Project Name: South Mall Campus Master Plan. Location: South Mall Campus

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3 Project Name: South Mall Campus Master Plan Location: South Mall Campus Smithsonian Institution Building 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC Arts and Industries Building 900 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington DC Freer Gallery of Art 1050 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Ave, SW & 7th St, SW Washington, DC Quadrangle Complex 1000 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20560

4 AGENCY AND CONTACT: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Facilities (SF) Office of Planning, Design and Construction (OPDC) Capital Gallery 600 Maryland Avenue SW Suite 5001 MRC 511, PO Box Washington, DC Al Horvath, Under Secretary for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer John Davis, Provost and Under Secretary for Museums and Research Nancy Bechtol, Director, Smithsonian Facilities Debra Nauta-Rodriguez, Deputy Director, Office of Planning, Design and Construction Ann Trowbridge, Associate Director for Planning Sharon Park, Associate Director for Architectural History and Historic Preservation Christopher Lethbridge, Program Manager, OPDC Michelle Spofford, Architect and Senior Planning Manager, OPDC Carly Bond, Historic Preservation Specialist OPDC

5 CONTENTS Executive Summary 06 Site and Location 12 Historical Summary 16 Existing Conditions 34 Goals and Objectives 51 Summary of Alternatives 58 Smithsonian Preferred Alternative F 67 Planning Concept Alternative F 75 Urban Connections 95 Loading 122 Gardens 132 Museums 151

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7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In spring 2012, prior to engaging an architectural team for the South Mall Campus Master Plan, the SI conducted a facilitated retreat with a Steering Committee drawn from senior SI leadership (including representation from the Secretary; Regents Facilities Committee; Assistant Secretary for Education and Access; Undersecretaries for Science and History, Art, and Culture; Chief of Staff to the Secretary, Director of Advancement and Philanthropic Giving; General Counsel; museum directors; and other senior leaders) to develop a statement of project goals and priorities for the South Mall Campus. The goals are: o To preserve and protect the historic buildings and features of the South Mall Campus; o To improve and expand visitor services and education; o To create clear accessible entrances and connections between the museums and gardens of the South Mall Campus, the National Mall, the neighborhood; and o Replace aging building systems that have reached the end of their lifespan. Using the statement of project goals, the SI held a qualification-based federal selection process to select an architectural team (SI, 2012). A team led by the New York City Office of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) was selected as the Master Plan architect towards the end of 2012 and began working with the SI Facilities staff and the Steering Committee in spring 2013.

8 BIG began developing the Master Plan through extensive engagement and discussion with SI to identify needs, priorities, and values for the South Mall Campus that were in line with the goals previously established for the Master Plan. BIG and SI s Facilities staff interviewed members of the Steering Committee and other key staff to determine priorities for the plans and to identify existing and future project needs. As the vision for the South Mall Campus developed over a eighteen-month period, the Steering Committee members were repeatedly engaged through a series of meetings to present and discuss major issues, findings, and solutions. These were synthesized into seven key priorities described below. 1. Enter & experience -- make points of entry clearer, more accessible, and easier to find through improved orientation, wayfinding, and location. 2.Upgrade the underground -- better utilize the existing below-grade space through clearer circulation, increased daylighting, and easier access to amenities. 3.Activate the afterhours -- provide the experiential, program, and technical capacity to support active nightlife within the South Mall Campus museums and gardens. 4.Expand education -- update and expand educational facilities to provide greater flexibility, incorporate new technology, and connect with other SI programs. 5.Engage the gardens -- capitalize on the beauty and popularity of the existing gardens by improving circulation, providing better maintenance facilities, integrating with museum programs, and expanding their ability to accommodate large groups. 6.Connect the campus -- improve circulation across the campus to encourage entry from the National Mall, facilitate eastwest pedestrian flow both at- and below-grade, and remove impediments to a connected campus. 7. Convene & collaborate -- provide opportunities and venues for pan-institutional collaboration, meetings, and events

9 The resulting vision for the South Mall Campus Master Plan evolved throughout this process and is reflective of intense and iterative dialogue between the SI and the Master Plan team. The seven key priorities shaped the purpose and need for the proposed master plan. The purpose of a proposed South Mall Campus Master Plan is to guide future short-term and long-term renovation and development of the 17-acre area known as the South Mall Campus, which includes the Castle, the Quadrangle Building (the Ripley Center, the Sackler Gallery, the NMAfA, and the rooftop Enid A. Haupt Garden), the Freer Gallery, the AIB, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Folger Garden, and the Ripley Garden. The Master Plan is needed to meet SI s long-term space requirements and to address physical and operational deficiencies across the campus that impact visitor use and experience as well as SI s ability to implement its programs effectively and safely. SI identified the following needs for the campus: o Restore, repair, and rehabilitate historic properties; o Replace roofs and building systems that are at the end of their useful lives; o Improve accessibility and usability by individuals with disabilities; o Improve circulation throughout the campus, including creation of a clear east-west at-grade pedestrian connection from the east side of the Freer Gallery to the Hirshhorn Museum Plaza; o Improve access and visibility from the National Mall and the Castle for the NMAfA and Sackler Gallery entrances; o Create expanded and linked centralized visitor services and education spaces; o Provide additional museum and event space; o Establish a new central utility plant and related infrastructure to reduce energy and operating costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; o Provide expanded below grade loading and delivery facilities serving the Quadrangle Building, Castle, AIB and Freer buildings; and o Update security measures to meet SI and federal requirements.

10 The Master Plan is based on holistic planning principles and objectives for supporting the mission, responsibilities, and functions of SI, and it documents existing conditions and proposed developments and changes. The Master Plan provides a cohesive urban design framework to guide land use and the character of future individual projects and historic preservation for buildings and landscapes. The Master Plan will include analysis of and a physical planning approach to address the needs for: o Additional and repurposed space; o Land and building uses; o Adjacency requirements; o Projected visitor and staff populations; o Sustainable traffic, service, and parking solutions; o Coordination for consistency with relevant SI, federal, and local plans, regulations, and policies; o Analysis of the effects on historic resources; and o Proposed strategies for energy conservation and storm water management. This is a concept submission of the Master Plan that establishes the goals and objectives, planning principles, and preferred alternative. The analysis and physical planning approach are currently being addressed by the EIS document and will be further developed in the Draft Master Plan and Final Master Plan submissions. Finally, the Master Plan will include a proposed implementation plan for projects. This will help inform SI s capital plan for federal and trust (private) funding, including projects related to temporarily or permanently relocating programs, staff, and collections as necessary to implement the Master Plan.

11 SUMMARY OF PUBLIC OUTREACH Scoping December 16, 2014 January 30, 2015 Public Scoping Meeting December 16, 2014 Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS January 13, 2016 Additional Scoping Period January 13 February 22, 2016 Publication of Draft EIS in Federal Register November 17, 2017 Public Review of Draft EIS November 17, 2017 January 16, 2018 (60-day review) Public Hearings December 11, 2017 (5:00-7:00PM) December 18, 2017 (10:00AM-12:00PM) Publication of Final EIS March 14 April 13, 2018 NCPC Preliminary Hearing March 2018 Record of Decision June 2018 NCPC Final Hearing May 2018

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24 THE CASTLE HISTORY The Smithsonian Castle was the first Smithsonian building and established the Institution s foothold on the National Mall. The building was designed by James Renwick, Jr. as the focal point of the picturesque landscape of the Mall. The medieval revival style was chosen for the building for its expression of the American character and its association with collegiate institutions. The enabling legislation of the Smithsonian Institution was passed by Congress and signed into law by President James K. Polk in The law provided structure and definition to the bequest of Englishman James Smithson, who willed his estate...to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. The law expanded the scope of Smithson s bequest, creating an executive structure to be governed by a Board of Regents and a Secretary. Most pressing for the newly formed Board of Regents was the need to construct and equip a headquarters to house the Institution. The enabling legislation stipulated that the site be chosen from the available public grounds in the City of Washington, but otherwise offered no guidance regarding its exact location. Meeting for several days in early September1846, the Regents formed a Building Committee to guide the project, led by Robert Dale Owen. The numerous functions imposed after lengthy debate required a building unlike any in mid-nineteenth-century America. Eager to put forth his own vision for the building, Regent Robert Dale Owen transformed the vague directions into a specific program. Owen defined the desired building to reflect national haracter, using terms such as vigor, flexibility, independence, and practical economy. These characteristics he translated into flexible space use, picturesque silhouette, and practical use of native materials, all of which he contended could be ascribed only to medieval architecture.

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26 ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING HISTORY The Arts and Industries Building, originally named the National Museum, is the second oldest of the Smithsonian buildings on the National Mall. The building opened in 1881, hosting an inaugural ball for President James A. Garfield. The building was developed in response to the overwhelming number of collections the Smithsonian collected leading up to and following the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of In 1858, the Smithsonian received a Congressional appropriation for the care of the collections, which by the 1870s had overwhelmed the Institution s available storage space. The Romanesque Revival-style structure was designed by Adolf Cluss and Paul Shulze, prominent local architects responsible for many of Washington s public buildings during the post-civil War era. The building is composed of four pavilions, one at each corner, about 40 feet square and three stories tall. The pavilions surround a central rotunda. The interior of the building was partially lit through the use of skylights and clerestory windows. Like the South Yard, the area around the National Museum was frequently put to use as a site of temporary buildings and enclosures. Many of these were used to store collections and prepare specimens for national exhibitions.

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28 THE FREER GALLERY HISTORY In 1904, industrialist and art collector Charles Lang Freer offered his large collection of Asian and American art to the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian debated the acceptance of the collection until 1906, when they finally did so, partially at the insistence of President Theodore Roosevelt. Freer s gift included his collection, funds to construct a museum building, and an endowment to support the museum s operation. At the time, it was the largest gift ever presented to the United States by an individual. Freer selected architect Charles Adams Platt to design the building. Construction began on the Italian Renaissance Revival-style gallery in Like the greater Mall plan, construction was stalled by the advent of World War I, and the building was not completed until 1923, four years after the death of Charles Freer. The museum contains multiple galleries in which visitors are able to view American paintings from the Aesthetic Movement of the late nineteenth century, as well as the arts of China, Egypt, India and the Himalayas, Japan, Korea, and the Islamic lands. By exploring the differences in arts from around the world, the Freer Gallery of Art would unite, in Freer s own words, modern work with masterpieces of certain periods of high civilization harmonious in spiritual suggestion... The Freer Gallery is also home of the Peacock Room, originally a dining room in the home of British shipping magnate Frederick R. Leyland, featuring Whistler s painting Princess from the Land of Porcelain. The room, designed by architect Thomas Jeckyll and later redecorated by Whistler, was acquired by Freer after Leyland s death and later installed in the museum. A major renovation completed in 1993 connected the Freer Gallery to the Quad buildings and expanded underground storage areas. With the addition of the connecting gallery, the Freer has 39,039 square feet of public space. The original structure designed by Platt remains intact, including the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Auditorium, which serves as the venue for many public programs.

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30 HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN HISTORY The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden was designed by Gordon Bunshaft and was opened to the public in 1974.The museum housed the collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, a self-made millionaire and prolific art collector who offered his private art collection to the United States government in Impetus for the formation of what would be Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden began in 1938, when Congress authorized the Smithsonian to create a museum of contemporary art and to select a suitable site on the Mall for its construction. In 1964, the Smithsonian found a benefactor in Joseph H. Hirshhorn. Hirshhorn was born in Latvia and raised in poverty in Brooklyn, where he, his mother, and his twelve siblings had emigrated in He made his early fortune in the stock market. Managing to preserve his wealth in spite of the 1929 crash, he transferred his investments to lucrative Canadian uranium mines. By the 1960s, Hirshhorn had amassed a collection that was estimated to be the world s largest private collection of modern and contemporary art. Ripley, backed by the Institution s considerable reputation, was successful in convincing Hirshhorn to donate his collection to the United States under the care of the Smithsonian. Hirshhorn s conditions for the donation required that the size of the museum and sculpture garden be sufficient for the exhibition and storage of his collection, and that it be located on the National Mall. In 1967, Gordon Bunshaft and SOM were named the architects of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The building was designed as a drum raised one story above the plaza level, opening at the center to reveal a curved, fenestrated wall overlooking an interior courtyard. The curvature of the building was intended to facilitate circulation along the galleries, and would limit sightlines to no more than thirty feet. According to Bunshaft, he designed the building to be a piece of sculpture on the Mall.

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32 QUADRANGLE COMPLEX HISOTRY Quadrangle Complex: The construction of the Quadrangle complex between 1983 and 1987 entailed an enormous amount of excavation----only a small portion of the building is visible at grade. S. Dillon Ripley Center: The Ripley Center, part of the Smithsonian Institution series of museums on the National Mall, houses the International Gallery, The Smithsonian Associates education programs, and the offices of the Smithsonian Contributing Membership. The above-ground portion of the building is a small pagoda, with a larger below grade portion that connects underground to the Sackler Gallery, National Museum of African Art, and the Freer Gallery. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art: After a visit to the Freer Gallery in 1979, Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi announced that Japan would donate $1 million to the Smithsonian in order to assist in the building of an annex to the Freer to display Asian art. In 1982, Arthur M. Sackler donated roughly 1,000 Asian artworks and objects to the Smithsonian Institution, along with a donation of $4 million for a building to house the collections. National Museum of African Art: In 1964, Warren M. Robbins founded the Museum of African Art, a privately funded African art museum that operated from a row house in which Frederick Douglass had resided. The museum consisted of nine row homes with twelve galleries, a library, and a small auditorium. On October 5, 1978, the US Congress authorized the Smithsonian Institution to acquire the museum, and approximately eight thousand objects were transferred to the Smithsonian.

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38 THE CASTLE Castle: Office Relocation A major impediment to the partial restoration of the Castle's interior is the surplus of administrative offices on its upper stories. Smithsonian is currently undergoing a pan-institutional office consolidation for its many divisions currently housed in the Castle and Quadrangle buildings. Relocating these offices will release valuable square footage that can be put to better use as visitor, exhibit, education, event, and amenity spaces. The office suite in the East Wing of the Castle will be retained as the historic and ceremonial offices of the Secretary. Other spaces throughout the building will continue to accommodate the meetings of the Smithsonian Regents. Castle: Seismic Renovation Following an earthquake that occurred in August 2011 and caused damage to historic facilities throughoutthe region, Smithsonian recognized the need to better protect its buildings and visitors against a future seismic event. A base isolation method-the preferred seismic approach fo r the Castleenables the rehabilitat ion by moving amenities from t he historic core of the building. Castle: Restoration Removal of non-contributing office and amenity uses from the Great Hall and Upper Main Hall will allow these spaces to be restored to their original volume and character. The Great Hall will serve as the primary welcome and orientation center for the Castle; the Upper Main Hall will be repurposed as a flexible event, lecture, and exhibit ion space.

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40 ARTS AND INDUSTRIES Arts and Industries Building: Interior Renovation To prepare AIB for interim uses requires some minor alterations to meet building codes, provide for adequate life safety and egress support, abate hazardous materials, and condition the building. This would create a suitable shell for a potential future use.

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43 HIRSHHORN MUSEUM ANO SCULPTURE GARDEN Hirshhorn Museum: Building Envelope Renovation The Hirsh horn Museum Building is in need ofa complete overhaul to itsexterior envelope, which includes the plaza membrane, fenestration, and exposed aggregate cladding. This upgrade will allow the facility to better condition its interior spaces to meet contemporary cu ration standards.

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45 QUADRANGLE COMPLEX Quadrangle Complex: Office Relocation Smithsonian is currently planning a Pan-Institutional Office Consolidation for its many divisions currently housed in the Castle and Quadrangle buildings. Relocating these offices will release valuable square footage that can be put to better use as visitor, exhibit, education, event, and amenity spaces. Quadrangle Complex: Roof Repair The Quadrangle roof membrane is reaching t he end of its useful life and requires a complete replacement to protect the collections and equipment housed below. Because the roof structure also forms the base of the Haupt Garden, it will be necessary to remove the existing plant and hardscape features to allow for roof access.

46 GARDENS Curated and interpreted as museum collections, the gardens of the South Mall Campus create an appropriate setting and approach for their surrounding buildings; a backdrop for the display of art and sculpture; and a verdant setting in which to appreciate horticulture, Smithsonian museums and programs, and other nearby amenities. Created and cared for by Smithsonian Gardens, these landscapes provide an intimacy of scale and a diversity of horticultural display not found elsewhere on the National Mall.

47 GARDENS Campus Gardens: Perimeter Security The Master Plan recognizes Smithsonian's need for a secure perimeter enclosure for the South Mall Campus. Addressing perimeter security at the master planning level will allow it to be sensitively integrated into both new and existing landscape features.

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52 SMITHSONIAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Restore and Renovate Accessibility Connect Gardens Restore and renovate historic buildings Improve access for persons with Improve circulation and connectivity Provide di\ erse gardens for visitor disabilities within campus and to adjacent context recreation and education Visibility Education Events V isitor Services Improve visibility of below grade Increase education spaces Provide additional museum Create and expand visitor services museums and event space.. II 0 - mrr Activate Loading Security Sustainable Systems Museums Ensure that the campus can be Improve and expand underground Update perimeter and bu ild ing security Establish a central utility Improve facilities and active from morning to night. loadingspace plant to reduce GHG accommodate growth emissions and energy costs

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59 ALTERNATIVES A-F NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE: ALTERNATIVE A (DISMISSED): ALTERNATIVE B: ALTERNATIVE C (DISMISSED): Exist ing campus Limited below ground change Limited above gro und change Maintain f lat garden w ith changes above and below ALTERNATIVE D: ALTERNATIVE E (DISMISSED): ALTERNATIVE F: Plane changes above and Plane changes above and below grade Minimize plane changes below grade Maintain character of ga rdens Maintain charact er of gardens

60 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE PRESENTED Cons -Continued maintenance of existing systems -Inadequate loading -Outdated mechanical systems repaired but not replaced with modern systems -Roofs, including Quad roof below garden, patched but not replaced -No restoration of Castle -No improvements to campus circulation and wayfinding -Visitor needs not adequately served -Does not meet program and need

61 ALTERNATIVE A (DISMISSED) PRESENTED Cons -Continued maintenance of existing systems -Inadequate loading -Outdated mechanical systems repaired with limited improvements -No improvements to campus circulation and wayfinding -Visitor needs not adequately served -Does not meet program and need Pros +Restoration of Castle +Seismic Castle protection +Quadrangle roof replaced +Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden walls restored +Accessible Freer entrance

62 ALTERNATIVE B PRESENTED Cons -Limited replacement of outdated mechanical systems -Wayfinding not improved -Visitor needs not adequately served Pros +Restoration of Castle +Seismic Castle protection +Repair Quad roof +Improved campus circulation +Consolidated loading facilities +Hirshhorn Museum tunnel and garden walls restored +Accessible Freer ent rance +Maintains two Quad entrance pavilions

63 ALTERNATIVE C (DISMISSED) PRESENTED zj n Cons ation under Castle Pros, f Castle -Extents of excak~l1'ke +Restoration o rotection t o par Tons +Seismic Castl~ P ding facilities -Garden,o f 3 Quad entry pav1 I V'sitor Center -Remova o anded Castle I +Consolidated oaf fficient systems -Poor access to e'tastle Visitor Center, Quad roo d modern e -Poor daylight at +Repair cal plant an finding +Central mecham circulation and way +lmprov.ed c;::~:ntrance den walls restored +Accessible Museum tunnel and g::d garden +Hirshhor.n laced with expan +AIB parking rep

64 ALTERNATIVE D PRESENTED Cons Pros -Grade change +Restoration of Castle +Improved campus circulation and wayfinding -Extents of excavation under Castle +Seismic Castle protection +Visitor needs well met -Garden too park-like +Consolidated loading facilities +Accessible Freer entrance -Removal of 3 Quad entry pavilions +Repair Quad roof +Hirshhorn Museum t unnel and garden walls restored +Central mechanical plant +A IB parking replaced with expanded gardens

65 ALTERNATIVE E (DISMISSED) PRESENTED JJ I II ~ I ~I _j ~ I I (_ ~ r I~ L Cons -Grade change -Sloped garden -Extent of excavation Pros +Restoration of Castle +Seismic Castle protection +Consolidated loading facilities +Repair Quad roof +Retains some garden features +Central mechanical plant +Improved campus circulation and wayfinding +Visitor needs well met +Accessible Freer entrance +Hirshhorn Museum t unnel and garden walls restored +AIB parking replaced with expanded gardens +Expanded tall galleries at Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden

66 ALTERNATIVE F PRESENTED [_ E Cons -Removal of 3 Quad pavilions Pros +Restoration of Castle +Seismic Castle protection +Consolidated loading facilities +Repair quad roof +Central mechanical plant +Improved campus circulation and wayfinding +Visitor needs met +Accessible Freer entrance +Hirshhorn Museum t unnel and garden walls restored +Maintain garden character and some features +Reduce extent of excavation +Improved daylight at Castle and Quad +AIB parking replaced with expanded gardens +No grade change

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68 PREVIOUSLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE O COMMENTS.~. I I I I ~ CHARACTER OF GARDENS HISTORICAL SETTING OF CASTLE EXTENT OF EXCAVATION The Haupt Garden appears t oo Sloped grade at visitor entry creates Two levels of excavation beneath park-like. the impression of t he Castle sitting t he Castle t hat ext end towards on a glass plint h. lefferson and the Quad.

69 ALTERNATIVE F STRATEGIES CHARACTER OF GARDENS HISTORICAL SETTING OF CASTLE EXTENT OF EXCAVATION Updated gardens take inspiration Haupt Garden retains a level Limited excavation beneath the from the intimate characteristics of relationship to the Castle. Castle. the existing gardens.

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72 MUSEUM AREAS ALT F EXPANDED AREA FDR VISITOR, MUSEUM AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS ~ SF EXI STING t- ALTERNATIVE F SF

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74 ENERGY USE ENERGY SOURCES ON-SITE ENERGY CONVERSION SITE MTC02 EMISSIONS =~ 5 18: 2 GWh SIB: 5 74 MTC02 o 1 e Slf.AMTO DOMESTIC HOT WATER err.~~': ~ t 20GWh ~~~F\-:! ~ GAS IUROINLS SI LAM 10 HEATING HOT AIB:4GWh M=a'.!::~~ Q 0 NATURAi. GAS WATER HWBOILER QUAD: 11GWh (ll~~ w AIB: MTC02 QUAD: 3,935 MTC02 ALT F REDUCED ENERGY [DST POWER TO SITE FREER: 3 GWh ~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ =~ FREER: MTC02 HMSG+SG: 8 GWh ENERGY EFFICIENCY HMSG+SG: MTC0 2 MEASURES GRID SUPPLY SITE ENERGY REDUCTION C02 EMISSIONS REDUCTION 14 GWh 100~ "" "", 34% ENERGY SAVINGS 39% (53% COST SAVINGS) C0 2 SAVINGS

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133 EXISTING GARDEN CHARACTER SEASONAL AND DIVERSE SMALL-SCALE AND INTIMATE EDUCATIONAL Changing horticultural displays and Small gardens provide shaded areas Educational gardens provide link t o diverse plantings provide interest at for rest and contemplation. museums and support Smithsonian all times of year. mission.

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153 GREAT HALL RESTORATION : GREAT HALL The masterpla n allows for t he relocation of office space, gifts shops, cafes, restrooms, from the Great Hall so that it can be rest ored QUAD, EDUCATION

154 REMOVE PARTITIONS 0 0 ~ ~i ~ lh 11 Iii ht EXISTING Great Hall has been subdivided to house visitor amenities: shops, food service, and restrooms, diminishing the presence of the space. PARTITIONS REMOVED Partitions built after t he period of historic significance t o be removed restoring t he Great Hall to its original size.

155 RELOCATE PROGRAM ~ SIGNIFICANCE RESTORED PERIOD OF hibitions and GREAT HALL SIZ~e basement the Great Hall host~~ ~xeight space. By improving the c~: relocated from t he f eat ured dou current program c::sement, retu'.n.ing the Great Hall to t he_ iginal cond1t1on. Great Hall to,ts or

156 UPPER GREAT HALL RESTORATION EXISTING Upper Great Hall has been subdivided into offices and other smaller rooms. Infill Removed Partit ions and floor slabs built after t he period of historic significance to be removed.

157 UPPER GREAT HALL RESTORATION PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE Upper Great Hall hosted exhibitions and libraries. UPPER GREAT HALL SIZE RESTORED By removing interior partitions and floor slabs the Upper Great Hall can be restored to it s period of historical significance.

158 CASTLE BASEMENT VISITOR CENTER AND QUAD

159 BASEMENT RESTORATION \ ti --- CASTLE BASEMENT The mast er plan allows for mechan ical equipment to be removed from t he basement so t hat it can be more appropriately used. QUAD ---

160 BASEMENT RESTORATION 1900'5 CURRENT Castle basement used for research Cast le basement cont ains overhead and other institutional activities. mechanical syst ems t hat encroach upon usable clear space.

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163 \ VISITOR CENTER Visitor Center connect s t he restored Castle and the Quad.

164 DAYLIGHT AND ACCESS * VISITOR CENTER COLLECTIONS OFFICES NEW VISITOR CENTER CAN ACCOMMODATE THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THE CASTLE; GIFT SHOP, RESTROOMS, VISITOR INFORMATION, CAFE. GALLERIES

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167 NORTH SOUTH SECTION FACING EAST. ''.\ J;.l!l;.::.... "... I Loading G,ll l~

168 CONCEPT GROUND FLOOR MUSEUM ENTRY D D J L D BENEFITS: Great Hall restored M useum Ent ries are more identifiable -Visitor Cent er entry is near museum entries Quadrangle roof replaced -Accessible Freer entrance VISITOR SERVICES EXHIBIT EDUCATION ANO EVENT OFFIC E COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LAB BUILDING SUPPORT CIRCULATION

169 CONCEPT BASEMENT LEVEL 1 CONSOLIDATED SCREENING AT VISITOR CENTER ENTRY C~:o FtHr NMAFA hhib<tw, 1mosF PRESCREENED VISITORS AT LOBBY BENEFITS: Improvement and expansion of educat ional program Flexible event space -Visitor Cent er connects Castle basement and Quad Cent ral MEP plant -Increased natural light below grade VISITOR SERVICES EXHIBIT EDUCATIONANO EVENT OFFIC E COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LAB BUILDING SUPPORT CIRCULATION

170 CONCEPTBASEMENTLEVEL2 Sa<Cki Olk NMAf"A.O'FM> I> 2'3.6i17GF Sf 4 l~--' BENEFITS: Consolidate loading Expansion and improvement of offices Expanded collections adjacent to loading Increased natural light below grade VISITOR SERVICES EXHIBIT EDUCATION AND EVENT OFFICE COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LAB BUILDING SUPPORT CIRCULATION

171 BASEMENT LEVEL J""""' BENEFITS: Flexible space for museum exhibitions Increased natural light below grade VISITOR SERVICES EXHIBIT EDUCATION AND EVENT OFFICE COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LAB BUILDINGSUPPORT CIRCULATION

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173 HIRSHHORN MUSEUM ANO SCULPTURE GARDEN

174 HIRSHHORNWALLS AND LOADING

175 CONNECTION TO CAMPUS

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177 HIRSHHORN CONNECTION TO CAMPUS

178 HIRSHHORN SCULPTURE GARDEN

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180 LARGE BELOW GRADE GALLERY

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182 HIRSHHORN SCULPTURE GALLERY VISITOR SERVICES EXHIBIT EDUCATION ANO EVENT OFFIC E COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LAB BUILDING SUPPORT CIRCULATION

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