BARNES FOUNDATION ART COMMISSION PRESENTATION

PRELIMINARY SUBMISSION: DECEMBER 28, 2009

ARCHITECT: TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN ARCHITECTS LLP

ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: BALLINGER ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: OLIN STUDIO
SITE PLAN A RE-CONFIGURED EASTERN SITE CREATES A MORE GENEROUS, TERRACED ENTRY
LANDSCAPE THAT STREAMLINES THE VEHICULAR DROP-OFF. THIS PULLS THE PARK
LANDSCAPE FURTHER INTO THE SITE AND ENHANCES THE ENTRY PATH.
AERIAL VIEW THIS VIEW IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REVISED AND WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE NEW
SITE LANDSCAPE DESIGN DELINEATED IN THE SITE PLAN.
FOUNTAIN PLAZA THIS VIEW IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REVISED AND WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE NEW
SITE LANDSCAPE DESIGN DELINEATED IN THE SITE PLAN.
SECTION THROUGH ENTRY TERRACE ENTRY TERRACES AND AUTO DROP OFF AREA PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ACCESS
(LOOKING NORTH)
SECTION THROUGH ENTRY TERRACE ENTRY TERRACES AND AUTO DROP OFF AREA PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ACCESS
(LOOKING EAST)
ENTRY TERRACE: OPTION 1 GLEDITISIA TRICANTHOS VAR. INERMIS (THORNLESS HONEY LOCUST) PROVIDE DAPPLED
SHADE ON TERRACES
ENTRY TERRACE: OPTION 2 PINUS BUNGEANA (LACEBARK PINE) PROVIDES UNIQUE CHARACTER TO THE ENTRY TERRACES
 ENTRY PLAZA

ATTENDANT
BUILDING
FOUNTAIN

VEHICULAR
FORE COURT

RAMP

TERRACED CANOPY
LANDSCAPE

STAIR

SITE: FORE COURT/CANOPY THE RE-DESIGN OF THE FORE COURT AREA ENHANCES THE PEDESTRIAN PATH AS WELL AS
PROVIDING A SOUTH FACING TERRACED LANDSCAPE THAT CAN BE USED FOR SEATING
SITE: CANOPY THE ATTENDANT BUILDING WILL BE AN ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE ELEMENT TO INTEGRATE
WITH THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE. THE CANOPY WILL BE FLAT SEAM ZINC-COATED COPPER
SUPPORTED ON STAGGERED STAINLESS STEEL COLUMNS.
SITE: CANOPY THE CANOPY IS DESIGNED TO BE LOW AND DELICATE, BACK DROPPED BY A TALLER HEDGE
THAT WILL RECEIVE A WASH OF LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PRECEDENT IMAGES OF A
SIMILAR CANOPY DESIGNED BY TWBTA AT THE CRANBROOK NATATORIUM IN MICHIGAN.
 DOOR

SITE: ENCLOSURE PLAN ONE POINT CONTROL SECURITY AREA

SITE DETAILS SECURITY FENCE IN HEDGES:
A SIMPLE PAINTED METAL FENCE SITS WITHIN AN EVERGREEN ARBORVITAE HEDGE
 Charcoal Black Granite Cobblestone Paver

Savannah Gray Granite Curb

SITE DETAILS COBBLESTONE PAVERS + CURB

 Rockville White Granite Paver

SITE DETAILS STONE PAVER IN SAND BED

 Rockville White Honed Granite

SITE DETAILS STONE VENEER WALL

SITE DETAILS TABLE TOP FOUNTAIN: STONE AND BRONZE CLADDING
SITE DETAILS ENTRY COURT WATER FEATURE: MEXICAN BEACH PEBBLES
SITE DETAILS TREE PLANTING WITH AERATION AND UNDER DRAINAGE
Platanus acerifolia Aesculus turbinata Aesculus octandra Magnolia macrophylla
London Planetree Japanese Horsechestnut Yellow Buckeye Big Leaf Magnolia

Quercus phellos Quercus alba Tilia platyphylos Cryptomeria japonica

Willow Tree White Oak Big leaf Linden Cryptomeria

PLANTING: TREES TAKING LESSONS FROM THE ARBORETUM THAT EXISTS IN MERION, THE GARDENS WILL BE A
DIVERSE COLLAGE OF TREES, HEDGES, PLANTED WALLS, AND UNDERSTORY PLANTINGS AND
FLOWERS.
 Ilex glabra Thuja occidentalis Mahonia aquifolium
Inkberry American Arborvitae Oregon Grape Holly

Clethra alnifolia Kalmia latifolia Ilex verticillata

Summersweet Mountain Laurel Common Winterberry

Itea virginnica Callicarpa americana Ilex crenata ‘helleri’

Virginia Sweetspire American Beautyberry Helleria Holly

PLANTING: SHRUBS TAKING LESSONS FROM THE ARBORETUM THAT EXISTS IN MERION, THE GARDENS WILL BE A
DIVERSE COLLAGE OF TREES, HEDGES, PLANTED WALLS, AND UNDERSTORY PLANTINGS AND
FLOWERS.
SITE: LIGHTING PLAN SITE LIGHTING EMPHASIZES IN-DIRECT LIGHTING, ILLUMINATION OF KEY LANDSCAPE AND
BUILDING FEATURES, AND EMPHASIZING THE EXISTING PARKWAY CIRCULATION PATTERNS
AND NEW SITE ENTRY PATTERNS.
 EXISTING TREE LIGHTS ALONG 20TH, 21ST, PENN. AVE (L), AND PARKWAY (R) FBA: TREE MOUNTED LIGHTING

SITE: LIGHTING DETAILS EXISTING STREET LIGHTING IS RETAINED IN ADDITION TO TREE-MOUNTED LIGHTING THAT WILL
PROVIDE DAPPLED LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE GROUND PLANE ALONG THE PARKWAY
 FC: IN-GROUND MOUNTED LIGHTS UPLIGHT THE UNDERSIDE OF TREE CANOPY FBC: LIGHT WASH OF LIGHT ALONG EASTERN FACADE OF BUILDING FROM IN-GROUND

SITE: LIGHTING DETAILS WASHING VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PLANES IN LIGHT WILL PROVIDE NON-GLARE, SOFT
LIGHT WHEN MOVING THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE
 FBB: AT RAMPS AND SOME SITE STAIRS, IN-WALL STEP LIGHTS WILL BE PROVIDED FBE: POLE MOUNTED CANOPY DOWN-LIGHTS

SITE: LIGHTING DETAILS WALKING SURFACES WILL BE ILLUMINATED FROM ABOVE AND THE SIDE TO INSURE SAFE
PASSAGE AT NIGHT
SOUTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION OF LIMESTONE, WOOD WINDOWS, AND GLASS LIGHT CANOPY. THE EXISTING
LONDON PLANE TREES SCREEN THE ELEVATION, WHICH REPLICATES THE ORIENTATION AND
SIZE OF THE WINDOW OPENINGS OF THE GALLERIES IN MERION.
SOUTH ELEVATION BY NIGHT THE LIGHT CANOPY WILL HAVE A DELICATE, DIFFUSED GLOW. AT THE APERTURES THAT BRING
LIGHT INTO THE SPACE BELOW, THE LIGHT WILL BE MORE INTENSE CREATING A SCULPTURAL
AND ASYMMETRICAL COMPOSITION. TREE BRANCHES PROVIDE ANOTHER LAYER OF TEXTURE.
NORTH ELEVATION THE NORTH ELEVATION IS MORE CONTEMPORARY THAN THE SOUTH AND AFFORDS
GENEROUS ENTRY PROCESSIONS FROM THE PARKING LOT AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. A
CONTEMPLATIVE COURT AND FOUNTAIN PRESENTS A CALM TRANSITION TO THE BUILDING.
LIGHT CANOPY: ELEVATION NIGHT THE NORTH ELEVATION, POSSESSING A MORE CONTEMPORARY FACADE, IS A SERIES OF
LARGER OPENINGS THAT FORM AN ABSTRACT COLLAGE. THE LIGHT CANOPY GLOWS SOFTLY
WITH THE APERTURE FOR LIGHT LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BOX.
WEST ELEVATION A GENEROUS ELEVATED WESTERN TERRACE PROVIDES ACCESS TO AIR, LIGHT, AND
LANDSCAPE. A CATERING BUILDING IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH TO INSURE VISTAS OF THE
RODIN BEYOND.
WEST ELEVATION BY NIGHT BY NIGHT, THE VERTICAL CANOPY SURFACES WILL HAVE A SOFT GLOW. THE UNDERSIDE,
SHAPED FOR DIFFUSING NATURAL LIGHT, WILL BE MORE LUMINOUS FOR NIGHT OCCUPATION.
LIGHT CANOPY THE SHAPING OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LIGHT CANOPY
 PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

ACID ETCHED GLASS

WHITE REFLECTIVE MEMBRANE

CLEAR GLASS

LIGHTING

SHAPED PLASTER CEILINGS

LIGHT CANOPY LAYERS OF TRANSLUCENT GLASS REDUCES AND DIFFUSES THE INTENSITY OF NATURAL LIGHT
DURING THE DAY. AT NIGHT, INTERNAL LIGHTING THAT HAS BEEN CALIBRATED AND ADJUSTED
CAREFULLY PROVIDES A DIFFUSE INTERNAL GLOW. THE ROOF IS COVERED IN PHOTOVOLTAICS.
 RODIN GATE CATERING BUILDING

OVERLOOK

TERRACE

TERRACE CATERING BUILDING THE TERRACE CATERING BUILDING IS DESIGNED TO FALL WITHIN THE BACK-DROP OF THE
SITE WALLS. JUSTIFIED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TERRACE, THE CONFIGURATION ENABLES
VISUAL CONNECTION TO THE RODIN GATE AND LANDSCAPE ACROSS 21ST STREET.
 LIGHT CANOPY

GALLERIES

WESTERN TERRACE

SERVICE YARD

CATERING BUILDING

OVERLOOK

PARKWAY

TERRACE CATERING BUILDING THE TERRACE CATERING BUILDING IS DESIGNED TO FALL WITHIN THE BACK-DROP OF THE
SITE WALLS. JUSTIFIED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TERRACE, THE CONFIGURATION ENABLES
VISUAL CONNECTION TO THE RODIN GATE AND LANDSCAPE ACROSS 21ST STREET.
LOADING DOCK FENCE THE LOADING DOCK GATE WILL TYPICALLY BE IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE FENCE WILL BE
SOLID WITH SOME ARTICULATION TO BREAK DOWN THE SCALE OF THE ELEMENT WHEN SEEN
FROM THE STREET.
BRONZE FIN FASTENED TO RAMON
GRAY LIMESTONE (L)

ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE EXPOSING

COLORED AGGREGATE USING FLY-ASH
AND OTHER RECYCLED MATERIALS (R)

RAMON GRAY LIMESTONE (FACADES)

WITH NON-DIRECTIONAL ST. STL. RE-
VEALS (L)

RAMON GRAY LIMESTONE (FACADES)

WITH OAK WOOD FRAMED WINDOWS
FROM FSC CERTIFIED FORESTS AND
MILLS (R)

BUILDING MATERIALS THE PALETTE OF BUILDING MATERIALS REFLECTS THE MASSIVE, STONE CHARACTER OF THE
PARKWAY AND THE ORIGINAL MERION GALLERIES, CONTEMPORARY TOUCHES OF GLASS AND
STAINLESS STEEL, AND THE BALANCING WARMTH OF BRONZE AND OAK WINDOW FRAMES.
APPENDIX
PLANTING PLAN
LAYOUT PLAN
GRADING PLAN
MATERIAL PLAN
SOIL PLAN
ARCHITECT: TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN ARCHITECTS LLP
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: BALLINGER ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: OLIN STUDIO