Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Project Narrative

Won in an international design competition in 2013, the LBA-CGS JV and GCS Design Build Team was challenged to transform this aging historic National Landmark through a comprehensive modernization into the nation’s premier facility that will finally match The Duke Ellington School of the Art's national reputation. The design finds the balance between restoring and respecting the historic fabric, while creating major new academic and performance venues, and expanding the existing complex “My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.” by 100,000 sf. The “Arts Machine” design seeks to express and expose what goes on inside, promoting interdepartmental Duke Ellington awareness and collaboration, while offering many diverse venues to invite the DC Community in to experience the fruits of its pre-professional training programs. The academic and arts environment revolves around a four-story sky-lit atrium, with the new iconic 800-seat Duke Ellington Theatre’s “egg” suspended in the middle as the institution’s metaphoric heart. The historic fabric of the existing original structures were meticulously restored and, in many cases, replicated new where missing. The EXISTING THEATER AND GYMS REMOVED original high school classroom spaces were efficiently utilized to accommodate the more conventional Academic curriculum spaces. New construction - expressed in contemporary design and materials to differentiate from original structure - is woven in and around the restored historic buildings with the all-new middle section and rear addition able to accommodate the large and tall studios, performance and rehearsal spaces that are required for an Arts School of this caliber. Exterior amenities such as the outdoor Entrance Plaza placed at the top of the restored historic front lawn, the Media Center Terrace sheltered under the grand two-story portico and the Education Terrace on the Ellington Theatre Roof with its spectacular views across the city, all contribute to its expression of revitalization.

NEW PARKING GARAGE

NEW CONSTRUCTION

NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH THEATRE

Modernization of the NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH THEATRE + PLAZA

Duke Ellington School of the Arts PROJECT DESIGN DIAGRAM SOUTH ATRIUM WITH BRIDGES TO ELLINGTON THEATRE Project Information National Landmark Structure: Built in 1898 for Western High School Duke Ellington School of the Arts founded: in 1974 by Peggy Cooper Cafritz and Mike Malone International Design Competition: awarded to LBA-CGS JV August 2013 Start of Construction: June 2015 Project Completion: August 2017 Original School Area: 171,000 sf Modernized School Area: 271,000 sf (Existing Removed 73,000, Existing Renovated 96,000, New Construction 175,000) Parking: 50 space underground garage Student Population: 600

Curriculum: Standard DCPS High School Academics plus pre-professional training in eight majors: • Dance • Literary Media and Communications • Museum Studies • Instrumental Music • Vocal Music LEED GOLD-GREEN ROOF & • Theater PV CELLS (FUTURE) GREY WATER CISTERNS TYPICAL CLASSROOM • Technical Design and Production • Visual Arts Major Public Performance/Event Spaces: • 800 seat state-of-the-art Ellington Theatre with: Full Stage Fly, 40 line sets and Gridiron, Orchestra Pit and lift, Control and Follow-Spot Rooms, Stage Trap, Meyer Constellation Sound System, Lighting Catwalks, high-performance acoustics design. • 272 seats on telescoping system in the Performance Hall with: Control Room, Theatrical Rigging, Lighting Catwalks, Meyer Constellation Sound System capable (future) • 100 movable seats in the Black Box with Control Room and Wire Rope Grid • 1,000 capacity Ground Floor Atrium Space • 100 capacity Portico Entrance Gallery 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 • 50 capacity of Rooftop Education10 Terrace 11 LIGHT AND SHADOW CAST ON ELLINGTON THEATRE • 39 capacity Media Center Terrace Academic Spaces: PROJECT • 26 Classrooms for Math, World Languages, Social Studies, English and Science Major Arts Spaces: • Professional-level Recording Studio and Control Room • 100 seat Wind Band and Orchestra Rehearsal Studios • Jazz and Percussion Labs • String Ensemble Rehearsal Studio COMPETITION RENDERING OF ATRIUM THEATRE AND ATRIUM UNDER CONSTRUCTION • 120 seat Choir Rehearsal Room • Show Choir Studio • 6 Piano, Opera and Music Theory Labs/Classrooms A • 22 Sound Isolation Practice Rooms • 8 Sound Isolation Lesson Studios Project Teams: • 3 Vocal Technique Studios Mayor DC Public Schools • Opera Workshop Studio Muriel Bowser Antwan Wilson, Chancellor of DC Public Schools • 6 Dance Studios and Classrooms Deputy Mayor for Education Duke Ellington School of the Arts Security Office • 8 Tech Design & Production Workshops, Studios and Classrooms 170 Jennifer Nile Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Co-Founder • 9 Museum Studies/Literary Media & Communications Labs and Classrooms CouncilDuke E memberllington S chool of the Arts Mike Malone, Co-Founder (in memoriam) • 3 Video, Film and Editing Labs Jack16 Evans,80 35t hWard Stree 2t NW Charles Barber, President (Ellington School of the Arts Project) Washington DC 20007 • 3 2-D Art Studio’s 2E01 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Sandi Logan, Interim Head of School T: 202.282.0123 3 5 • 1 3-D Art Studio Ed Solomon Ronald Lee Newman, Director of Operations A3.02 A3.01 • Costume Shop with Costume Conveyor Storage System DCC LDepartmentIENT of General Services Design Builder SIM / OPP. HAND SIM / OPP. HAND B • Scene Shop Greer Johnson Gillis, PE, Director GCS - SIGAL, LLC • Instrument Repair Shop Spencer Davis, Chief Operating Officer Architects • 2 Green Rooms Jerome Fletcher, Chief of Staff LBA-CGS JV • 2 Music Libraries JoCole Burton, Project Delivery Manager cox graae + spack architects: • VIP Guest Suite Jeff Bonvechio, Deputy Director, Capital Christoffer Graae, FAIA, Principal-in-Charge/Director of Design; Christopher Ambridge, AIA, Sr. Design Architect; Derek Banocy, D Constructionepartment of General Services AIA, Sr. Project Architect 2 Other Spaces: Allam200 0Al-Alami, 14th Stree Projectt NW Manager A3.02 OPP. HAND Project Management Consultants Lance Bailey & Associates: • Fitness/Aerobics Center Washington DC 20009 T: 202.727.2800 Ansar Burney, AIA, Project Manager; Louis Fry III, AIA, Project • Media Center McKissack & McKissack District of Columbia Public Schools Architect • 300 seat Cafeteria with Full Service Kitchen & Servery 1200 1st Street NE ELLINGTON THEATRE HEAVY STEEL CONSTRUCTION • Art Collection Storage with special fire protection & security Washington DC 20002 SECTION CUT FROM 3-D MODEL • Health Center T: 202.442.5885 C 1 A3.02 OPP. HAND ARCHITECT Vestibule Modernization of the 100 6 A3.01 OPP. HAND Duke Ellington School of the Arts August 15, 2017 Lance Bailey & Associates 7800 Georgia Avenue NW, Suite 308 Washington, DC 20012 T: 301.565.2283 cox graae + spack architects 2909 M Street NW 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 D 1 Washington, DC 20007 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 T: 202.965.7070 TOOTH-IN WALL TO EXISTING STAIR SHOWN DASHED CONSULTANTS FOR CLARITY FLAT BAR GALV. STEEL STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RAILING PAINTED GALV. STEEL HANDRAIL, PAINTED RESTL Designers, Inc. CAST STONE STAIR CAP STAIR AND WALK SHOWN 1775 K Street NW, Suite 220 CAST STONE VENEER DASHED FOR CLARITY Washington, DC 20006 T: 202.452.1103

MPE ENGINEERING Global Engineering Solutions 6700A Rockledge Dr., Suite 301 Bethesda, MD 20817 T: 301.216.2871 E 4 ENLARGED NORTH PORCH PLAN 5 ENLARGED PORCH ELEVATION, TYP 6 ENLARGED PORCH ELEVATION, TYP CIVIL ENGINEERING AMT, LLC A3.01 SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0" A3.01 SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0" A3.01 SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0" 10 G Street NE Washington, DC 20002 T: 202.289.4545

3 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE A3.27 Landscape Architecture Bureau G1d 714 7th Street SE Washington, DC 20003 T: 202.543.6550

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