HOK Civic + Cultural

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HOK is a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm that provides planning and design solutions for high-performance, sustainable buildings and communities. Through its collaborative network of 23 offices and 1,600 people worldwide, the firm delivers design excellence and innovation to clients globally.

Industry consistently ranks HOK among the world’s leading design firms.

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HOK’s professionals bring integrated or standalone services including: Architecture Landscape Architecture Lighting Design Experience Design Interiors Planning + Urban Design On-Site Space Management Sustainable Design Engineering Consulting M A R K E T- B A S E D E X P E R T I S E

HOK’s experts in strategic practice areas create design solutions that bring great value to our clients.

Aviation + Transportation Civic + Cultural Corporate Government Healthcare Higher Education Hospitality Justice Mixed-Use Renovation + Refurbishment Residential Science + Technology Sports + Rec + Entertainment WorkPlace

130 M+

sq. ft. of space designed for sustainability

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Organizational Excellence Award

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345+

number of LEED, BREEAM, & WELL certified projects.

S U S TA I N A B L E D E S I G N H E A L T H + W E L L- B E I N G Two decades ago, when we wrote The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, green design was an emerging field. Today, sustainability is ingrained into our culture and design processes. The resilient buildings we create contribute to the business success of our clients and to the health and wellness of their people. We track the projected energy performance of every project and have committed to achieving a carbon-neutral design portfolio by 2030. But don’t just take our word for it. We have won 10 AIA COTE awards for sustainable design excellence and ENR’s recent survey ranked HOK as the No. 1 green building architecture/engineering firm.

Organizations of all types are searching for ways to help their people thrive: physically, mentally and socially. At the same time, the links in the built environment between sustainability, health and well-being have never been clearer. HOK designs healthy places. In each project we look for ways to incorporate the restorative effects of nature. Our approach emphasizes accessible and lush outdoor spaces for work and play. We also create healthy interior environments that prioritize the biophilic principles of daylight, natural ventilation, nontoxic materials and indoor greenery.

We were an early adopter of the International WELL Building Institute’s WELL Building Standard, a performance-based system for measuring, certifying and monitoring building features that can improve health and well-being. Regardless of whether a project is seeking certification, we look for every opportunity to apply WELL-inspired design concepts related to air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal comfort, sound, materials, community and mind. The people who occupy these healthy spaces can amplify the impact by carrying their positive feelings and behaviors back into their communities.

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GLOBAL NET WORK

HOK’s office network spans three continents.

We think of ourselves as a global network of designers made up of small teams of friends working together to solve complex problems.

BEIJING

DUBAI

SHANGHAI H O N G KO N G

MUMBAI

During our design processes we engage people from many cultures, both from within our firm and the local community.

These diverse backgrounds broaden our vision and feed our strengths.

WAS HIN GTO N, D C S T U DIO HOK’s Washington, DC studio creates award-winning design, architecture, engineering and planning solutions that bring real value to our clients. We’ve cultivated a strong presence in the local market by providing award-winning solutions for both the private & public sector.

We are familiar with local history, construction methods, environmental and historical regulations, and local and state permitting and review processes. We have served the district and its surrounding areas for more than 45 years and can offer the integrated design team immediate on-site presence during design and construction.

Our civic + cultural portfolio include National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the Hampton Roads Convention Center, and the KAPSARC Community Masjid.

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Civic and cultural buildings inspire us to dream and enhance our knowledge of history, science and the arts. These buildings are also vital to an institution’s bottom line, bringing with them new visitors, added revenue and greater awareness. From supporting aesthetic and educational goals to satisfying business and branding objectives, HOK understands the role design can play in the success of these buildings. This understanding can be found across the globe in our design of award-winning museums, galleries, convention centers, libraries and theaters that showcase the distinct mission and values of each client.

THE DALÍ MUSEUM

This museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of Salvador Dalí’s art outside of Spain. The three-story structure sits on a beautiful bayside site along St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront. Inspired by Dalí’s surrealist art and the practical need to shelter the collection from the hurricanes that threaten Florida’s west coast, HOK’s design draws directly from the building’s purpose.

A 58-foot-high, right-angled, Euclidean “treasure box” with thick concrete walls protects the art. This unfinished concrete block is disrupted by the flowing, organic, triangulated glass “Enigma” (also the name of a 1929 Dalí painting) composed of 1,062 glass triangles. This blue-green glass opens the museum to the bay and sky while forming an atrium roof that draws in daylight.

Upon entering the museum, visitors are drawn to the galleries above through a sculptural concrete spiral staircase inspired by the artist’s fascination with the double-helical structure of DNA. The permanent gallery uses black plaster light cannons to focus natural light on seven large masterworks, illuminating Dalí’s most iconic creations. The American Institute of Architects included the building on its list of Florida’s greatest architecture of the past 100 years, and Flavorwire ranked it among the “20 Most Beautiful Museums in the World.”

S T. P E T E R S B U R G , F L O R I D A

SIZE 68,000 sq. ft. / 6,300 sq. m.

N AT I O N A L A I R A N D S PA C E M U S E U M S T E V E N F. U D VA R - H A Z Y CENTER The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is an extension of the Smithsonian’s original National Air and Space Museum designed by HOK on the National Mall. The twin design goals for this project were to provide a museum-quality environment for historic aviation and space artifacts and an interactive experience celebrating the excitement of air travel and space exploration. The site is located near Washington Dulles International Airport, allowing large aircraft and spacecraft to be flown directly to the museum. As with the airport’s main entrance, visitors approach the museum along a sweeping boulevard. The main hangar’s high curve is flanked by the geometric forms of the theater and observation tower, creating a dramatic presence.

The Center consists of two large display hangars highlighting thousands of aerospace artifacts—the larger one for aviation (complete with an artificial sky) and the other for space (with a darker ceiling). Configured like an airport terminal, with a “land side” and an “air side,” the 10-story aviation space features air- and spacecraft suspended from 21 gracefully arching steel trusses, each of which is capable of supporting 20,000 pounds. In this aviation hangar, visitors can use two elevated observation areas to get close views of the planes.

To preserve the museum’s artifacts, the design team followed careful environmental parameters for controlling temperature, humidity, light, air pollution, pests, vibration and noise.

C H A N T I L LY, V I R G I N I A

SIZE 708,000 sq. ft. / 65,800 sq. m.

N AT I O N A L C E N T E R F O R CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights tells the story of the American civil rights movement and the brave people who forever changed history.

The concept of unity, evident in everything from the museum’s programming to the building’s form, inspired the design. As a physical manifestation of unity and harmony, the curved facades represent interlocking arms that cradle the building’s central core. Inside, the glass-paneled central open space recalls the public areas in cities around the world where protests for civil and human rights have taken place.

As visitors move through the building, they experience interactive exhibits and immersive activities. While the issues explored are somber, the Center was designed to inspire conversation and motivate visitors to act. A daylight-filled overlook at the top of the central stair serves as a spot for quiet reflection.

HOK and the Freelon Group collaborated on the design of the building, which is in the heart of downtown Atlanta near Centennial Olympic Park and just a few blocks west of the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site.

AT L A N TA , G E O R G I A

SIZE 42,000 sq. ft. / 3,900 sq. m.

CERTIFICATION LEED Gold

HAMPTON ROADS CONVENTION CENTER

The design of this conference and events space draws inspiration from the community’s nautical roots, which date back to the early 1600s.

A white tensile structure resembling a sails spans the building’s south-facing entrance. The fabric sheathing provides shading that minimizes solar heat gain in the summer while still allowing daylighting and views. At night it acts as a glowing beacon welcoming visitors.

HOK’s design blends indoors and out, with the canopy covering the ballroom terrace and providing partial enclosure for outdoor events. A series of water walls, fountains, jets and pools link indoor and outdoor spaces, connecting buildings and activities while mediating between the built and natural environment.

Minimizing circulation space and focusing more expensive detailing and materials in the front of the building and in public spaces helped keep the project within the budget.

HAMPTON, VIRGINIA

SIZE 344,000 sq. ft. / 32,000 sq. m.

K E N T U C K Y I N T E R N AT I O N A L CONVENTION CENTER

The design for the new Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC) highlights its civic role and presence in downtown Louisville. Convention centers tend to be introverted buildings that turn away from their surroundings. For KICC, HOK collaborated with local partner and architect of record EOP Architects to create an urban extrovert. The convention center celebrates its central location, using its activity and presence to contribute to the transformation of downtown Louisville.

The project maintained the expansion and programming goals of the client—the Commonwealth of Kentucky—by extending the building’s prefunction spaces over the sidewalks of two prominent downtown streets. These transparent additions breathe new openness and daylight into the building’s interior venues. By day, visitors enter a sun-dappled interior accented with oak wood panels reflective of Kentucky bourbon barrels. At night, that same translucent prefunction space casts a warm glow over the neighborhood. The center’s canopy and the undulating public spaces of its piano nobile reflect the verticality of the tree canopy in Louisville’s Olmsted-designed parks, the fluidity of the nearby Ohio River and the city’s tradition of providing front doors with welcoming porticos. The center includes more than 200,000 square feet of exhibit space, a 40,000-sq.-ft. ballroom, a 175-seat conference theater and 52 meeting rooms. A full-service kitchen can serve 15,000 meals per day.

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

SIZE 960,000 sq. ft. / 89,185 sq. m.

CERTIFICATION LEED-NC Silver

F L O R I D A I N T E R N AT I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y PAT R I C I A A N D P H I L L I P FROST ART MUSEUM The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum serves as the cultural heart of the Florida International University campus and an essential part of Miami’s thriving arts community.

The building includes nine galleries (five of which use natural light), a lecture hall, museum shop and café, art storage and public spaces. It exhibits work from the university’s permanent collection, temporary exhibitions and current educational programs.

The museum footprint and massing are a geometric response to the L-shaped site.

Framing the university’s Avenue of the Arts, the building is angled around a lake and preserves a large ficus tree. The solid form of angles and curves is clad in a pink-gray Chinese granite that glistens in the Florida sunlight. A three-story glass atrium forms a transparent gate between the campus and the adjacent lake.

The galleries are grouped in threes, giving curators flexibility in display, lighting and scheduling. In the five galleries with skylights, the museum can exhibit works in UVfiltered daylight. An array of large, custom-designed “petals” control light levels and colors, preferentially scattering natural light to display walls.

All exhibition spaces, archives, art storage and mechanical equipment are above the ground floor, protected from flooding and able to withstand hurricane-force winds.

MIAMI, FLORIDA

SIZE 46,000 sq. ft. / 4,300 sq. m.

U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I PAT R I C I A LOUISE FROST MUSIC STUDIOS

The design of this conference and events space draws inspiration from the community’s nautical roots, which date back to the early 1600s.

A white tensile structure resembling a sails spans the building’s south-facing entrance. The fabric sheathing provides shading that minimizes solar heat gain in the summer while still allowing daylighting and views. At night it acts as a glowing beacon welcoming visitors.

HOK’s design blends indoors and out, with the canopy covering the ballroom terrace and providing partial enclosure for outdoor events. A series of water walls, fountains, jets and pools link indoor and outdoor spaces, connecting buildings and activities while mediating between the built and natural environment.

Minimizing circulation space and focusing more expensive detailing and materials in the front of the building and in public spaces helped keep the project within the budget.

MIAMI, FLORIDA

SIZE New construction: 41,000 sq. ft. / 3,800 sq. m.

Renovation: 20,000 sq. ft. / 1,860 sq. m.

CERTIFICATION LEED-NC Platinum

BRITISH MUSEUM ALBUKHARY F O U N D AT I O N G A L L E R Y O F T H E I S L A M I C W O R L D R E N O VAT I O N HOK provided conservation and heritage design for the renovation of the British Museum’s Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World. The British Museum’s world-class collection of Islamic material includes fine pieces of art alongside objects from daily life such as modern games and musical instruments. The collection includes archaeology, decorative arts, textiles and contemporary art.

The creation of the Albukhary Foundation Gallery in two historic, 19th-century spaces provides opportunities to display these objects in new ways that tell the universal story of Islam in a global context.

HOK led the first phase to reinstate the original gallery space, including repairs to the Grade 1 listed fabric and conservation of the existing historic details. The team worked with Stanton Williams Architects, which led the new gallery fitout, and the British Museum Capital Projects team to coordinate the gallery design—including taking advantage of natural light while preventing direct sunlight from harming the collection. Careful planning ensured that the museum’s day-to-day operations would not be compromised during construction. To support the Camden Council’s requirements for the Museum to reduce the building’s carbon footprint by 30 percent, the design introduced thick, high-performance roof insulation where previously there had been none.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

SIZE 6,675 sq. ft. / 620 sq. m.

DARWIN CENTRE PHASE ONE N AT U R A L H I S T O R Y M U S E U M

As the first phase of The Natural History Museum’s most significant development since its 1881 opening, the Darwin Centre offers visitors rare, behind-the-scenes access to the work and people of the museum. The design for this new wing of the renowned museum celebrates its vast body of research while safely housing and displaying more than 22 million zoological specimens and providing secure accommodations for dozens of scientists.

With the addition’s location near the Grade I listed Alfred Waterhouse Museum, the team worked with English Heritage and explored technical innovation within a design ethos of lasting civic architecture. The new building promotes research and exhibits in an atmosphere of dignified utility.

To the north, the collection is contained within a solid, heavily serviced cold store that is eight stories high. To the south, labs are placed behind a glazed elevation—an intelligent skin with shading louvers that track the sun, sandwiched between two layers of glass.

The contemporary detailing recreates the historic tradition of architecture parlante—buildings whose external appearance describes what happens inside.

The zoomorphic brackets of the solar wall, the changing appearance created by the sun-tracking metal louvers and the caterpillar-like inflated roof refer directly to the activities occurring indoors.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

SIZE 120,000 sq. ft. / 11,150 sq. m.

KING ABDULLAH PETROLEUM STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTER COMMUNITY MASJID As the spiritual center of the KAPSARC residential development, the masjid, or mosque, is a physical, cultural and metaphorical beacon for the community. An adjacent minaret tower facilitates the daily calls to prayer.

The design creates a serene worship space for KAPSARC’s international staff and their families. As residents approach the mosque, a series of outdoor courtyards with an axial alignment toward Mecca and the Kaaba provide a formal progression toward the site.

The mosque is elevated three feet above the adjacent outdoor spaces and surrounded by a reflective pool that glows at night. Worshipers enter the mosque by climbing floating stone steps and traversing a glass bridge.

Inspired by traditional mashrabiya screens, the masjid’s monolithic core is perforated with a pattern of glowing windows and complex mullion patterns and surrounded by glass. This changes the building’s appearance from day to night and season to season. At night, the light emanating from the glass box draws people inside.

The interior is an interplay of shade and shadows viewed through the lens of the mashrabiya screen wall. Wrapping all four walls and the ceiling, the screen glows with the natural light of the punched windows and skylights, creating a bright interior.

R I YA D H , S A U D I A R A B I A

SIZE 10,225 sq. ft. / 950 sq. m.

S O U T H P O R T T H E AT R E & CONVENTION CENTRE

This proposed new entertainment venue is in the seaside town of Southport in northwestern England. It will help the town, which features more than 22 miles of coastline, revitalise its waterfront. The current site is home to the iconic 1930s Floral Hall, a famous ballroom and a connected theatre added in 1973. This new venue sits on a stunning site on the edge of Marine Lake. It will replace the current Southport Theatre and Convention Centre and become a year-round destination. The design honors the building’s history with clean lines and Art Deco-inspired details. Yet the modern amenities and contemporary design look toward the future.

The city-facing side has clean, ordered facade and geometric extrusions that communicate its place as a civic structure. On the back side, the transparent, almost playful design interacts with the waterfront. An undulating turquoise tin roof is a nod to the water. Expanses of glass maximise views and connect visitors to the Irish Sea. Timber columns and detailing create a warm feeling. At night, the building comes alive with feature lighting that animates the facade and highlights activities in the lobby. The design transforms the waterfront just beyond the building from a quiet promenade into a bustling jetty with stores, restaurants and bars. A new pier off the promenade will house an interactive water and LED light show.

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C R I S P U S AT T U C K S LEGACY PROJECT

For nearly a century, Crispus Attucks High School has played a pivotal role in educating Indianapolis’ Black community. Today, the school has an exciting opportunity to make an even greater impact. W ​ orking with community stakeholders, HOK developed a pro-bono design concept that envisions Crispus Attucks as more than just an academic hub. The Crispus Attucks Legacy Project would transform the school into a center for education, community wellness and economic empowerment within the underserved neighborhood of northwest Indianapolis.

The story of Crispus Attucks High School is one of resilience. Built in response to racist outcry over Blacks attending integrated schools, Crispus Attucks opened as Indianapolis’ only all-Black high school. Students in 1927 were greeted with secondhand desks and leftover school supplies. For years the school lacked basic facilities like a gymnasium. Despite the lack of resources, the school named after a martyred ex-slave flourished. Famous alumni include a former U.S. Congresswoman, a former U.S. Army major general and numerous music and sports legends, such as NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson. The Crispus Attucks Legacy Project will ensure the school continues to enrich the lives of the Indianapolis’ Black community for generations.

The project takes advantage of the school’s connections to nearby healthcare and sports organizations to create a hub for wellness with the addition of a new on-site community health clinic; new athletic facilities for Crispus Attucks’ storied sports teams; a public/private training facility; a museum; and a public café.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

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