DBB Education + The Arts 2022 by Davis Brody Bond

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Firm Profile

Davis Brody Bond is an architecture, planning, and design firm founded in 1952 with offices in New York and Washington, DC. The firm is led by five partners who take hands-on roles on their projects and work closely with clients and a team of architects, planners, and designers to create a firm-wide atmosphere characterized by respect, focus, collaboration, and innovation. In its second generation of leadership, the partners include: Steven Davis, FAIA, William Paxson, AIA, Christopher Grabé, FAIA, Carl Krebs, FAIA, and David Williams, AIA. Our extensive experience with large-scale, complex projects provides us the knowledge and analytical skills necessary to complete multi-faceted projects in many sectors, both private and public. Our portfolio includes university facilities, research complexes, government buildings, museums,

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and libraries. The scope of these projects includes new construction, interior design, renovations, and adaptive reuse, as well as programming, master planning, and surveys and assessments. We implement new initiatives based on lessons learned and targeted research. Our goal is to yield the best results possible for our clients and their projects based on our clients’ criteria. In 2011, Davis Brody Bond formed an alliance with Spacesmith, a certified Woman’s Business Enterprise and full-service architecture and interior design firm. Established in 1998, Spacesmith is driven by individuals who share a deep respect for the natural world, combined with a finely tuned understanding of our clients’ institutional strategies. The firm was founded and is led by Jane Smith, FAIA, IIDA, and her partners who share common values

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of open communication, team work, and the necessity for consummate technical skill and project management expertise. Since our firm’s inception, approximately 70% of our work has come from repeat clients. We believe this speaks to our approach towards service, management, and collaboration. No matter the project, we strive to be responsive, proactive, transparent, and open in our process and communications. Together, DBB and Spacesmith work as a single design studio in New York City, with both firms participating in all aspects of the design process. Our co-location ensures a seamless collaboration and a cohesive understanding of the challenges of a given project; and our design solutions always begin with an understanding of the unique needs, work process, and vision of our diverse clientèle.

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Design Approach

CULTURAL + PERFORMING ARTS FACILITIES Davis Brody Bond is known for the design of theatres, museums, galleries, and libraries, as well as the full range of complex spaces that support these projects. The programming, planning, and design of cultural projects comprise a significant part of our portfolio, which includes auditoriums, theaters, and facilities for performing arts that have involved designing for different audience groups addressing different acoustical and space needs and theatres of various sizes to meet both entertainment and education needs. Clients have included Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Juilliard School, New York University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center, Studio Museum of Harlem, and Muntu Dance Theater. Through this experience, we have arrived at an understanding of the specific performance space issues that must be addressed in the design of a performing arts center, such as the consideration of the performance type for each space. The disciplines of drama, dance, and music all have varying requirements, specifically regarding acoustics, site lines, A/V, stage layout, and lighting. Another important area of our practice is the design of facilities for civic organizations. These projects range from a town recreational center to neighborhood libraries to an outdoor pavilion that serves as a community marketplace. While the programs of these projects are very specific, they share common attributes such as involvement by multiple constituencies, the need to interpret the goals of various user groups and the need to be mindful of schedules and budgets. Maintainability, security and sustainability are also key issues as communities seek to provide facilities that are long lasting and responsive to local needs. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT As architects, our team is often engaged in community outreach as part of our design process. Institutional clients are obligated not only to multiple stakeholders but also the public at large. An open dialogue is often required to understand and meet the needs of all parties touched by a new building or adapted structure. We understand the importance of these conversations and have successfully navigated outreach efforts, effecting positive results from even the most challenging of conversations.

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 199seat flexible theater and associated theater support facilities; a rehearsal studio classroom; a multi-purpose 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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New York University 181 Mercer New York, NY

Over the past decades New York University has evolved into a highly-ranked research university, with a growing global presence. As with most urban schools, adding space is a daunting challenge, made even more difficult by the dense historic context of Greenwich Village. Recognizing the critical need to accommodate its growing educational programs, NYU engaged Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake to replace its one-story Coles Sports Center with a new 749,000 sf mixed-use building to house a diverse mix of programs, including the Tisch School of the Arts, the Steinhardt School’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, general purpose classrooms, athletics facilities, as well as university housing for students and faculty. The new building will be a model for engagement with the community, support the school’s commitment to sustainability, and represent the university’s innovative leadership as a global institution.

As part of the larger Superblocks planning process, the project received approval under the Uniform Land Use Procedure (ULURP) and included limitations in floor area and massing. Through a rigorous program reconciliation process, the Design Team analyzed these massing constraints to determine how to prioritize the complex programmatic requirements in order to achieve one of the project’s fundamental goals: to create a beautiful, performative building, with a diverse mix of program types designed to enhance the experience of the building’s users and the community. The Performing Arts program occupies a large portion of the building and includes an array of drama and music spaces that will be used for teaching, learning, rehearsing, and performing. Early on in the project, the Design Team worked with NYU and the constituents to evaluate their DAVIS BRODY BOND EDUCATION + THE ARTS 2022

programmatic needs in order to fine-tune the types and sizes of spaces, while also incorporating forward-thinking strategies in technical design to provide long-term flexibility for a variety of creative uses. The largest of these spaces, a 350-seat Proscenium Theatre, has the ability to function as a full theater with a Broadway-sized stage and fly tower, as well as transform into a concert hall by utilization of reflectors, an orchestra shell, and being sized to accommodate a large acoustic volume. Situated above the Proscenium Theatre are two smaller theaters, a flexible black box theatre and an end stage theatre, which include their own specific technical capabilities that allow for more experimental uses. Studio classrooms for combat, acting, and dance classes, a large orchestral rehearsal room, music instruction and practice rooms, and a range of back-ofhouse support spaces complete the program and provide uses not seen in any other NYU building. 13

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Vibration isolation became a significant element in the blocking of the building layout because of the building’s immediate adjacency to Houston Street’s eight lanes of traffic and the subway’s BDFM lines. NYU’s aspirations of providing a very public program at the most prominent face of the building as well as site access and adjacencies dictated the largest theater be located on the South half of the site closest to traffic and the subway. Significant isolation of the primary building structure is being implemented to achieve the desired acoustic criteria for these spaces, which will be supplemented by boxin-box construction of the performing arts program elements. Laminated glass is being used in the curtain wall assembly to buffer interior spaces from outside noise, while a perimeter circulation strategy further protects the most sensitive recording spaces from site vibration. We developed acoustic strategies for each type of interior space that focused on each room’s proper sizing, volume and shape; the orientation of sound absorbing, reflecting, and diffusing systems; and the incorporation of adjustable acoustic systems for flexible spaces. In response to a critical need for teaching space for the performing arts, 181 Mercer incorporates a blend of instruction and rehearsal spaces for Steinhardt’s instrumental music education program, as well as shared spaces for teaching graduate and undergraduate drama, lighting, costume making, set design, and technical theatre skills. The design prioritized high-bay spaces that are not easily created from the existing building stock of the historic loft district, but also will bring flexible classrooms to fill the gap in the current classroom space inventory with modular rooms suitable for both small lecture classes and seminars or small group teaching reflecting current pedagogical methods. Study spaces in the building will provide a variety of options to address the shortage of space in the city ranging from informal indoor and outdoor open seating, café tables near coffee and food service, quiet study carrels, and group work rooms for 4-6 or active study room for interactive, collaborative learning.

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Columbia University Lenfest Center for the Arts New York, NY

The School of the Arts at Columbia University is an artistic and intellectual “laboratory” in which students work, experiment, and learn under the guidance of outstanding professors acclaimed in their fields of practice. The School offers graduate programs in Film, Visual Arts, Theatre and Writing and takes advantage of the extensive resources of the University and the city. To support the arts at Columbia, the University and School engaged Davis Brody Bond to prepare a study and program analysis to identify space requirements and facilities (new and renovated), that would allow the school to meet current shortfalls in space, consolidate far flung outposts and reduce its reliance on rented venues. In addition to the School’s educational programs, the study also looked at the relocation and expansion of the Wallach Gallery, the University’s fine arts gallery, and renovations to the Miller Theatre which offers public programs in music, theater and dance. DAVIS BRODY BOND EDUCATION + THE ARTS 2022

As a result of this study and our involvement with the Manhattanville Development, Davis Brody Bond partnered with Renzo Piano Building Workshop to design the Lenfest Center for the Arts, the second project to be completed as part of the new Manhattanville campus. The unique program and constraints of the site led to an innovative vertical organization of a performing arts center. The Lenfest Center contains a state-of-the-art 150-person film screening room and a 120-person flexible performance “black box” theater; it also houses the relocated prestigious Wallach Gallery and accommodates a penthouse events space.

The site is acoustically challenging, situated close to an above-ground subway train. Detailed acoustic and vibration analyses resulted in the use of special methods for controlling sound. A ‘box within a box’ construction method and floating slab technology were employed to achieve complete structural and acoustic isolation from one space to the next. This innovative vertical approach allowed for the isolation of many distinct program spaces in an efficient fashion. The 24’ floor to floor heights at the three main levels also allow for easy modification of the venues to accommodate requirements of future uses. The ground level contains the building entry and lobby, all other program elements are above or below grade to ensure maximum openness to pedestrians and the public. This allows the building to appear to float around the surrounding open space, particularly the small public square to the south, tying the performing arts building to its neighbors and the neighborhood.

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The Perelman Center for the Performing Arts at the World Trade Center New York, NY

A performing arts center was a key component of the master plan to rebuild the World Trade Center site following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Located adjacent to the new Transit Hub, The Perelman Center for Performing Arts at the World Trade Center will create approximately 135,000 sf of space for theater, dance, music, film, and opera in Lower Manhattan. The Perelman Center will further animate Lower Manhattan and become an anchor for the arts community.

PAC is designed to be a highly adaptable, capable of being reconfigured into theaters of different scales. These range from 100-seat intimate in-the-round or 1,200-seat, 2-balcony, raked, end thrust layouts. These transformations utilize a trap equipped with removable platforms and seating lifts, four movable seating towers, vertically-retractable guillotine doors and demountable balconies. Individually, the theater base seating capacities are 99, 250 and 499. When combined, capacity is 1,200 seats.

The exterior form of The Perelman Center (PAC) is an internally illuminated cube, supported on a stone base. Its simple massing is a counterpoint to the diverse forms of the site’s redevelopment, as the building occupies a prominent location, bordering the Memorial Plaza and 1 World Trade Center (Freedom Tower).

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Supporting the theaters, TPC has a rehearsal room that epitomizes the flexibility inherent to the facility. It is truly a multi-purpose space; outfitted to function as a performance space, acoustically separated to function as a fourth venue, and located to function as a social gathering/food & beverage space for performance intermissions. The rehearsal room allows TPC’s patrons to truly see behind the curtain at the inner workings of a performing arts center. The lobby has been developed to be open and welcoming. It is spatially organized around a prominent stage platform, provided to encourage spontaneous, impromptu performances by patrons and the community.

The Perelman Center is a technically-sophisticated and highly transformable facility. Challenges of this project included the need for movable primary building system components, acoustic and vibration isolation, highly prescriptive protective design and life safety requirements, and the accommodation of third-party MEP systems. Davis Brody Bond’s actively led the process to find solutions to these challenges with the Owner, Theater Consultants, the Port Authority of NY and NJ which has regulatory control of the site.

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Rensselae Polytechnic Institute Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center Troy, NY

Designed to explore new technological innovations in the performing arts and to provide the highest quality in acoustic and visual facilities, Davis Brody Bond collaborated with Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners on the new Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York as an important new resource to the institute. Precisely tailored to its complex program, EMPAC houses a 1,200-seat concert hall, a 400-seat theatre with a full fly tower, two adaptive environment (“black box”) studios including an audio and video production suite, artists-inresidence studios, a campus radio station, and a dance studio. As the nation’s oldest technological university, with one of the first undergraduate programs in Electronic Media and Arts in the United States, RPI has validated its position at the forefront of experimental media with this facility.

The difficulties presented by the site’s steep hillside were turned into architectural advantages by the design team, which located the entrance at the highest elevation. From the entrance, patrons descend through seven discrete levels of the central atrium, which serves as the social hub of the building. The concert hall is wrapped inside a “hull” of curved cedar planks, which hovers inside a glass exterior enclosure. The hull provides a practical and elegant enclosure for the extensive mechanical duct spaces and circulation corridors around the concert hall. A true “black box” venue with minimal architectural finish, Studio 1 is well suited for audio and music but is optimized for scientific visualization, multi-screen and immersive performances, and dance. The immediate physical space can all but disappear; video projection can take place on all

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sides beneath a 40’ ceiling that features a walkable theatrical grid over the entire surface of the room. The floors are finished in resilient wood and painted matte black. The walls are composed of adjustable acoustic wall diffusion panels and are also painted matte black. Studio 2 is a smaller sibling of Studio 1, and while being well suited for dance and visual presentations, it is optimized for music recitals and recording and therefore has a “lights on” architectural character rather than being a black box. In addition to its tension wire grid ceiling, Studio 2 is finished with a resilient maple floor and ivory-colored adjustable acoustic wall diffusion panels. EMPAC is one of the most advanced performing arts venues in the nation. It provides students with opportunities to express their creative interests and engages both the campus and the surrounding community with the electronic and performing arts. 29

School of Visual Arts Master Plan + Multiple Projects New York, NY

Davis Brody Bond’s partner firm, Spacesmith, has provided on-going architectural services for the School of Visual Arts (SVA) serving both undergraduate and graduate programs at various locations across their Manhattan Campus. After touring all locations, interviewing key faculty members in each department, and documenting all findings, the team developed blocking and stacking plans detailing allocation of space, identified and assessed programmatic needs, and analyzed these needs for inadequacies. The following projects were the result of these studies. Social Documentary Film. The design for this department is in keeping with its innovative nature, utilizing its core to house the technology-driven program spaces and surround them with circulation, classrooms, support, faculty, and open break-out areas. The central space contains a 48-seat auditorium for presentations and screenings of documentary films. Editing and sound suites behind the auditorium house the latest in digital editing technology. Design for Social Innovation. This department prepares students to apply the principals and ethics of social innovation as a means for engaging with and improving the world through design. We created a space to reflect these qualities; a cocoon within which student begin to grow, thrive, and transform. The design revolves around a 55-seat auditorium with break out, study, and quiet areas arrayed around the perimeter. MFA Photography Department. The challenge here was to marry high traffic student areas with accessible, yet private faculty offices, focusing on air, light, and sound control. The team reorganized the program by creating a circulation path that intuitively flows in and out of student hubs and faculty spaces. The design highlights the building’s industrial heritage through use of reclaimed wood and blackened steel materials, and the preservation of an original herringbone brick floor in the new multipurpose area. Spacesmith was also engaged to provide architectural and interior design services to the School of Visual Arts during the design and construction of their new 500-bed Residence Hall. The 14-story building holds several administrative departments on the first floor, while the lower floors above host student amenity spaces, including communal cooking areas; student lounges; a fitness center, yoga and laundry room; and a 60-seat multi-media theater.

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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 & 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 for the acquisition of additional large-scale specimens from around the world; and addressed the institution’s myriad technical, infrastructural, and security requirements.

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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.

American Museum of Natural History Education Dept. Offices New York, NY

Spacesmith was engaged by the museum to renovate their education department’s offices, currently distributed around their campus in multiple buildings. The goal of this project was to determine critical adjacencies, reorganize the personnel in a way that respects those adjacencies, and consolidate as many people as possible onto two consecutive floors in one building. Challenges • Decipher the needs of five departments and 18 subdivisions while exploring options for personal work space with varying needs • Document an extensive program of conditions and occupancy metrics without interrupting operations to define overlap and eliminate excess • Find room for future growth in an already burdened space

• Develop creative space usage solutions that promote continuity and equality within diverse working mode • Guide client in culture change as open plan workstations are negotiated Solutions • Distributed online surveys approved by the steering committee to management and staff to determine needs • Utilized staff survey results to benchmark design decisions, adjacency diagrams, and spatial requirements • Visited museum multiple times to observe the workflow in real time to determine which design solutions to explore. • Explored alternate storage solutions for documents and retired specimens to allow more space for personnel. • Provided education on workplace metrics and to see the benefits of hybrid and open work spaces

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Our team completed Phase 1 of this project for the education department that included programming for five floors within three buildings. We are now beginning the design for three of the spaces analyzed. As a result of our study, we are also engaging with additional departments to determine if they would be better served by relocating to those spaces that will be available after the education department relocates.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum New York, NY 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 9/11 attack, the museum, the footprints, and the 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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Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History & Culture Washington, DC

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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Columbia University School of the Arts Planning Study New York, NY

In addition to the School’s educational programs, the study also looked at the relocation and expansion of the Wallach Gallery, the University’s fine arts gallery, and renovations to the Miller Theatre which offers public programs in music, theater and dance. The team was asked to develop options for the school which were cost effective and would work within the typologies of several historic existing buildings. The goal was to create a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment for the arts by addressing the shortfalls developing versatile and visible performance venues.

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The proposed plan for the arts includes development of a new building, titled the “Lantern” which contains flexible performance space, screening rooms for film, and rehearsal space. To support this program, two existing buildings on the south side of 125th Street are to be renovated for workshops, instructional studios, individual studios, classroom and rehearsal spaces. The plan creates a critical mass of art production facilities in close proximity and allows the School to decant from its smallest and most remote facilities. With strategic renovations at the historic Morningside campus, the School will create a second major node which will support the administrative and faculty offices, as well as the writing program.

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.

Benning Library conceptual sketches

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Speyer Legacy School New York, NY

Harlem Children’s Zone New York, NY

Founded in 2009, the Speyer Legacy school is an independent, co-educational K-8 school established to meet the needs of children who are advanced learners. When the School embarked on an ambitious capital campaign with the goal of building a new facility, they hired Davis Brody Bond in the early phases of its journey. Collaborating with the school’s board of trustees, administrators and faculty, we analyzed various sites under consideration. The school ultimately selected a site on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in an existing landmark building, the former William J. Syms Operating Theater of Roosevelt Hospital, which is connected to the lower floors of the adjacent residential building. Following the site selection, we provided programming analysis of the individual spaces and worked closely with the building committee to develop fundraising material.

Located on a prominent corner at 125th Street and Madison Avenue, this multi-use building is the new home of Harlem Children’s Zone, a pioneering not-for-profit that works to enhance the quality of life for underserved families through a network of school-based programs. The building provides space for several major programs including the Promise Academy Charter School, a medical clinic, a neighborhood center, and administrative offices. Reflecting Harlem Children’s Zone mission to engage the community, the transparent façades reveal the activity inside and project the center’s dynamism into the city.

Our design takes advantage of the existing spaces, converting the former operating theater with a 30-foot high glass dome into a dramatic double-height entry commons. The dining room, outdoor terrace and recreational facilities foster the school’s mission to promote nutritional literacy and physical fitness. The buildings’ infrastructure is exposed allowing the students to learn about mechanical and structural systems. The completed 85,000 sf facility will serve the long term growth of the student body as well as changing pedagogical needs. Our early involvement in the planning, design, and fast track construction enabled the school to open for the 20132014 academic year. Learning spaces, including classrooms, STEM labs, a performing arts wing, the media center, a dining room, chess room, outdoor terrace, and recreational facilities, are located in the core and shell space of the adjacent commercial building. Classrooms have been equipped with Smart Boards to facilitate instruction and expand the children’s boundaries beyond the walls of the school. The hallways, or “boulevards,” have been designed to be broader than typical, allowing for space where teachers and children can spontaneously congregate. Different floors are connected by a central stairwell, and the area around this stairs is open to the boulevards. Known as the “village square,” this space creates a sense of place and clarity of organization for the school.

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Davis Brody Bond met the client’s request for an open stair linking all floors by carefully coordinating fire safety systems to ensure occupant safety. Davis Brody Bond achieved the project’s aggressive schedule and budget with a fast-track delivery approach, productive collaboration with the contractor, and intelligent value engineering. The gymnasium and cafeteria space, both accessible by a separate entrance, have become an invaluable community resource.

The Langston Hughes Library & Cultural Center Queens, NY The Langston Hughes Library was founded in 1969 as a local center for exploring the African American experience. By the late 1990s, the Library had outgrown its storefront location and taken on a higher profile thanks to its Heritage Reference Center, a significant collection of Langston Hughes and Harlem Renaissance-related material. Davis Brody Bond was commissioned to design a new building to accommodate its ever-expanding collection and ambitious public programming. The new Library’s ground floor contains the general and children’s collections and a reading room and archive space for the Heritage Reference Center. The second floor can be accessed independently and houses a community-based art gallery and performance/lecture hall. The plaza next to the building is designed to accommodate both large events and everyday use.

Selected Clients 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

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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 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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