555 Pennsylvania Avenue July 3, 2019 • Establish a greater Johns Hopkins University identity in the District of Columbia • Provide a portal for Baltimore programs in Washington, D.C. and vice versa • Offerconvening space for topic experts, policymakers, academic and policy leaders • Create a collaborative learning and working environment • Provide a platform to introduce innovative pedagogy • Provide long term flexibility to support expanded Johns Hopkins University programs • Integrate best practices for sustainability and resilience and operational efficiency • Leverage transparency to reinforce and create new community • Increase access to natural daylight throughout the entire building • Organize and simplify to create circulation patterns ideal for higher education use • Promote health and wellness throughout • Enliven Pennsylvania Avenue and the surrounding neighborhood
Project Goals
555 Pennsylvania Avenue | Johns Hopkins University July 3, 2019 2 While in the early stages, JHU and the SmithGroup/Ennead The street level along Pennsylvania Avenue will be updated team is working on a design that refreshes 555 Pennsylvania to provide greater transparency and sidewalk activation, Avenue to create a place that is distinctly associated with creating a fluid and inviting interface with the public. Together, the Johns Hopkins University mission and at the same time the combined changes will reinforce the facility’s new identity respects the surrounding context. as the D.C. home for Johns Hopkins. The scale and massing of the original building design, including regulating boundary lines The design under consideration proposes enhancements to respectful of the historic Pennsylvania Avenue corridor, will be the building façade that strengthen continuity with traditional unchanged. Pennsylvania Avenue landmarks of note, including the use of stone reminiscent of the warm color and texture found on the Internal revisions will include the introduction of flexible, National Gallery and East Building. adaptable workplace environments, active learning classrooms preferred by emerging generations of students and faculty, Prominent features include the display of classrooms, a library, and the inclusion of collaborative environments that support and student collaboration zones fronting Pennsylvania Avenue, interactions between and among various academic disciplines showcasing the facility’s new education-driven purpose. and the wider D.C. community. This new home for academic research and scholarly pursuit will provide a place for The stone tablet displaying the First Amendment, an artifact policymakers and global leaders to convene around the mission owned by the existing occupant, will be removed and replaced of Johns Hopkins. with glass to allow more natural daylight into the building.
Project Intent
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555 PennsylvaniaNEWSEUM Avenue | Johns Hopkins University POLSHEK PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTSJuly 3, 2019 11 Extend existing elevator bulkhead to west
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555 Pennsylvania Avenue | Johns Hopkins University July 3, 2019 29 601 Pennsylvania Avenue Canadian Embassy Indiana Limestone and Brownstone Assumed mix of St. Marc Limestone from Canada and perhaps St. Clair Limestone from Ohio (according to Polycor Canadian Stone)
Tennessee marble - Pink
Pennsylvania Avenue Federal Trade Commission Existing Brick Paving Indiana Limestone Above Mount Airy (North Carolina) Granite Base
Indiana limestone Indiana limestone
Clear glass
National Gallery of Art West Building National Gallery of Art East Building Tennessee Pink Marble (Asbury Pink or Grannox Grey Originally Tennessee Pink Marble to match West Wing. Brown Stone Sandstone from Knoxville) Recent stair work includes dark Rose/Endsley and Cedar (all vein cut) Identity Pennsylvania Avenue Material Palette
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Marble Brick - Orange variations
Limestone Copper/Bronze
Grey slate shingles Clear glass Identity Johns Hopkins Baltimore Material Palette
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Tennessee marble - Pink Brick - Red variations Tennessee marble - Pink
Indiana limestone Indiana limestone Glass Marble Brick - Orange variations
Clear glass Limestone Copper/Bronze
Brown Stone Sandstone Copper interlayer Grey slate shingles Clear glass Identity Adding Stone, Copper, and Bronze
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Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Tennessee marble - Pink
Stanford Law School Glass
Newseum Copper interlayer McCombs School of Business, University of Texas Precedents Stone, Glass, Metal, Copper, Bronze & Existing Context
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• Include compositional component(s) to express monumentality, provide compositional balance and modulate scale along Pennsylvania Avenue. • Relocate entry eastward to enhance existing mid-block plaza. • Establish JHU identity through materiality, scale and entry portal. • Provide approximately 50% more stone surface without penalty to
Building in Context Pennsylvania Ave. Facades daylight access & views. Building in Context Pennsylvania Avenue Facades • Optimize daylight, shading and views for interior spaces.
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