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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Renovation Project

Historic Preservation Review Board22 January 2015

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1 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE

ICONIC CITY CENTRAL LIBRARY

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2 LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM AND PUBLIC SPACE1 LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM CAFE

ICONIC CITY CENTRAL LIBRARY

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“LIVING ROOM”

2 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY1 DALLAS CITY PERFORMANCE HALL

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2 MOMA GARDEN, NEW YORK, USA1 MOMA GARDEN, NEW YORK, USA

PUBLIC SPACE

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2 MAKERSPACE AT WESTPORT LIBRARYWESTPORT, CONNECTICUT

2 MAKERSPACE AT WESTPORT LIBRARYWESTPORT, CONNECTICUT

1 HOOKE PARK SHCOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,DORSET, ENGLAND

PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE

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2 PS106, BROOKLYN1 CHILDRENS AREA LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM

CREATIVE CHILDREN’S SPACES

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2 LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM1 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

INTIMATE AND COLLABORATIVE SPACES

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2 ROOF TOP RESTAURANT IN LONDON

1 AUDITORIUM AT SEATTLE PUBLIC LI-

EVENT SPACES

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CHALLENGE

HOW DO WE CREATE A LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE WHILE RESPECTING A HISTORIC LANDMARK?

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EXISTING BUILDING PHOTOS

1 9TH & H STREETS LOOKING SW

8 G STREET LOOKING EAST

2 10TH STREET & G PLACE LOOKING WEST 3 G PLACE LOOKING EAST

4 10TH STREET & G PLACE LOOKING EAST 6 11TH STREET & G ST LOOKING EAST

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EXISTING VIEWS IN CONTEXT

1 9TH ST & G STREET LOOKING NW 2 SOUTH FACADE WEST WING

3 SOUTH LOGGIA 4 SOUTH FACADE EAST WING

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Mies van der Rohe is widely acknowledged as one of the 20th

century’s greatest architects. By emphasizing open space, new assemblies and an honesty and expression of materials, he helped define modern architecture. His architecture is based on classic proportions and pure forms with structure that generates uninterrupted spaces.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library is the one of few International Style buildings in Washington, D.C., and the only one of Mies’s library designs to be implemented.

Construction began a year after Mies’s death in 1969, and the building was completed in 1972. After his death, it was necessary to revise the design to respond to certain budgetary and functional considerations.

In June 2007, the DC Historic Preservation Review Board added the property, including the exterior building and plaza and the interior public spaces on the ground floor as an historic landmark to the DC Inventory of Historic Sites. In the same year, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

MIES VAN DER ROHE

MIES VAN DER ROHE AND HIS MODEL OF CROWN HALL, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO

SEAGRAM BUILDING LOBBY, NEW YORK CITY GREAT HALL, MLK

READING ROOM, MLK

MLK expresses key principles of Mies’s work, including an exposed steel skeleton, curtain wall technology, rectilinear forms, clear open spaces, and a recessed loggia around the ground floor perimeter.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Both a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, Dr. King had a important impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s. Among many efforts, King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

SCLC’s advocacy of boycotts and other forms of nonviolent protest played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and other areas of the nation, as well as the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, among several other honors.

Dr. King was assassinated in April 1968, and continues to be remembered as one of the most lauded African-American leaders in history, often referenced by his 1963 speech, “I Have a Dream.”

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTING TO NAME THE BUILDING AFTER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERS THE “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH

KING MURAL AT MLK

Dr. King ignited passion for social change and for civil discourse. MLK was the first memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated in DC following his assassination.

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1 HIRSCHORN MUSEUM

2 NATIONAL ARBORETUM VISITOR CENTER

3 CAPITOL SKYLINE HOTEL 5 WASHINGTON METRO4 EAST WING OF NATIONAL GALLERY

MID CENTURY MODERN

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2 GALLUP BUILDING

1 SITE 3 MLK DURING CONSTRUCTION

CONTEXT

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4 GREAT HALL ENTRANCE

2 VIEW FROM 10TH AND G STREETS 5 GREAT HALL

3 9TH STREET

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3 building types in American work:

high -rise skeleton frame continuous column grid

cores in the heart

recessed ground floor with colonnade

low-rise skeleton frame building

continuous column grid

recessed entrance level

vertical connections to the sides

open heart in the building

transparency from the front to back

clear span building

columns in or even outside the facade

one uninterrupted space

all necessary shafts, cores and stairs reduced

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library regular grid of the skeleton frame building

recessed ground floor

entrance level colonnade

clear central span space inside

four cores of the building placed at edges of the central clear span space cores become a part of the ground floor facade

MIESIAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES

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DESIGN GUIDELINES

A LEVEL

B LEVEL THIRD FLOOR

FOURTH FLOORSECOND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

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PUBLIC SCOPING PROCESS

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1 MARCH 2014 MEET THE ARCHITECT

2 APRIL 2014 PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE 4 MAY 2014 STAFF PRESENTATION

5 SEPTEMBER 2014 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

6 MAY 2014 PPOJECT DEVELOPMENT MEETING

7 NOVEMBER 2014 CONSULTING PARTY MEEETING 23 APRIL 2014 PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS TO DATE

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“The Martin Luther King Memorial Library is not completed. It never will be. Mies would not want it to be. He carefully designed his buildings as simple enclosures of space, envelopes, if you will, for the life and change within them.”

Wolf Von Eckhardt, “A Modern Master’s Monument,” The Washington Post, August 19, 1972, p. C-1.

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FEDERAL CENTER CHICAGO, USA

IBM BUILDING CHICAGO, USA

NEUE NATIONAL GALERYBERLIN, GERMANY

MLK LIBRARY ARCHIVESWASHINGTON, DC, USA

STAIRS DETAIL, FACTORY KREFELD, GERMANY

DOUBLE GLAZING SOLUTION IN LEMKE HOUSE, BERLIN. GERMANY

BRICK AND WINDOW FRAME DETAIL, LANGE HOUSEKREFELD, GERMANY

CURTAIN WALL IN STEELCHICAGO, USA

NEUE NATIONAL GALERYBERLIN, GERMANY

LEMKE HOUSEBERLIN, GERMANY

LANGE AND ESTERS HOUSEKREFELD, GERMANY

LAKE SHORE DRIVE APPARTMENTSCHICAGO, USA

COMMONWEALTH APPARTMENTSCHICAGO, USA

CROWN HALL IITCHICAGO, USA

MIES RESEARCH

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THE LIBRARY OF TOMORROW

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CLEAR VISIBILITY FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE AND THROUGH SPACES, LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM , UK

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VISIBILITY TO ALL LEVELS, LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM , UK

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VARIETY OF MEETING SPACES, LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM , UK

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VARIETY OF EVENT SPACES, LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM , UK

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PUBLIC ROOF TERRACES, LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM , UK

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ALTERNATIVESRENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE

Option 1

EXISTING

Option 2

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FIRST LEVEL PLAN (GROUND FLOOR)

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GROUND FLOOR

1 GREAT HALL 3 EAST READING ROOM

2 WEST READING ROOM DIGITAL COMMONS 4 LIGHTING PRINCIPLE

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GREAT HALL RENOVATION PROPOSAL OPTIONS

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RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE

Option 1

EXISTING

Option 2

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Areas of Design Engagement

1. New Public Cores2. Current Loading Dock Enclosure 3. Building Enclosure4. Site Walls along G Place and 9th Street5. Engaging G Place 6. Area between Church and MLK7. Open floors East to West and North to South8. Roof Terrace and Events Space

AREAS OF DESIGN ENGAGEMENT

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2 EXISTING VIEW FROM VESTIBULE TO WEST CORE

1 EXISTING VIEW FROM ENTRANCE

CORE OPTIONS

4 VIEW FROM VESTIBULE TO WEST CORE - OPTION A CORE

3 VIEW FROM ENTRANCE - OPTION A CORE

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CORE OPTIONS

2 EXISTING VIEW FROM VESTIBULE TO WEST CORE

1 EXISTING VIEW FROM ENTRANCE

4 VIEW FROM VESTIBULE TO WEST CORE - OPTION B CORE

3 VIEW FROM ENTRANCE - OPTION B CORE

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Areas of Design Engagement

1. New Public Cores2. Current Loading Dock Enclosure 3. Building Enclosure4. Site Walls along G Place and 9th Street5. Engaging G Place 6. Area between Church and MLK7. Open floors East to West and North to South8. Roof Terrace and Events Space

AREAS OF DESIGN ENGAGEMENT

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LOADING DOCK ENCLOSURE

1 EXISTING GREAT HALL

2 EXISTING LOADING DOCK

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LOADING DOCK ENCLOSURE

1 PROPOSED GREAT HALL

2 PROPOSED LOADING DOCK ENCLOSURE

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Areas of Design Engagement

1. New Public Cores2. Current Loading Dock Enclosure 3. Building Enclosure4. Site Walls along G Place and 9th Street5. Engaging G Place 6. Area between Church and MLK7. Open floors East to West and North to South8. Roof Terrace and Events Space

AREAS OF DESIGN ENGAGEMENT

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PRESERVATION ISSUES OF EXTERIOR ENVELOPE

1 CURTAINWALL CORROSION

2 WATER INFILTRATION THROUGH COLUMN ASSEMBLY

3 CRACKED GLASS AT CORNER OF WINDOW UNIT

4 LEAKING FACADE

6 FACADE DETAIL

5 FACADE DETAIL

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Areas of Design Engagement

1. New Public Cores2. Current Loading Dock Enclosure 3. Building Enclosure4. Site Walls along G Place and 9th Street5. Engaging G Place 6. Area between Church and MLK7. Open floors East to West and North to South8. Roof Terrace and Events Space

AREAS OF DESIGN ENGAGEMENT

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2 SITE WALLS1 EAST PARKING ENTRANCE RAMP

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FIRST LEVEL PLAN (GROUND FLOOR)

5. 4

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1 PUBLIC OUTDO0R PROGRAM 2 FIRST LEVEL PLAN (GROUND FLOOR)

ENGAGING G PLACE - OPTION 1

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ENGAGING G PLACE - OPTION 2

1 ENGAGING G PLACE WITH PUBLIC OUTDO0R PROGRAM 2 FIRST LEVEL PLAN (GROUND FLOOR)

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Areas of Design Engagement

1. New Public Cores2. Current Loading Dock Enclosure 3. Building Enclosure4. Site Walls along G Place and 9th Street5. Engaging G Place 6. Area between Church and MLK7. Open floors East to West and North to South8. Roof Terrace and Events Space

AREAS OF DESIGN ENGAGEMENT

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1 SPACE BETWEEN MLK LIBRARY AND CHURCH BUILDING - VIEW 9TH STREET

2 SPACE BETWEEN MLK LIBRARY AND CHURCH BUILDING - VIEW G PLACE 3 FIRST LEVEL PLAN (GROUND FLOOR )

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Areas of Design Engagement

1. New Public Cores2. Current Loading Dock Enclosure 3. Building Enclosure4. Site Walls along G Place and 9th Street5. Engaging G Place 6. Area between Church and MLK7. Open floors East to West and North to South8. Roof Terrace and Events Space

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2 EXISTING INTERIOR CORRIDOR LEVEL 2-4

1 EXISTING CORE STAIRWELL

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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THIRD FLOOR PLAN

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FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

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Areas of Design Engagement

1. New Public Cores2. Current Loading Dock Enclosure 3. Building Enclosure4. Site Walls along G Place and 9th Street5. Engaging G Place 6. Area between Church and MLK7. Open floors East to West and North to South8. Roof Terrace and Events Space

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RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE

Option 1 Option 2

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ROOF TERRACE PROPOSED

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3

4

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AERIAL VIEW OF SITE

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EXISTING CONDITION - VIEW FROM VERIZON CENTER

RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE 2RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE

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EXISTING CONDITION - VIEW FROM G AND 12TH STREETS

RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE

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EXISTING CONDITION - VIEW FROM 9TH STREET

RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR EXTRUDED ENVELOPE RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE + 3 STORY ADDITION

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EXISTING CONDITION - VIEW FROM 9TH AND F STREETS

RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE

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EXISTING CONDITION - VIEW FROM 9TH AND H STREETS

RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE

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1RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR RECTILINEAR ENVELOPE

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2RENOVATION WITH 5TH FLOOR CURVILINEAR ENVELOPE