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OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ADJAYE ASSOCIATES CONTENTS I URBAN II LIBRARY III NET-ZERO IV DESIGN APPROACH IN THE PARK STRATEGY VISION

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 2 I URBAN APPROACH OUR PROPOSAL RE-IMAGINES THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY TO BE THE FIRST TRUE URBAN LIBRARY. OPERATING ON MULTIPLE SCALES OF RENEWAL — INDIVIDUAL, URBAN, ECONOMIC, AND ECOLOGICAL — THE NEW LIBRARY ACTIVELY ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY WITH UPDATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 3 WASHINGTON PARK SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO

WASHINGTON PARK • 7 MILES SOUTH OF THE LOOP • NEAR MIDWAY AIRPORT • HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SITE • GATEWAY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO • EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 4 GARFIELD BOULEVARD HISTORICALLY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 5 GARFIELD BOULEVARD TODAY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 6 WASHINGTON PARK “LUNGS OF THE CITY”

WASHINGTON PARK • CONSTRUCTED IN 1870’S • DR. JOHN RAUCH THE FOREFATHER OF THE CHICAGO PARK SYSTEM DESCRIBED IT AS “THE LUNGS OF THE CITY” • DESIGNED BY FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED & CALVERT VAUX • EARLY ATTRACTIONS TO THE PARK INCLUDED RIDING STABLES, CRICKET GROUNDS, BASEBALL FIELDS, A TOBOGGAN SLIDE, ARCHERY RANGES, A GOLF COURSE, BICYCLE PATHS, ROW BOATS, HORSESHOE PITS, GREENHOUSES, A ROSE GARDEN, A BANDSTAND, A SMALL ZOO FEATURING SIX ALLIGATORS, AND A LILY POND • IN THE 1920’S BLACK SEMI-PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAMS PLAYED AT WASHINGTON PARK

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 7 BUILDINGS IN THE PARK

WASHINGTON PARK • WASHINGTON PARK HAS A GREAT HISTORY OF SIGNATURE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE PARK • THE PARK CONSERVATORY AND SUNKEN GARDEN DESIGNED BY 2 DANIEL BURNHAM WAS DEMOLISHED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION DUE TO LIMITED RESOURCES

1 4 6 1 RACE TRACK 2 FOUNTAIN OF TIME 3 SUNKEN GARDEN 4 BOAT HOUSE 5 REFECTORY 6 CONSERVATORY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 8 WASHINGTON PARK TODAY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 9 CHICAGO “CITY IN A GARDEN”

URBS IN HORTO CHICAGO’S MOTTO—URBS IN HORTO—MEANS “CITY IN A GARDEN.” WASHINGTON PARK IS PART OF A NETWORK OF HUNDREDS OF PARKS, COVERING MORE THAN 8,000 ACRES. LEFT: DANIEL BURNHAM’S 1909 PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF CHICAGO.

WASHINGTON PARK

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 10 CHICAGO MUSEUM IN A PARK

THE PEGGY NOTEBAERT NATURE MUSEUM

CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM MUSEUM IN PARCO AN OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON PARK WOULD BE CONNECTED TO A INSTITUTE OF PUERTO RICAN ARTS & CULTURE LARGER NETWORK OF WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTIONS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN CHICAGO’S PARK LAND. THERE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ARE CURRENTLY 11 MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY HOSTED WITHIN PARK DISTRICT LAND. IN 2012 THEY WERE VISITED BY NEARLY 8 MILLION PEOPLE, ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INCLUDING 1 MILLION SCHOOL CHILDREN.

1 ADLER PLANETARIUM JOHN G. SHEDD AQUARIUM 2 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 3 ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ADLER PLANETARIUM 4 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY 5 CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART 6 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART THE FIELD MUSEUM 7 DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 8 THE PEGGY NOTEBAERT NATURE MUSEUM 9 THE FIELD MUSEUM 10 JOHN G. SHEDD AQUARIUM 11 INSTITUTE OF PUERTO RICAN ARTS & CULTURE 12 OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 11 SITE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION THE “L” TRAIN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE

51ST STATION

GARFIELD STATION

GARFIELD BLVD. MIDWAY AIRPORT AND EXPRESSWAY ACCESS

1/2 MILE FROM CAMPUS

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 12 EXISTING FABRIC

PROVIDENT DUSABLE HOSPITAL HIGH SCHOOL

NATIONAL GUARD BEASLEY ELEM. ARMORY SCHOOL WALTER DYETT HIGH SCHOOL

BURKE ELEM. SCHOOL KOZMINSKI COM ACADEMY U OF C HOSPITAL

COMMERCIAL WASHINGTON PARK REFECTORY

DUSABLE AFRICAN WASHINGTON PARK AMERICAN MUSEUM PUBLIC POOL CARTER ELEM. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 13 SITE SOCIAL HISTORY

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION AND CHANGE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TRANSITION FROM EUROPEAN STRONG ANCHOR OF SOUTH SIDE AMERICAN TO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE IN 1968, WHAT WAS GRAND BOULEVARD, THEN SOUTH PARK WAY, WAS RENAMED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE. ST. MARY’S AFRICAN METHODIST GARFIELD BLVD. WAS THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH THRESHOLD BETWEEN THE ESTABLISHED IN 1897, THE OLDEST BLACK IRISH COMMUNITY TO THE CONGREGATION IN THE AREA NORTH AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO THE SOUTH

BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH SOLD TO BLACK BAPTISTS IN 1925 ORIGINALLY B’NAI SHALOM TEMPLE ISRAEL AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPANSION DURING GREAT MIGRATION

DUSABLE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ST. ANSELM CHURCH THE DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IS THE FIRST BUILT IN 1909 BY IRISH CATHOLICS AND OLDEST MUSEUM DEDICATED BECAME A BLACK PARISH IN THE 1930’S TO THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION ONE OF THE EARLIEST BLACK CATHOLIC OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, PARISHES IN THE CITY CULTURE, AND ART.

SS. CONSTANTINE AND HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX RESIDENTS BUILT THE CHURCH IN 1909. BY 1928 WAS ENTIRELY AFRICAN AMERICAN

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 14 1919 RACE RIOT

RACIAL CONFLICT WASHINGTON PARK WAS A HOTBED OF RACIAL TENSION DURING THE 1919 RACE RIOT. WITH THE GREAT MIGRATION, POST WWI TENSIONS, AND COMPETITIVE LABOR AND HOUSING MARKETS CAUSING FRICTION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO WAS THE EPICENTER OF VIOLENCE.

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 15 POPULATION DECLINE

1930 44,016 POPULATION

1960 43,690

1990 19,425

2000 14,146 WASHINGTON PARK COMMUNITY AREA

2010 11,717

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 16 CHANGING BUILDING DENSITY

1938 2013

FROM 1938 TO 2013 THERE HAS BEEN A 70% REDUCTION IN BUILDING DENSITY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 17 URBAN BLIGHT

1938 2013

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 18 CITY-OWNED VACANT PROPERTY

THE CITY OWNS 15,373 VACANT PROPERTIES. 642 ARE LOCATED IN WASHINGTON PARK, ONE OF THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS.

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 19 SCHOOL CLOSURES

OVERTON

ATTUCKS

FRANCIS PARKMAN 50 SCHOOLS HAVE CLOSED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. 7 LOCATED AROUND WASHINGTON PARK.

ROSS

SEXTON

TILL

YALE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 20 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW START

We are the ones we have been waiting for. Alice Walker

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 21 THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM WASHINGTON PARK

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 22 3 ECONOMIC ENGINES

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 23 OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

1 OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM A NEW OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM WILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, MAXIMIZE ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND DRIVE THE POSITIVE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 24 URBAN HUB

2 2 URBAN HUB NEIGHBORING THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY THE NEW URBAN HUB BECOMES THE ECONOMIC EPICENTER OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL BUILDINGS ARE ANCHORED AROUND AN OBAMA PERFORMING ARTS THEATER, PUBLIC PLAZA, AND COMMUNITY CENTER. AN EXPANDED TRANSPORTATION STATION AND UNDERGROUND PARKING PROVIDE CONVENIENT CITY-WIDE ACCESS.

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 25 REACTIVATE GARFIELD BOULEVARD

ECONOMIC IMPACT THE CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY HAS SPARKED AN ESTIMATED $2 BILLION IN NEW PROJECTS IN THE LITTLE ROCK AREA AND OVER $1 BILLION IN NEW REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT.

3 REACTIVATE GARFIELD BOULEVARD REVITALIZING GARFIELD BOULEVARD WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW URBAN CONNECTIONS ALONG THIS HIGHLY TRAFFICKED EAST-WEST CORRIDOR; FROM THE EXPRESSWAY TO THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, THE UNIVERSITY TO LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE BROADER REGION

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 26 GARFIELD BLVD. KEY BUILDINGS

1 COMMUNITY BUILDING 2 RETAIL 3 ACE TECH SCHOOL 4 SCHULZE BAKING CO. 5 CHICAGO CITY CHURCH 6 THE NEW LIFE CENTER 7 ARTS INCUBATOR 8 FIELDHOUSE

2 3

I 8 5 6 7

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 27 GARFIELD BLVD. VACANT PROPERTIES

1 ABANDONED HOUSING 2 DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS 3 SHUTTERED RETAIL 4 VACANT LOTS

3 2

1 4

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 28 GARFIELD BLVD. TRANSPORTATION

1 RAIL YARDS 2 DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY 3 GARFIELD L STATION MLK. JR. DRIVE

COMMERCIAL RAIL AMTRAK PARKING MICHIGAN AVE. CTA RED/GREEN LINE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 29 A RENEWED GARFIELD BOULEVARD

A DESTINATION PROMENADE A WASHINGTON PARK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY WOULD TRANSFORM GARFIELD BOULEVARD INTO A DESTINATION PROMENADE WITH RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

FUTURE EXPANSION

MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 30 NEW URBAN CONNECTIONS

URBAN REPAIR REHABILITATE GARFIELD BLVD. BY PROVIDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FUTURE GROWTH

NEW CIVIC EDGE SYNTHESIZE ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY AMENITIES AND ACTIVATE GARFIELD BLVD’S WIDE MEDIAN UTILIZE EXISTING SPACE POPULATE THE WIDE MEDIAN STRIP WITH WALKING PATHS KIOSKS AND CAFES

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 31 DEVELOPMENT TIME LINE PHASE A

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

NEW COMMUNITY BUILDING

EXISTING ARTS INCUBATOR EDUCATION PAVILION

OBAMA PERFORMING BRIDGE ARTS THEATRE

ARCHIVE HALL FOUNDATION OFFICE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE GIFT SHOP

OCULUS ARRIVAL PLAZA

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 32 DEVELOPMENT TIME LINE PHASE B

URBAN HUB

EXPANDED “L” STATION

RETAIL COMMERCIAL BLDG..

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 33 DEVELOPMENT TIME LINE PHASE C

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 34 URBAN HUB

NEW COMMUNITY CENTER EXPANDED TRANSPORTATION STATION

EXISTING RETAIL ARTS INCUBATOR OFFICE, RETAIL, AND COMMERCIAL OBAMA PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE

GIFT SHOP

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 35 EXPANDED TRANSPORTATION STATION

EXPANDED GARFIELD STATION

BELOW GROUND PARKING

CAR PARKING

NEW COMMUNITY CENTER BUS PARKING

ARTS INCUBATOR

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 36 EXPANDED TRANSPORTATION STATION AND NEW COMMUNITY CENTER

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 37 COMMUNITY CENTER

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 38 OBAMA PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 39 THEATRE INTERIOR

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 40 GIFT SHOP

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 41 II LIBRARY IN THE PARK THE LIBRARY IS EXPERIENCED AS A SERIES OF LANDSCAPES WITHIN WASHINGTON PARK AND BECOMES A PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY TO GATHER ON COMMON GROUND.

FOUNTAIN OF TIME, BY LORADO TAFT

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 42 A LANDMARK DESTINATION FOR THE CITY, REGION, AND COUNTRY

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking. Wangari Maathai

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 43 “TOOT” MADELYN DUNHAM PROMENADE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 44 PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES

EVENT SURFACES NEW BOSQUES GARDEN PADDOCKS UNDERSTORY PLAZAS AND ORDERED LANDSCAPES SMALL WOODED PATCHES SMALL ORCHARDS AND NATIVE REMEDIATING SPECIES ARE SPACES FOR GATHERING AND CONTROL EROSION AND PROVIDE REGULARIZED GARDENS ORIENT PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR A RECREATION ECOLOGICAL BUFFERING AND ORDER THE LANDSCAPE NEW ACTIVE GREEN WAY

SOLAR CANOPY WATER HABITATS HIGH-VALUE FOREST MOVEMENT PATHS SOLAR ROOFS HARVEST THE RETENTION PONDS CONTROL TREES EXTEND THROUGHOUT THE LOW-IMPACT PEDESTRIAN SUN’S ENERGY WITH THE GOAL OF STORM WATER AND ESTABLISH SITE TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND PATHS EXTENDS THE PARK CREATING A NET-ZERO BUILDING HAVENS FOR LOCALIZED SPECIES GREEN CORRIDORS LAND TO THE COMMUNITY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 45 LANDSCAPE ZONES

1 FOREST LAB 2 ACTIVITY GROUNDS 3 FIRST LADY’S GARDEN 4 CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS 5 MADELYN DUNHAM PROMENADE 6 CAFE COURTYARD 7 ARRIVAL PLAZA 8 GREEN ROOF OUTDOOR THEATRE 9 URBAN PLAZA 10 GARFIELD BLVD. 11 PARK GREENBELT

11 11

6 3

1 2 5 7

9 10

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 46 SITE PLAN

1 EDUCATION 2 FIRST LADY’S GARDEN 3 PRESIDENTIAL SUITE/OFFICE 4 ARCHIVE 5 CAFE 6 OCULUS 7 ARRIVAL PLAZA 8 LOADING/VIP ACCESS 9 GIFT SHOP 10 OBAMA PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 11 L STATION BRIDGE 12 COMMUNITY BUILDING

2 5

1 4 6 7

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 47 GROUND LEVEL PLAN

1 EDUCATION PAVILION 2 FIRST LADY’S GARDEN 3 PERMANENT GALLERY 4 BACK OF HOUSE 5 PRESIDENTIAL SUITE/OFFICE 6 VIP ACCESS AND PARKING 7 TEMP. GALLERY 8 ARCHIVE 9 LOADING 10 CAFE 11 COURTYARD 12 ORIENTATION THEATRES

5 16 6 9

2 4 7 4 10 11 13

1 3 8 12 14 15

21 22

13 SHOP 14 OCULUS HALL 15 ARRIVAL PLAZA 16 LOADING/VIP ACCESS 17 GIFT SHOP 18 OBAMA PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 19 URBAN PLAZA 20 EXPANDED TRANSPORTATION HUB 21 COMMUNITY BUILDING 22 ARTS INCUBATOR

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 48 GROUND LEVEL PLAN ZOOM-IN

5 16 6 9

2 4 7 4 10 11 13

1 3 8 12 14 15

13 SHOP 14 OCULUS HALL 15 ARRIVAL PLAZA 16 LOADING/VIP ACCESS 17 GIFT SHOP 18 OBAMA PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 19 URBAN PLAZA

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 49 LONGITUDINAL SECTION

EDUCATION PAVILION FIRST LADY’S GARDEN PRESIDENTIAL SUITE/OFFICE ARCHIVE HALL CAFE ORIENTATION THEATRES OCULUS HALL AND SHOP ARRIVAL PLAZA

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 50 OBAMA OCULUS SECTION

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 51 ARCHIVE HALL SECTION

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 52 EDUCATION PAVILION SECTION

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 53 III NET-ZERO STRATEGY WE’VE INTEGRATED PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES INTO THE DESIGN TO CREATE A PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY THAT IS NOT ONLY SELF-POWERING AND OFF-GRID, BUT ALSO PROVIDES EXCESS ENERGY BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THE LIBRARY BECOMES AN ENERGY GENERATOR FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 54 AN INNOVATIVE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY A PLATFORM FOR ENERGIZING THE COMMUNITY

A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come. President Barack H. Obama

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 55 SOLAR ENERGY SUN PATH

SUMMER SUN

WINTER SUN

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 56 SOLAR ENERGY PV’S NEEDED

70,000 FT2 OF PHOTOVOLTAICS NEEDED TO POWER THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 57 SOLAR ENERGY PV’S PROPOSED

160,549 FT2 OF PHOTOVOLTAICS PROPOSED

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 58 SOLAR ENERGY COMMUNITY POWER

EXCESS ENERGY TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 59 THERMAL ENERGY WIND ROSE

SOUTH AND COLD NORTH NORTHEAST WINTER WINDS SUMMER WINDS

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 60 THERMAL ENERGY OUTDOOR COMFORT

EVERGREEN TREES MITIGATE THE ENTRY AND EDUCATION PLAZAS COLD WINTER WINDS CAPTURE THE COOL SUMMER BREEZE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 61 ECOLOGICAL IMPACT

STEEL AND CONCRETE DESIGN EMBODY 26% AND 57% MORE PRIMARY ENERGY RELATIVE TO WOOD, EMIT 34% AND 81% MORE GREENHOUSE GASES, RELEASE 24% AND 47% MORE AIR POLLUTION, DISCHARGE 400% AND 350% MORE WATER POLLUTION, PRODUCE 8% AND 23% MORE SOLID WASTE, AND USE 11% AND 81% MORE RESOURCES.

CANADIAN WOOD COUNCIL, 2004

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 62 SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS

WOOD • TREES ARE A RENEWABLE CARBON SINK THAT

SEQUESTER CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE • TIMBER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ACT AS A MEANS OF LONG TERM CARBON STORAGE

RAMMED EARTH

• CONCRETE IS A VERY CO2 INTENSIVE MATERIAL • RAMMED EARTH USES MUCH LESS CEMENT THAN CONCRETE AND USES ON-SITE SOIL

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 63 SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURES

ALL ABOVE-GRADE STRUCTURES TO BE WOOD

TIMBER STRUCTURES SUSTAINABLY FORESTED WOOD IS TYPICALLY THE BEST PRINCIPAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR BUILDING STRUCTURES WITH RESPECT TO EMBODIED ENERGY USE, CARBON EMISSIONS AND WATER USAGE.

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 64 TRANSPORTATION HUB NOISE MITIGATION

PV MODULES ON GLASS TO COLLECT SOLAR ENERGY

GLASS SOUND MITIGATION

WOOD STRUCTURE AND BATTENS FOR SOUND DIFFUSION AND ABSORPTION

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 65 LIGHT AND THERMAL STRATEGY CENTRAL SPACE

EARTH DUCT CONSTANT GROUND TEMPERATURE • EARTH DUCTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CONSTANT BELOW–GRADE • THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE GROUND TEMPERATURE (~53°F) OF THE STABLE AND COOL BELOW-GRADE TEMPERATURE • BELOW–GRADE PASSIVE HVAC STRATEGY: FRESH AIR CIRCULATES • EXCAVATED SOIL CAN BE REUSED FOR RAMMED EARTH THROUGH DUCT AND IS NATURALLY HEATED OR COOLED TO ~53°F WALLS AND TO PLANT THE BOULEVARDS • DURING HOT MONTHS THE AIR IN THE DUCT IS NATURALLY COOLED DURING COLD MONTHS THE AIR IN THE DUCT IS NATURALLY WARMED DAYLIGHTING GEOTHERMAL • SKY-VAULT SOLAR LENSES EXTEND FILTERED • GEOTHERMAL WELLS ARE LOCATED DAYLIGHT THROUGHOUT THE MAIN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE SITE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY CAMPUS

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 66 LIGHT AND THERMAL STRATEGY ENTRY/OCULUS

WARM AIR EXHAUSTS OUT OF THE OCULUS

NATURAL DAYLIGHT ILLUMINATION

TRANSPARENT PV MODULES ON ROOF AND SOUTH ELEVATION

RELAXED TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SET POINTS FOR OCULUS SPACE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 67 LIGHT AND THERMAL STRATEGY ARCHIVE PAVILION

THE ARCHIVE PV CELLS ON ROOF ILLUMINATES THE LANDSCAPE AT NIGHT ROOF CANOPY SHIELDS DIRECT SUN INNER GLASS HIGH REFLECTIVITY / LOW TRANSMISSION

DOUBLE GLASS SKIN THERMALLY ISOLATES ARCHIVE

OUTER GLASS UV FILTER / HIGH TRANSMISSION

UV FILTERED INDIRECT DAYLIGHT

EARTH DUCTS UTILIZE PASSIVE HEATING & COOLING

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 68 LIGHT AND THERMAL STRATEGY PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE

SCREENED ROOF TERRACE WITH 360° VIEWS

DOUBLE-LAYER FACADE SYSTEM MITIGATES GLARE AND DIRECT SUMMER SOLAR GAIN

SHIELDED OPERABLE WINDOWS AT THE PANORAMIC VIEWS TO LAKE INNER FACADE FOR CONTROLLED FRESH AIR MICHIGAN AND DOWNTOWN AND INTEGRAL SCREENS TO FILTER DAYLIGHT

WATER RETENTION POND AND CONSTRUCTED WETLAND PROVIDES ALTERNATIVE STORM TOWER FOOTPRINT OPTIMIZED TO WATER MANAGEMENT AND EVAPORATIVE PROVIDE NATURAL LIGHT THROUGHOUT COOLING DURING SUMMER MONTHS OFFICE FLOOR PLATE

WATER CAN BE DRAWN FROM THE POND FOR THE FIRST LADY’S GARDEN

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 69 LIGHT AND THERMAL STRATEGY EDUCATION PAVILION

WALKABLE PHOTOVOLTAIC SKYLIGHT PROVIDES CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TO CENTRAL EDUCATION SPACE BELOW CROSS VENTILATION AND DAYLIGHT SKY-VAULT SOLAR LENSES EXTEND THROUGH CLERESTORY FILTERED DAYLIGHT THROUGHOUT THE MAIN SPACE

EXTERIOR CLASSROOM / RECESS / LECTURE SPACE VISUAL CONNECTION TO MAIN SPACE NEXT TO DIRECT CIRCULATION ACCESS

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 70 IV DESIGN VISION THE IDEA OF A TROPHY BUILDING SEEMED CONTRARY TO THE SITE, THE WASHINGTON PARK COMMUNITY, AND THE VALUES OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY. OUR PROPOSAL SHIFTS THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY PARADIGM AWAY FROM MONUMENTAL MEMORIAL STRUCTURES TO A MODEL OF INCLUSIVITY WITH A DISPERSION OF OPEN, LIGHT, AND ENGAGING PAVILIONS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE PARK LANDSCAPE AND URBAN FABRIC.

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 71 A NEW CORNERSTONE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO

This city and this community will be judged not just by the beauty of our parks and lake front, or the vitality of our businesses, but by our commitment to our next generation. First Lady Michelle Obama

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 72 ARRIVAL PLAZA

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 73 OCULUS HALL

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 74 CAFE COURTYARD

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 75 ARCHIVE HALL

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 76 PERMANENT GALLERY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 77 TEMPORARY GALLERY

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 78 FIRST LADY’S EDUCATION GARDEN

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 79 MICHELLE OBAMA EDUCATION CENTER

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 80 BUD BILLIKEN PARADE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 81 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CIVIC GREEN

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 82 OCULUS SKY SPACE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 83 PRESIDENTIAL SUITE

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 84 ROOF TERRACE OVERLOOK

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 85 OBAMA LIBRARY OVERVIEW

OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY │ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO │ ADJAYE ASSOCIATES 86 Make no little plans, for they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not themselves be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die. Daniel Burnham

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