ZEPPS ™

Zahner Engineered Panel Profiling Systems

 ZEPPS ™

Zahner Engineered Panel Profiling Systems

The ZEPPS™ Process was first developed to meet the demanding

curvature of the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington.
Notable for its twisting curves and smooth planes, the facade is
installed on the smart system we now call the ZEPPS™ Process.
A highly specialized team was assembled at Zahner to develop
this process. This team is called the Design Assist Group (DAG),
and the members of this team continue to advance the ZEPPS™
Process, develop new systems, and guide architects, designers, and
general contractors through the process of building complex forms.

ZEPPS™ allows our team to efficiently produce these complex

forms with minimal waste and a reduced ecological footprint,
eliminating the need for additional structural development.
“Whenever we design a building with a complex metal skin, our first thought
is to call Zahner to make sure they are interested in bidding the job. Zahn-
er did a fantastic job constructing a weathering steel skin for the Trinity
River Audubon Center, fabricating and installing the skin exactly as
designed.

The end result far exceeded our expectations.”

-- Paul Fehlau / Executive Senior Associate / Antoine Predock Architect PC

Antoine Predock + Zahner
From Left to Right: Trinity River
Audubon Center in Dallas, Texas;
Tampa Museum of Science & Industry
in Tampa, Florida; American Heritage
Center, in Laramie Wyoming.
 Select projects featuring the ZEPPS™ Process

Experience Music Project BOK Center NASCAR Hall of Fame Pritzker Pavilion
San Francisco, California Tulsa, Oklahoma Charlotte, North Carolina Chicago, Illinois

Neiman Marcus Miami Intermodal Center Art Gallery of Alberta Fisher Center at Bard
Natick, Massachusetts Miami, Florida Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Red Hook, New York
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Experience Music Project (EMP)

Frank Gehry Partners + Zahner
Seattle, Washington
(First Generation ZEPPS™ Assembly)
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Experience Music Project (EMP) Aerial

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Experience Music Project (EMP) Detail

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EMP, under construction, and recently completed,

revealing the first generation ZEPPS™ Assembly.
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Experience Music Project,

First Generation ZEPPs™ Assembly, CAD.
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BOK Center
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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BOK Center, Interior

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Architect’s Model, BOK Center

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Above: ZEPPS™ Structure detail showing three full panels in CATIA;

Top Right: Zahner Facility, showing two full panels;
Bottom Right: Architect’s Model,
BOK Center.
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NASCAR HALL OF FAME

Pei Cobb Freed
Charlotte, North Carolina
Completed in May, 2010
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NASCAR Hall of Fame, Detail of the Mobius

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NASCAR Hall of Fame

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Construction Detail and CAD View of Mobius

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Photo by J. Crocker
Pritzker Pavilion in Millenium Park
Frank Gehry Partners
Chicago, Illinois
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Photo by Owenusa
Pritzker Pavilion
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Pritzker Pavilion
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Neiman Marcus
Elkus Manfredi
Natick, Massachusetts
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Neiman Marcus Mockup at Zahner Campus

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Neiman Marcus during construction

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Neiman Marcus Interior, Under Construction

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Neiman Marcus Exterior Detail

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Above: Neiman Marcus Exterior Completed

Side: Neiman Rendering showing Scope
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Miami Intermodal Center

Sequeira & Gavarrete
Miami, Florida

Estimated Completion: 2011

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Rendering of Station Section,

Miami Intermodal Center (MIC)
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Photograph of ZEPPS™ Panels for

Miami Intermodal Center (MIC)
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Art Gallery of Alberta

Randall Stout + Zahner
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Art Gallery of Alberta, Detail of “Borealis” -- the

complex curvatures which flow around the building.
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Left: Art Gallery of Alberta, detail of CAD rendering,

Right: AGA under construction, revealing the
ZEPPS™ Structure underneath.
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Using ZEPPS™ allows architects to know that their vision will be realized, accurately.
Above: Architects CAD Model, rendered.
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Fisher Center at Bard College

Frank Gehry
Red Hook, New York
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Fisher Center at Bard, ZEPPS™ and Structure.

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Fisher Center at Bard, ZEPPS™ Details

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