Washington Monument Grounds Competition — Hunt Laudi Studio

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DUPONT UNDERGROUND

GARDENS | PARKS

URBAN DESIGN | PLANNING

DUPONT UNDERGROUND

GARDENS | PARKS

URBAN DESIGN | PLANNING

DUPONT UNDERGROUND

GARDENS | PARKS

URBAN DESIGN | PLANNING

A GREAT INCLINED PLANE National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds* The competition of ideas asked for ideas on ways to "make these iconic but unfinished grounds more welcoming, educational, and effectively used by the public

Disquiet:  Absence of bodily or mental quietness; disturbance; uneasiness, anxiety, worry; restlessness; unrest.

Inaugurate : To take omens from the flight of birds, to consecrate or install after taking such omens or auguries.

Existing Conditions: A Disordered Landscape

Diagram: Existing Memorial Landscape

Cardo and Decumanus: City Founding

Vista: The Abstract, the Haptic, and the Reciprocal

Circulation: Bringing Back the Pedestrian

Flood Control: Controlled Flooding

Programming

Proposed Master Plan

Proposed Site Plan

West Detail Plan

East Detail Plan

North Detail Plan

South Detail Plan

Entry Level Plan

Public Space Comparisons

A Great Public Space: A stone platform on which both quotidian and national events are manifest.

Section: East-West

Section: North-South

Rendered View: Aerial

Rendered View: On Platform

Rendered View: On Platform

Rendered View: On Platform

Rendered View: On Ramp

Rendered View: At Jefferson Pier

Rendered View: Toward Tidal Basin

A GREAT INCLINED PLANE National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds* The competition of ideas asked for ideas on ways to "make these iconic but unfinished grounds more welcoming, educational, and effectively used by the public

Disquiet:  Absence of bodily or mental quietness; disturbance; uneasiness, anxiety, worry; restlessness; unrest.

Inaugurate : To take omens from the flight of birds, to consecrate or install after taking such omens or auguries.

Existing Conditions: A Disordered Landscape

Diagram: Existing Memorial Landscape

Cardo and Decumanus: City Founding

Vista: The Abstract, the Haptic, and the Reciprocal

Circulation: Bringing Back the Pedestrian

Flood Control: Controlled Flooding

Programming

Proposed Master Plan

Proposed Site Plan

West Detail Plan

East Detail Plan

North Detail Plan

South Detail Plan

Entry Level Plan

Public Space Comparisons

A Great Public Space: A stone platform on which both quotidian and national events are manifest.

Section: East-West

Section: North-South

Rendered View: Aerial

Rendered View: On Platform

Rendered View: On Platform

Rendered View: On Platform

Rendered View: On Ramp

Rendered View: At Jefferson Pier

Rendered View: Toward Tidal Basin

Dupont Plaza