Grange by Johnson Development

This project began in the way we love best: a beautiful watercolor concept drawing. Our partners at Johnson Development and Clark Condon created a unique and complex concept, and we were brought in at the beginning to provide our entire range of services.

Clark Condon imagined a set of pavilions, structures, and signage that would provide a unique and welcoming entrance to their new home community. To translate their vision, our team initiated Pre-Construction Planning and Design-Build services, and our engineering team developed contract drawings focused on constructability, laying the groundwork and preparing every item for the fabrication phase.

Greeting visitors at the community entrance are large-scale monument boxes with integrated lighting, with some structures reaching up to 24 feet tall. These entryways utilize aluminum and acrylic panel systems precisely cut to incorporate the community’s floral branding and logos.

Further inside the neighborhood stands the Henley Park Pavilion. This carbon steel structure, complete with an aluminum-grated eyebrow, wood soffits, and a standing seam roof, was coated by our finishing team with a durable, high-performance finish.

The model home pavilion features a complex circular layout with intricate framing and a standing seam roof. Alongside the primary structure, our team fabricated custom metal panels that display the community name, providing a unique and integrated marketing opportunity.

The kinetic entry sculpture posed a very unique set of design challenges for our team to overcome. Based on a 2D concept provided by Johnson Development and Clark Condon, the ambitious goal was to engineer a curved, stainless-steel structure with kinetic infill designed to move organically in the wind, utilizing the same floral branding found on the entry monuments. 

Executing this sculpture design required thorough research, planning, and multiple modeling iterations before our engineers finalized the use of machined bars with custom aluminum flappers. By leveraging the distance between lock nuts and socket screws, the team dictated how wind interacts with the sculpture. Large panels were bent into shape and laser-welded to form intricate flower petals and leaves.

Nella Martinez, one of our fabrication powerhouses, had this to say about the fabrication of the structure, “With time, precision and hard work, our team was able to incorporate many techniques to ensure the best outcome. From forging metal to hug every curve to laser welding the seams, the Grange sculpture meets the best of standards with our team working diligently to perfect every aspect.”

We are incredibly grateful to our partners for their creativity, patience, and collaborative spirit throughout this process, and for trusting us to translate their unique designs.

Who: Johnson Development, Clark Condon, Jerdon
What: Pavilions and Structures
Where: Waller, TX
How: Pre-Construction Planning, Design-Consulting, Design-Build, Engineering, Fabrication, Installation

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