Hieronymus Square

Mixed-Use Development | Iowa City, IA

West Plains Engineering provided mechanical and electrical engineering design for Hieronymus Square, a 7-story mixed-use development in Downtown Iowa City.

The two-tower property features a modern, eco-focused hotel on one side; and condos, offices and retail businesses on the other. In between is a shared outdoor terrace.

Mechanically, the condos and common areas of the hotel are served with electric fan coil units. Vertical Terminal Air Conditioners, or VTACs are used to condition the hotel rooms.

The hotel and condos have a full wet pipe sprinkler system with fire pumps. The hotel includes dedicated outside air energy recovery units mounted on the roof.

Electrically, the condo utilizes photovoltaic panels for electrical power generation to serve the house unit loads. The hotel side has an emergency generator serving the facility, life safety and egress elevator.

*Rendering courtesy Neumann Monson Architects.