Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (OHOW) Center at UW-Milwaukee Kalwall Translucent Panel System

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The OHOW Center, spanning 16,000 square feet, expands the Klotsche Center & Pavilion, which primarily serves the Panthers men's and women's basketball teams. Within this new facility lies a full-sized basketball court mirroring official game surfaces, a conditioning center, a video/film room, and auxiliary sports medicine and treatment facilities.

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W. L. Hall Company collaborated with HGA Architects & Engineers (Milwaukee) and JP Cullen Construction (Milwaukee) on this amazing project to install a Kalwall translucent panel system to ensure a well-balanced, diffused, glare-free lighting condition ideal for an athletic environment. 

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We leveraged daylight modeling to help HGA select the optimal light transmission level for this facility.


Kalwall's unique museum-quality daylighting™ elevates the Klotsche OHOW Center's indoor environmental quality while simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint through significant energy savings.

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Kalwall Panel Makeup:


Exterior Face Sheet - .070 White SW

Interior Face Sheet - .045 White S-171

U value .10

Visible Light Transmission - 5%

Kalwall Corrosion Resistant Finish- Aluminum #79


Don't sleep on the Panthers when you do your 2025 NCAA Division 1 Men's Bracket!

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