CityCenterDC
City Center DC is a mixed-use public-private development plan. Our project occupies the final parcel within the multi-building complex. The overall master plan is comprised of pedestrian streets, a public park, ground level retail storefronts, residential condominiums, and commercial office space. The project, a signature Conrad hotel, is the final built element of the master plan. The urban context of Washington DC is often defined by building volumes which occupy the full extent of the property and are built up to the maximum allowable height, typically only ten stories due to local restrictions. These parameters have created an identifiable box-effect in contemporary architecture across the city as projects maximize their salable area. In focusing on our client’s brief and maintaining an engaged relationship to the L’Enfant city masterplan of DC, we developed an architectural solution that uses the regulations of the district as opportunities rather than as constraints. The project site is adjacent to a city park resultant from the intersection of the broad diagonal of New York Avenue and the cardinal grid of the city just north of the monumental core of DC.
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