DBB Cultural + Civic 2022 by Davis Brody Bond

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture Washington, DC

Firm Profile

Davis Brody Bond brings successful designs to complex building types and planning projects. Our diverse portfolio includes commissions for cultural, civic, government, academic, research, residential, and corporate clients. We have been honored with more than 200 major design awards including the American Institute of Architects Firm Award, the highest honor given to an architectural practice, as well as the Presidential Award for Design Excellence. Our scope of work is broad and includes a wide range of project types including museums, educational facilities, libraries, and high-tech corporate facilities. Significant projects include a new infill building and restoration of the landmark New York Public Library; the Masterplan and design of the new Portico Gallery for The Frick Collection; the new National Museum of African American History and Culture for the Smithsonian Institution (as part of the Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smithgroup team); new US Embassies in Jakarta and Mexico City; and the St. Elizabeths

East Gateway Pavilion in Washington, DC. We are the Design Architect for the National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center.

• Buildings are ultimately about the people who use and inhabit them. Their experience and well-being always informs our decisions.

We enjoy working collaboratively with our clients and with building users. We strive to clarify and realize each project’s essential goals, and our work always respects the environment in which it is situated. This approach guides our design process and enables us to transform challenging scenarios into award winning architecture. Every project is a design opportunity. Our process is not managed by a specific philosophy; instead we strive to meet these goals:

These tenets guide our creativity and are the basis for our internationally-recognized work, be it a museum, library, acaemic building, residence, workplace, or ideas competition. To them, we add a final consideration: in every case, success grows out of the effective collaboration between the architects and the future users of a building.

• All projects offer unique opportunities for design solutions. Rather than impose preconceived strategies, we respond to a project’s specific context and ambitions. • Aesthetics develop from an elegant resolution of function, form, and construction, and one that respects the surrounding environment.

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Davis Brody Bond is a multidisciplinary architectural practice with offices in New York and Washington, DC. The firm’s leadership directs an experienced senior staff of architects and designers with project management and technical expertise. The team that supports them includes technical experts, Building Design specialists, CAD and REVIT technicians, graphic designers, resource librarians, model makers and administrative staff.

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Freelon Adjaye Bond (comprised of Davis Brody Bond, The Freelon Group, and Adjaye Associates in association with SmithGroup), was selected from an international field of architects to design the new National Museum of African American History and Culture on the Washington Mall. Davis Brody Bond developed pre-design and programming documents for the museum in association with Freelon and was the architect leading the below grade spaces for the museum (about 60% of the overall structure). The design itself rests on four cornerstones: (1) the distinctive Corona shape and form of the building; (2) the bronze filigree Screen; (3) the Lenses framing views through the envelope; and (4) the extension of the building out into the landscape, known as the Porch.

The distinctive three-tiered Corona is inspired by the Yoruban caryatid, a traditional West African wooden sculpture that bears a crown. The angle of the tiers mimics the angle of the top of Washington Monument obelisk. The pattern of the 3,600 bronze-colored paneled filigree Screen was inspired by the ornate ironwork of Charleston, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; and New Orleans, Louisiana — much of which was created by enslaved and free African Americans.

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Piercing through the museum envelope, the Lenses provide the only unobstructed views of many of the National Mall’s most important landmarks. The building’s main entrance features a front Porch with a reflecting pool, welcoming all who approach. It refers both to the importance of the porch in African American diaspora, as well as the museum’s location on the Mall, the ‘nation’s front lawn’. Structurally, the building is supported by four cores that sit within the corona. The roof and walls hang from these supports, freeing the internal spaces and enabling the main circulation areas to be pushed to the perimeter, strengthening the relationship between the interior and the museum’s context.

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Irish Arts Center New York, NY

The Irish Arts Center (IAC) is an arts and cultural organization dedicated to promoting the vibrant image of Ireland and Irish America through performance, exhibition and education. Founded in 1972, the IAC offers its audiences a window into Irish culture through live performances, film, visual arts presentations and classes in Irish language, history, music and dance. The Center provides a dynamic platform for Ireland’s top emerging and established artists.

For most of its existence the IAC has operated out of a converted three story tenement building, whose ground floor was formerly a garage which became a small theater. The proposed expansion will provide for an adjacent new building on Eleventh Avenue which will connect to the original facility, creating a center with two venues, as well as associated support, classroom and rehearsal space. The new facility will provide spaces for collaboration among the creative disciplines of music, theater, dance, film, comedy, literature and the visual arts. The new facility is built upon the site of a former garage, which is part of the history of the neighborhood. Though not a historic landmark, the community felt strongly about retaining the original two story brick façade as a link to the neighborhood’s past. The main façade is being preserved as a feature of the new building.

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Because of funding from the Irish government, Davis Brody Bond has also collaborated with Ireland’s Office of Public Works (OPW) on the design of the new building. The 25,000 sf infill building and renovation of the historic IAC will include a 199-seat flexible theater and associated theater support facilities; a rehearsal studio classroom; a multipurpose classroom; exhibit areas; a café; and the restored 99-seat historic theater. Because of a significant amount of city funding, including the city’s grant of the property for the project, there were extensive approvals and consultations with the community board and city agencies. When completed, the new Irish Arts Center will add to New York City’s rich cultural institutions by creating a premiere arts facility that expresses the talent, energy, tradition and hospitality of Irish and Irish-American culture.

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American Museum of Natural History Gilder Center for Science, Innovation & Education New York, NY Davis Brody Bond was selected to serve as Executive Architect in collaboration with design architect Jeanne Gang on the AMNH’s new 203,000 sf, five-story Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. Set into the Columbus Avenue side of the Museum complex at 79th Street, the project invites visitors to experience the Museum as not only a place of public exhibitions but also an active scientific and educational institution. At a time of urgent need to enhance the public understanding of science, the Gilder Center will expand access to the beloved institutions’s resources for students, teachers, and families, offering new learning opportunities (including STEM education programs) and inviting visitors from all walks of life to share in the excitement of discovery. The project includes exhibition galleries, state-of-the-art classrooms, an immersive theater, a redesigned library, and a newly revealed Collections Core. Conceived in the Museum’s original master plan as a crossaxis connecting galleries, the Gilder Center is being designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and incorporates such sustainable strategies as efficient landscaping, lighting designs, and water conservation initiatives. Informed by aeolian processes found in nature, the Central Exhibition Hall creates a continuous, “windswept” spatial experience flowing along an east-west axis from the Museum’s new Columbus Avenue entrance. The sinuous forms of the space encourage visitors to move beneath and across connective bridges and along sculpted walls with openings that progressively reveal the Museum’s myriad natural treasures.

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American Museum of Natural History Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals New York, NY

In collaboration with award-winning exhibit designers Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Davis Brody Bond developed a comprehensive design vision for a new signature exhibition as part of a renovation of the AMNH Hall of Gems and Minerals. The project is one of a series of architectural and programmatic enhancements to the cherished New York City institution leading up to its 150th anniversary and the opening of the new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. The new space will provide a suitably stunning home for the Museum’s expansive collection of 115,000 mineral specimens and 4,500 gems, only a fraction of which are currently on display.

“Whether you’re talking about the spectacular 563-carat Star of India sapphire or the unique almandine ‘subway garnet’ unearthed in New York City in 1885, the AMNH is known for having one of the most spectacular and comprehensive collections of gems and minerals in the world,” said Museum President Ellen Futter. “Our new exhibits will allow us to tell how the story of minerals is linked with their natural environment and biology on the one hand and with culture and technology on the other,” wrote Project Curator George Harlow. The Museum’s goal was to transform the 11,000 sf hall into must-see destination that will educate and delight the next generation of diverse visitors. To this end, the design team held multiple workshops with the AMNH executive team and key staff; toured the back-of-house to inform physical design concepts; reviewed the Museum’s collections to determine iconic specimens; developed a prioritized list and budget

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for the acquisition of additional large-scale specimens from around the world; and addressed the institution’s myriad technical, infrastructural, and security requirements. The completed space represents a dramatic transformation from the aesthetically and technologically outdated space that existed before. While the halls previously formed a cul-de-sac, they now provide a glamorous portal to the other exhibit halls via a stunning Crystalline Pass. The overall design restores the hall’s original architectural character, recapturing its axial formality while opening up the space and modernizing its infrastructure. New durable flooring accommodates power and data distribution as well as the needs of special events. The ceiling has been replaced to allow for HVAC distribution and finished with decorative beams, coffers, and column capitals.

Zero Irving Technology Hub New York, NY

Zero Irving Place is a new 240,000 sf, 22-story technology hub located on 14th Street in New York City’s burgeoning ‘Silicon Alley’ tech artery. The project was born out of the City’s initiative to focus on helping support established industries that are proving to be the drivers of economic growth as well as solutions to support successful earlystage startup organizations as they expand. The new Tech Training Center will create a new 21st century institution and economic development center with the goal of supporting emerging industries in a dynamic environment. The building will house a Food Hall at the ground level, welcoming community & residents; Civic Hall, providing a central location for social entrepreneurs, change-makers, academics, and others to share knowledge; and Step-Up Office Space as well as Traditional Office Space. Spread over six floors, Civic Hall will be comprised of an Event Space that will be available to community organizations in addition to building tenants, a Digital Skills Training Center providing job training and pathways to quality jobs for underserved populations of New York, and a Community Center. Civic Hall is intending to provide a collaborative community for technologists, community organizers, government, and the nonprofit sector to come together to solve society’s most pressing problems. When fully realized, Zero Irving Place will establish an entire new model for community and economic impact while produce economic development resources that extend value to all five NYC boroughs. The tech hub will provide neighborhood amenities that support the vibrant neighborhoods of Gramercy, Flatiron, Greenwich Village and Chelsea, as well as industries that support local institutions such as NYU, The New School, NY Film Academy, and Cooper Union.

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National September 11 Memorial and Museum New York, NY

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National September 11 Memorial Museum

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum is deeply intertwined with the nation’s cultural memory and emotional reaction to the events and site of September 11, 2001. Davis Brody Bond served a dual role as Design Architect for the Memorial Museum and Associate Architect for the Memorial Plaza. Memorial Plaza Our executive work on the Memorial shepherded the design through numerous technical challenges. We applied our expertise to every aspect of the project, from the configuration of the bronze name parapets to the fountain geometry that creates the perfectly even waterfalls around the pools marking the absent towers. Davis Brody Bond collaborated on site fittings, materials, lighting, and designed the mesh enclosures that integrate the large west vent structures into the plaza. Memorial Museum The architecture of the National September 11 Museum is defined by four core design principles: Scale, Authenticity, Memory, and Emotion. Concrete, some raw and some polished, is the predominant material of the floor and walls that survived within the 70 feet deep excavation of the remediated World Trade Center site. Within this excavation are two new insertions: the Tower Volumes and the Ribbon. The Tower Volumes align with the footprints of the original Twin Towers and the pools above, creating sense of context and connection to the site. CONCOURSE LEVEL

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The Ribbon provides a gently ramped descent whose faceted form winds between the Tower Volumes and brings visitors to the bedrock level. The decision to locate this museum at the site of the event it interprets differentiates the Memorial Museum from most other museums and provides an important link between the act of memorializing those who perished and the provision of a narrative historical account of the event. The museum is shaped around four core principles: • Memory. Our individual memories of the WTC, the events of 9/11 and the recovery effort shape our response to the site, the artifacts and the exhibit. • Authenticity. Located at the site of the attack, the museum, footprints, and foundations of the original towers create a deeply felt and intuitive connection to the events. • Scale. The vastness of the spaces reinforces our connection to the original towers, the scale of the attack and the tragic fate of those who perished • Emotion. The museum provides space for private contemplation while also acknowledging the need for a collective emotional response. The initial concept of the museum arose from the enormous and emotionally powerful void that was the recovered site. Observing how visitors came to Ground Zero to pay witness, and the personal and public rituals of observance and homage that spontaneously arose there, the design evolved into a series of space that evokes both the scale of the loss and the still resonant physical impressions left by the towers. Acknowledging our individual memories, the museum introduces visitors to the museum gradually via a ramped descent, providing a time and place for the reconnection to the site as its iconic features are progressively disclosed. The architectural journey, supported by key artifacts and the in-situ remains of the Twin Towers, affords a uniquely personal encounter for each visitor, allowing one to re-connect with one’s own memories and emotions. Selected Awards, Memorial Plaza • 2012 AIA NY State Design Awards Award of Excellence • 2012 AIA NY Chapter Design Awards Honor Award Selected Awards, Memorial Museum • 2015 AIA Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture • 2015 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards Honor Award for Architecture • 2015 Society of American Registered Architects, NY Council, The Gold Award of Excellence • 2014 Interior Design Magazine Best of the Year Awards, Winner, Museum/ Gallery Category

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US Embassy Pristina, Kosovo

We recently completed the design of a new United States Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo. By creating a welcoming and technologically advanced design, the Embassy reflects the initiatives set forth in the U.S. Department of State’s Excellence initiative. The campus style configuration consolidates structures around an outdoor plaza. The Embassy, which accommodates 450 staff, is made up of several major elements: a five-story office tower, a conference center/pavilion, and a Marine residence. A warehouse and workshop component is integrated into the building. The plaza serves as the focal point of the campus and is used for gatherings and special events. Parking for staff and visitors is also integrated into the landscape on terraced levels.

The site surrounding the compound is currently a mixeduse area with commercial, light industrial, retail, residential, office, and government uses. The siting of the Embassy and its landscaped perimeter will help to establish the standards for future redevelopment of the adjacent parcels. The Embassy is situated to maximize the distant mountain views to the south, and eastern views of the center of Pristina; at the same time, it creates an urban edge tight to the developed north.

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In addition to a geothermal system, other sustainability measures designed include an external sunshade system that is optimized to the building’s solar orientation and green roofs over the Marine residence and the warehouse. The campus is expected to be a “Net Zero Water” campus, balancing campus water demands with the supply generated on-site throughout a typical year thanks to recycling and roof and site rain water, efficient plumbing fixtures and usage within the building, efficient irrigation, and on-site treatment. These and other features are helping the project target a LEED gold rating.

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The Frick Collection Master Plan & New Portico Gallery New York, NY

Master Plan. Davis Brody Bond was engaged to develop a Master Planning Study with the goal of providing for the Frick Collection’s evolving needs while respecting the undeniable character of the existing house, library, gardens and collection. The study focused on visitors’ experience by examining amenities such as the lobby, coat check, café and gift shop. Exhibit space, both temporary and permanent, was studied to find new ways to improve the quality of the education program space such as reconfiguration of the 200-seat auditorium and classrooms.

As the first expansion of The Frick Collection in thirtyfive years, the Portico Gallery displays one of the museum’s most significant pieces of sculpture as well as a developing collection in the decorative arts. The design approach for the new gallery carefully maintains and preserves the original character and feel of the loggia as an outdoor space. The design incorporates the structure’s most important features, such as the colonnade, bluestone floor and exterior limestone walls and bas reliefs. New architectural details relate to the vocabulary of the original mansion and to John Russell Pope’s later addition of 1935. The original exterior features and finishes have been cleaned and restored; the floor replaced with carefully matched bluestone in the original pattern.

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To minimize the architectural impact of the new glazing, fourteen foot high, self-supporting structural glass panels extend along the south facing colonnade resulting in minimal interference and attachment to the historic fabric. These large glass panels visually open the space to the Fifth Avenue Garden and for the first time afford the visitor the opportunity to experience the garden from the loggia. Portico Gallery Selected Awards • Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 2012 Transformation Award • AIA New York Chapter Design Awards

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Saint Elizabeths East G8way Pavilion Washington, DC

Located in the District of Columbia’s historic Congress Heights neighborhood, St. Elizabeths East, once the site of a Civil War era mental health institution, is undergoing a transformation into viable mixed-use, mixed-income community. The open air pavilion is the first step in cultivating this redevelopment. The new Pavilion, spread over a two-acre plot of the campus, creates an instantly iconic, visible and welcoming view into the site, particularly from the vantage points that reflect the existing and anticipated movements of people from different areas of the neighborhood. Forming a dramatic backdrop to the plaza, the main area of the pavilion is a 24-foot high space filled with modular booths convenient to where food trucks access the site.

The pavilion design focuses on the seamless integration of the structure and the land with sustainability informing the design from the outset. The pavilion employs rainwater harvesting while the landscape design provides for drought resistant plantings; the roof plantings reduce the heat island effect which reduce demand on mechanical systems in the enclosed portion; and, the mechanical systems rely heavily on natural ventilation.

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The ground level encourages easy connections from the most prominent edges of the site, creating three distinct zones, and connecting the urban face of the project to the more pastoral campus setting. The roof level access allows pedestrians to gain a new perspective on the neighborhood by moving seamlessly up and across the site along the universally accessible roof level. This elevated landscape includes an intensive green roof where multiple activities can occur, including afternoon concerts and community events.

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The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum Baltimore, MD

With over 150,000 visitors annually, the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is one of Maryland’s most beloved tourist attractions. Davis Brody Bond was engaged to design a state-of-the-art building that would address its growing space and programmatic needs while continuing its mission to nurture a strong relationship with its community. The new Museum will be a destination for neighborhood residents and tourists alike — a vibrant model of sustainability filled with arts, culture, education, and a welcoming sense of community. The project design team had three primary goals: enliven the street edge, expand the neighborhood’s greenspace, and extend the operational hours of the museum. The peaceful memorial garden in the rear is buffered from street noise and the adjacent Baltimore row homes, while the front-

facing retail, theatre, flexible gallery, and educational spaces activate the street and enhance the museum’s presence in the community. Working with Maryland Historical Trust and the Urban Design Architectural Review Panel, the design team integrated two historic “bookends” into the design. To the east the 1893 Bauernschmidt Mansion will be renovated to function in the future as a conference and educational center, while to the west a 1984 Firehouse will retain its exterior walls and receive a full interior retrofit for its future use as a children’s museum. The historic structures anchor the site, allowing the new museum to float above and spiral outward over the historic structures complemented by an open and transparent ground floor experience. The gallery sequence for the museum is planned as a chronological experience centered on the memorial garden. DAVIS BRODY BOND CULTURAL + CIVIC 2022

By spiraling the shape of this linear experience the building creates an overlap of history, space, and exhibits that speaks to the world in the Akan language of Ghana ‘Sankofa’ which means; “to go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.” The building utilizes a simple material palette of wood, glass, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), and metal panel. The ground floor is largely clad in glass to maximize the transparency from the street to the park beyond, while the floating upper volume uses a trombe wall system to buffer the galleries through the use of a composite curtain wall system of UHPC and channel glass. The cavity is backlit with strip LED lights powered by photovoltaic roof panels to provide a glowing effect similar to light passing through the stem of a candle. 43

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PierEscape Navy Pier Centennial Vision Competition Chicago, Illinois

One of five finalists in a high-profile international competition, the Davis Brody Bond team’s plan for this vital urban landmark strengthens the Chicago’s cherished landmakrk Navy Pier with extensive new uses and spaces to make it truly an integral part of the city. Designed to be implemented in three phases, the first phase would have been completed for the Navy Pier Centennial celebration. Navy Pier is the Midwest’s biggest tourist attraction, but its 1990s renovation as a festival marketplace was both heavily commercial and architecturally underachieving. We were asked to reinvent the exterior spaces at both ends and along the length of the Pier to draw broader audiences.

Our key move is a new archipelago of floating docks along the southern edge that supports a spectrum of year-round activity, from sunbathing to ice sculpture.

The length of the Pier itself is dramatized with a row of geometrical lighting towers, referred to as The Porch, that march westward, tying into the city.

Working with naval engineers at Halcrow Yolles, we developed a cost-effective modular system based on oil rig construction that would allow these docks to be constructed in shipyards and towed to the site. The archipelago also allows visitors to get down to water level and even enter Lake Michigan at artificial beaches; this is tied into a Pier-wide environmental awareness and education program.

At the easternmost point, new terraces dip into the lake as decks feature fountains and large-scale public art as well as a spa with hot springs. A sculpture designed by environmental artist Ned Kahn mimics Lake Michigan using an array of metal panels, each responding to the flow of the wind. A final boardwalk extends out into Lake Michigan, creating a point from which Chicagoans and their visitors can look back at the revived Pier and the iconic city skyline.

The currently somewhat amorphous entry to Navy Pier is divided into three distinct progranmatic areas: an arrival plaza, a wetlands park, and a depot for city and tour buses.

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In association with Martha Schwartz Partners and Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Benning + Shaw Public Libraries Washington, DC The Benning Library is the first in a series of new libraries in Washington, DC designed to be flexible and open, to meet the needs of the community now and in the future. Located on a sloped site with residential uses to the north and east, and a commercial center to the south and west, the building is terraced into the slope of the surrounding neighborhood. The two floors are connected by a public stair inside the building, creating a corridor which encourages pedestrian circulation through the library allowing access from the street at the upper level and commercial parking at the lower level. The completed facility includes community spaces on the lower level including a 100-person multi-purpose room, two 12-person conference rooms, and a public gathering and exhibition space. The upper level of the library houses the library’s collection, expandable to up to 80,000 items. Additionally, the upper level features separate reading areas for adults, teens and children, as well as the children’s program area. The distinctive façade of the building is comprised of copper panels chosen due to their high recycled material content, ease of maintenance, and beauty.

As part of DC Public Library’s Building Program, the new Watha T. Daniel/ Shaw Library is one in a series of new libraries in Washington designed to be flexible and open, to meet the needs of the community now and in the future. Located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC, the facility is located on a triangular urban site near Howard University. The new library marks this important intersection as a civic and educational node for the community. Filling the site, the wedge-shapedbuilding is comprised of three stories, one below grade and two above. The entry plaza at the east end of the site welcomes the public to the library. The main lobby provides access to the lower level which houses community spaces including a 100 person multipurpose room. The library has 32 computers for public use, providing internet access to all in the community. The library also offers two 10-person conference rooms and individual study rooms to allow for collaborative work in a non-disruptive setting. The DC Public Library has a mandate to build sustainable facilities, and both Benning and Shaw library acheives these goals with LEED® Gold Certification. Sustainable features include a vegetated green roof, solar control and daylight management, displacement air system and extensive use of recycled or renewable materials.

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Eco Parks / Victor Civita Plaza Open Museum for Sustainability São Paulo, Brazil

Located in a central urban area at the site of a deactivated garbage incinerator, the Victor Civita Plaza Open Museum for Sustainability provides São Paulo a new 130,000 sf leisure area and an innovative approach to the revitalization of a contaminated urban area. The project remediates the contamination of the existing site and incorporates social political, cultural and environmental elements into a productive design. A deck of certified, recycled Brazilian hardwood sits above the site, supported by steel structure, to minimize contact with the contaminated soil. Like the frame of a ship, the deck unfolds, creating places that are defined by the threedimensionality of the form—great urban rooms that invite public use. Floating three feet above the original topography, the deck extends in a lengthy diagonal, emphasizing the natural perspective of the site.

Exhibit panels explain the various sustainable processes present in the plaza, including the recycling of wood, examples of plant specimens used for the production of bio-energy and medicine, hydroponic systems, genetic engineering and soil purification. Visitors will also be able to learn about the use of an organic water recycling system used in the plaza. Selected Awards • American Institute of Architects New York State Design Award, Urban Planning/ Design, 2012 • VII Corporate Architect Prize, Public Work, 2010 • Institute of Brazilian Architects Urban Design Award, 2008

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Selected Clients CIVIC/CULTURAL • American Museum of Natural History New York, NY • Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham, AL • Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY • District of Columbia Public Library Washington, DC • The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY • The Frick Collection, New York, NY • Ghana National Construction Corporation, Bolgatanga, Ghana • Governors Island Governors Island, NY • Harvard Club of New York City New York, NY • Human Rights in ChinaNew York, NY • Irish Arts Center, New York, NY • The Library of Congress Architect of the Capitol Culpeper, VA • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts New York, New York • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council New York, NY • Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center New York, NY • Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change Memorial & Library, Atlanta, GA • The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY • National Great Blacks in Wax Museum Baltimore, MD • National Mall Trust, Washington, DC • National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation New York, NY • New York Public Library, New York, NY • The Perelman Center for the Performing Arts at the World Trade Center New York, NY • The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York, NY • Queens Borough Public Library Queens, NY • RECenter, East Hampton, New York • Republic of South Africa Embassy to the United States Washington, DC • Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC • U.S. Department of State 1970 World Exposition Osaka, Japan • U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service Various Locations • U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) Worldwide Locations • U.S. General Services Administration New York, NY & Bowie, MD • Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY

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ACADEMIC • Brown University, Providence, RI • Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD • The City University of New York Baruch College, New York, NY • Central Connecticut State Univ. New Britain, CT • Columbia University Morningside Heights Campus, Manhattanville Campus, & Medical Center New York, New York • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York • Dillard University, New Orleans, LA • Harvard University Medical School Boston, MA • Lincoln Ctr. for the Performing Arts Juilliard School of Music & The School of American Ballet New York, NY • Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Cambridge, MA • Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY • New York University, New York, NY • New York University Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, NY • Northwestern University Chicago & Evanston, IL • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY • Rockefeller University, New York, NY • Rutgers University New Brunswick & Newark, NJ • Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY • State University of New York Binghampton, Buffalo & Amherst, NY • Stony Brook University StonyBrook, NY • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT • University of Maryland Biotechnology Inst., Baltimore, MD • University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA • Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA • University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI • Vanderbilt Univ. & Medical Center

Nashville, TN • Yeshiva University Cardozo Law School, New York, NY • Eagle Academy for Young Men Co-sponsored by the NYC SCA and 100 Black Men of New York, Inc. Bronx, NY • Harlem Children’s Zone Community Center & Charter School, New York, NY • New Haven Public Schools New Haven, CT • NYC School Construction Authority New York, NY • Speyer Legacy School, New York, NY SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY • ARCO Chemical Company Newton Square, PA • Brown University, Providence, RI • Columbia University & Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY • Cornell University & Cornell University Medical School, Ithaca, NY • Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) Homestake, SD • Estée Lauder Inc., Various Locations • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA • L’Oréal, Various Locations • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY • Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY • New York Structural Biology Center Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Facility, New York, NY • New York University Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, NY • Northwestern University Chicago & Evanston, IL • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ • Procter & Gamble Gillette Irapuato, Mexico • Rockefeller University, New York, NY • Stony Brook Uniiversity Stony Brook, NY • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT • University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD • University of Virginia Health Sciences Division, Charlottesville, VA • University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Division, Madison, WI • Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN • Valéo Automotive Parts Manufacturer Various Locations • Yale University, Yale/New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

RESIDENTIAL • The Durst Organization New York, NY • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts New York, NY • The Olnick Organization New York, NY • The Related Companies New York, NY • Solow Residential New York, NY • Strivers Gardens Realty, LLC New York, NY • Zeckendorf Development New York, NY HEALTHCARE • Beth Israel Medical Center New York, NY • Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Hunt’s Point Primary Care Center Bronx, NY • Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center Brooklyn, NY • Columbia University Medical Center New York-Presbyterian Hospital Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York New York, NY • Cornell University Medical College Ithaca, NY • Harvard University Medical School Boston, MA • Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY • Irving Center for Clinical Research New York, NY • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr. New York, NY • Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, NY • Mount Sinai Queens, Queens, NY • Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, IL • Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY • St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NY • St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, NY • St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center New York, NY • University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA • Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN • Yale University, Yale/New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

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