Davis County approached our team with a unique opportunity to re-examine failed facade detailing on the Children’s Justice Center, a well-loved and essential community resource center in Davis County.

Initially, this project was motivated by existing facade tiling that was falling off and posing safety concerns. The main building of the justice center features white stone wrapping the entire structure, each individual stone in a different size and tone that accumulates in a richly textured facade. The original design for fastening these tiles to the building proved to be faulty, and they had reached a point where tiles were often falling onto high-traffic areas. Our work focused on examining the failed fasteners and tiles, and designing a new system for the tiles to stay secure.

Guided by the combined goals of longevity, simplicity, and cost-consciousness, we went through a process of experimentation until we felt we’d educated the team and explored every option on both materials and the fastening system.