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JAIR LYNCH’s Updated Design for McMillan Parcel 2
In the weeks following our January 29th presentation to the District’s Historic Preservation Review Board (“HPRB”), the development team facilitated a work session with board members while studying alternative design concepts for JAIR LYNCH’s proposed mixed-use building on Parcel 2.
In an earlier post, we illustrated major thematic elements of the proposed design. Visioned as a unique architectural expression honoring the site’s historic legacy, while complementing the vertical design of adjacent buildings in order to read as a cohesive place. While our overall conceptual vision was well received by the HPRB in January, it was requested that we review alternative treatments for some design elements, including the proposed Three Quarter Street span, reading of the elevated plinth and detailing of the masonry and metal panel treatments.
In an earlier post, we illustrated major thematic elements of the proposed design. Visioned as a unique architectural expression honoring the site’s historic legacy, while complementing the vertical design of adjacent buildings in order to read as a cohesive place. While our overall conceptual vision was well received by the HPRB in January, it was requested that we review alternative treatments for some design elements, including the proposed Three Quarter Street span, reading of the elevated plinth and detailing of the masonry and metal panel treatments.
The team is proud to present our evolved design concept for McMillan Parcel 2. The mixed-use program for the building remains the same, with just over 15,000 sf of neighborhood serving retail on the ground floor and apartments throughout the seven-story building, including affordable units at 80% of AMI.
In this perspective from First Street NW, five major design changes are evidenced:
- Simplified and consistent treatment of the four bar volumes
- Edited Three Quarter Street span reduces scale and strengthens diagram
- Metal profile enhanced to strengthen diagram
- Strengthened masonry base reading helps transition to rowhome scale
- Simplified masonry cornices
2 comments:
Since Jair Lynch is a gymnast by training, I guess we should not be surprised at the mendacity of HIS "design" for one of the most unique and beautiful public properties in the City. ("Create McMillan Park"!)
This is precisely what the City gets when they have no competition of ideas or designs. But, they don't care. They've already pocketed the money.
I guess we should all keep our mouths shut and not ask whether Lynch will be accountable for the $43mil he received in government funding he pocketed for NOT renovating the senior housing project in DC (Dunbar on 15th & U, NW):
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/02/subsidizing-a-slum-rats-hot-water-shortages-in-d-c-apartments-111874.html#ixzz3T0lbdFZG
(Those elderly folks are used to living with rats)
Bowser has signaled that she is on board with transferring this public space to this cabal of connected "developers"
This is what you get when you have no competition whatsoever.
very attractive,, so this is "business as usual", a corrupt, city government, the embarrassment of the whole United States, and we the citizens, allow this garbage rammed down our throats.
You can fight for your community, beat McDuffie, and Bowser, the mediocrity of "abuse of power".
We need the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant restored for safe clean water security, in the face of hemispheric drought emergency. We can adaptively re-use the underground 20 acres( when we stop the demolition by VMP/DMPED, the UNHOLY alliance!) for "vertical agriculture" and Aquaponics as food from California, Mexico become restricted by the drought emergency. A Glen Echo arts/education campus for our families and keep the Dc youth off the streets and busy, in productive growth activities. A Wolf Trap outdoor concert stage, with sunset vistas,,festivals, opera, symphony and rock festivals. McMillan is a community owned park, and Jair Lynch and his crooked Visionless McMillan Partners have to be fought,,, fight for your homes....Don't let 20,000 cars add to the worst pollution measured in Dc on n. Capitol and the 3000 atrocious parking spaces,,, this is how the world's environment is devastated, STOP VMP/DMPED, stop Corporate Mayor Bowser, for our homes! Your elected officials and their appointed henchmen are out of control, mediocre, and scheming to steal our $100's of millions in 25 acre public land theft at McMillan!
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