Capitol View Library Renovation Slide Presentation for Community Meeting 7-19-2017

1. July 19, 2017
INTRODUCTIONS
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
INTERIM LOCATION & SERVICES
DESIGN GOALS - EXTERIOR WORK
NEXT STEPS
CAPITOL VIEW LIBRARY
AGENDA

2. July 19, 2017CAPITOL VIEW LIBRARY
R. McGHEE & ASSOCIATES
ARCHITECTURE INTERIOR DESIGN HISTORIC PRESERVATION

3. CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

4. CAPITOL VIEW LIBRARY
UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY
✔ DEMO ✔ABATEMENT
...INTERIOR BUILDOUT ONGOING
✔ROOFING
...WINDOWS + SITE UTILITIES

5. CAPITOL VIEW LIBRARY
TIMELINE
Summer Fall Winter Spring
2018
Summer 2018
INTERIM OPEN
DEVELOP EXTERIOR
DESIGN
EXTERIOR
Re-OPEN
LIBRARYINTERIOR
CONSTRUCTION
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6. Capitol View LibraryJC NALLE
School grounds
50th Street
49th Street
INTERIM LIBRARY UPDATE
POTENTIAL INTERIM at
JC NALLE

7. Aligning DESIGN GOALS
with COMMUNITY ASPIRATIONS
Reconnect Site to
Neighborhood
Sense of Arrival Facade Re-Make

8. PROPOSED FRONT ENTRANCE
1. PROVIDE SENSE OF ARRIVAL
2. REFRESH FACADES
3. CONNECT LIBRARY TO COMMUNITY
4. REMOVE/RELOCATE PLANTER & FLAG
RECYCLING/TRASH AREA:
1. PROVIDE DECORATIVE FENCING
2. RECONFIGURE RECYCLING/TRASH AREA
PROPOSED REAR GARDEN AREA
1. REMOVE FENCE
2. PROVIDE OPENINGS IN CONCRETE
RETAINING WALLS AND COAT/PAINT
3. EXPLORE LOW VERTICAL GARDEN WALLS
4. REMOVE ASPHALT PAVING
5. PROVIDE PLANTINGS AND GARDEN
AMENITIES

9. Existing Conditions

10. Planting Options – Front Landscape

11. Planting Options – Front Landscape

12. Planting Options – Rear Landscape
Cable system with climbing plants

13. Planting Options – Rear Landscape
Greenscreen system with climbing plants

14. Planting Options – Rear Landscape
Greenwall system

15. Planting Options – Landscape
Insect hotel interpretation/art

16. Landscape/ Interpretation Art

17. Planting Options – Rear Landscape
Planting strip along fence line

18. Facade Precedents

19. Facade Precedents

20. Facade Precedents

21. CAPITOL VIEW LIBRARY
NEXT STEPS
NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING - EARLY FALL
ANC MEETING
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS REVIEW

22. CAPITOL VIEW LIBRARY
STAY CONNECTED
dclibrary.org/CapViewRenovation
for questions contact Martha Saccocio
martha.saccocio@dc.gov
202.727.1188