Ewing Cole
Innovative Environmental Design:
Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake Division
This project involved the adaptive reuse of a 150-year old historic building, converting a high-bay Naval gun component manufacturing plant/storage facility into an administrative facility located in the historic Sanger Quadrangle. New flooring was inserted along the interior, allowing the historic exterior to remain intact. A new atrium, enclosing previous exterior space, provides new circulation and common space. The entrance lobby was converted from a rail-car transport tunnel into a two story entrance with rich wood tones and expansive natural lighting. New skylights and a raised floor complete the previously unused fourth level for use as a library. Building 33 and the related quadrangle Buildings at the Washington Navy Yard and were acknowledged by NAVFAC command as a "Sustainable Design Success Story". This project received the 1999 Commander's Award for Design Excellence and a 1999 Merit Award from the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Washington, DC
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