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Reservoir Park Recreation Center and Park
Reservoir Park Recreation Center and Park
Washington, DC, United States
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Reservoir Park Recreation Center and Park
Washington, DC, United States
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
1,000,000 +
The McMillan site was once a large-scale water filtration facility built at the turn of the 20th century. The remaining buildings on this 25 acre site remember a time when works of civic architecture were treated with great care and consideration. In particular the underground filtration beds, the large concrete sand storage bins and their associated regulator houses. These original buildings are the central idea the design team developed this master plan around. The plan seeks to preserve the past and plan for the coming future of the expanding capital.
The McMillan project uses elements of architecture such as new construction, historic preservation, and landscape architecture. These elements are brought together in a master plan that seeks to meet the strict requirements of the city, the surrounding residents, and the clients. The plan provides for a wide range of uses intended to make this a new, vibrant and healthy community in the heart of the nation’s capital. The uses include medical office buildings, multi-family housing, row houses, neighborhood retail, a grocery store, and a series of parks and open spaces. All parking planned is either underground or structured parking hidden from view by retail frontages.
An expert understanding of cities, particularly Washington, was brought to utilize on this project. Designed to meet a LEED-ND Gold standard, the plan also calls for over six acres of parks, an acre and a half of preserved underground filter beds, or “cells” where the water was in the past filtered before being directed into the adjacent McMillan Reservoir, and a total of over two million square feet of development. Different opinions were expressed by each of the clients, and by people in the community. Through a public process came a design that was truly a coordinated collaboration between architects, clients, consultants, and the community.
The McMillan project uses elements of architecture such as new construction, historic preservation, and landscape architecture. These elements are brought together in a master plan that seeks to meet the strict requirements of the city, the surrounding residents, and the clients. The plan provides for a wide range of uses intended to make this a new, vibrant and healthy community in the heart of the nation’s capital. The uses include medical office buildings, multi-family housing, row houses, neighborhood retail, a grocery store, and a series of parks and open spaces. All parking planned is either underground or structured parking hidden from view by retail frontages.
An expert understanding of cities, particularly Washington, was brought to utilize on this project. Designed to meet a LEED-ND Gold standard, the plan also calls for over six acres of parks, an acre and a half of preserved underground filter beds, or “cells” where the water was in the past filtered before being directed into the adjacent McMillan Reservoir, and a total of over two million square feet of development. Different opinions were expressed by each of the clients, and by people in the community. Through a public process came a design that was truly a coordinated collaboration between architects, clients, consultants, and the community.
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