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Paul & Phyllis Galanti Education Center
Paul & Phyllis Galanti Education Center
Richmond, VA, United States
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Paul & Phyllis Galanti Education Center
Richmond, VA, United States
-Interior Design Excellence Award, Government, First Place, ASID/IIDA, 2011
The Virginia War Memorial Foundation sought to expand the existing memorial to accommodate the Foundation’s educational initiatives as well as their current activities. An Education Center was added to the Memorial’s already existing Visitor Center, Hall of Honor Auditorium and Shrine of Memory. The new Center houses research, artifacts and exhibits for groups, large and small, to honor our Commonwealth’s fallen heros.
The architecture of the Paul and Phyllis Galanti Education Center continues the language of the existing Shrine and existing building. In order to preserve the prominence of the Shrine, a subterranean level was designed with a green roof and plaza at the Shrine level maintaining the open pastoral feeling and view of the James River. There is a quiet and inviting collection of building pavilion façades that frame the existing Shrine. Each façade uses cues from the existing materials. The field stone found in the original walls around the Shrine and patios forms the material for the lower level façade. The striated texture of the Tennessee Marble, which graces the Shrine, is complimented by a soft mottled granite in a color that accents the pink hue of the existing buildings. The new wing provides space for large and small groups to tour the Memorial simultaneously, view the educational programs in three class-sized theaters, view exhibits of battlefield artifacts, and learn about the differences in uniforms, weapons, flags and individual military equipment. In addition, the new wing houses the necessary archival storage to preserve the collections and administrative spaces to operate the Memorial and its educational programs.
The Virginia War Memorial Foundation sought to expand the existing memorial to accommodate the Foundation’s educational initiatives as well as their current activities. An Education Center was added to the Memorial’s already existing Visitor Center, Hall of Honor Auditorium and Shrine of Memory. The new Center houses research, artifacts and exhibits for groups, large and small, to honor our Commonwealth’s fallen heros.
The architecture of the Paul and Phyllis Galanti Education Center continues the language of the existing Shrine and existing building. In order to preserve the prominence of the Shrine, a subterranean level was designed with a green roof and plaza at the Shrine level maintaining the open pastoral feeling and view of the James River. There is a quiet and inviting collection of building pavilion façades that frame the existing Shrine. Each façade uses cues from the existing materials. The field stone found in the original walls around the Shrine and patios forms the material for the lower level façade. The striated texture of the Tennessee Marble, which graces the Shrine, is complimented by a soft mottled granite in a color that accents the pink hue of the existing buildings. The new wing provides space for large and small groups to tour the Memorial simultaneously, view the educational programs in three class-sized theaters, view exhibits of battlefield artifacts, and learn about the differences in uniforms, weapons, flags and individual military equipment. In addition, the new wing houses the necessary archival storage to preserve the collections and administrative spaces to operate the Memorial and its educational programs.
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