GrACE Building (#437) and I believe it is also used on a
few of the buildings next to the Liberty Gas Station along 250, just across the road from
these two buildings.
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Sherri Tracinski, Architect
PO Box 8
Trevilians, VA 23170
office: 540-967-5653
mobile: 540-223-1949
srt@tracinski.com
C. Minor Amendments to Architectural Plans, Show Existing Site Conditions
I am attaching photographs instead of elevation drawings at the request of Margaret
Maliszewski, who also requested that I not include a material sample since one is already on
file for the recently build GrACE Building at #437 Rolkin Road, which sits perpendicular to
this fagade, just to the left of this photograph below.
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This first photograph shows the 441 building (LEI classroom) and the second photograph
below shows the 443 building (LE2 classroom). The only change is the roofing material
from the single -ply asphalt to Galvalume standing metal seam to match the existing roof on
the 437 building (GrACE Building) in material, color, and detail.
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Sherri Tracinski, Architect office: 540-967-5653
PO Box 8 mobile: 544-223-1949
Trevilians, VA 23170 srt@tracinski.com
D. Minor Amendments to Architectural Plans, Additional Material
Other materials, such as Entrance Corridor photographs were not required at this time.
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