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The first phase of the Reservoir District, also known as McMillan, opened in June 2024 at the intersection of North Capitol Street and Michigan Avenue. The historic former water filtration site with a landscape embellished by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. is today becoming a vibrant and diverse community anchored by a new six-acre park and community center. This complex public project, years in the making, celebrates and respects the 25-acre historic setting with new mixed-use development, public open space, unique preservation strategies and context sensitive design to create a truly unique community resource for the local neighborhood and the residents of Washington, DC.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the how the overall site master plan navigates the complexities of the issues related to the redevelopment of the historic site.
• Understand how the specific historic characteristics of the landmark can be woven into the new park and community center in Phase One.
• Conceptualize an architecture that both memorializes aspects of the landmarks characteristics yet introduces a new language that is compatible with the complex.
• Identify techniques to integrate new large-scale and detailed design approaches with the local community context and yet remain a distinct and identifiable 25-acre complex.

Presented by:

Matthew Bell FAIA
Christian Calleri AIA
Tom Jester (Quinn Evans, Invited)