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The following design summaries were recently distributed in a memo from the Board.

Note: My numbers don't match the order in which the designs were originally announced. Please refer to companies by their names to avoid confusion.

Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL)

This proposal creates a wood trellis ceiling that runs from the lobby interior to an outside seating area. A continuity of space is established by wood materials which run from the flanking corridors to the trellis to interior and exterior seating.

  • Canopy: Wood trellis with integrated seating and shading elements.
  • Vestibule: New larger vestibule composed of colored glass which varies to complement the existing color schemes in each building.
  • Lobby Enclosure: New translucent structural glass channels around the lobby and a new operable window system at flanking corridors.
  • Interior Finishes: Restored terrazzo; Restored glass tiles below murals; Wood wainscoting below murals and along flanking corridors; Colored glass at entry

Wayne Turett Collaborative (TURETT)

This proposal creates an asymmetrical lobby by pulling back the building enclosure onone side of the entry and extending it on the other. The entry is framed by massive “translucent concrete” piers.

  • Canopy: Folded perforated metal canopy passes from exterior of vestibule to lobby interior.
  • Vestibule: New larger vestibule is framed by “translucent concrete block” piers.
  • Lobby Enclosure: New glass wall with translucent dot patter (for sun-shading and privacy) around lobby and flanking corridors.
  • Interior finishes: New slate floor; Wood wainscoting below murals and along flanking corridors; New glass tile at columns.

1100 Architect (1100)

This proposal reduces the solid lobby enclosure to the existing columns wrapped in contoured plaster. Clear glass walls between the columns emphasize a connection between the interior and exterior of the building.

  • Canopy: Provides shelter at the exterior of the vestibule and slopes upwards toward the mural at the interior.
  • Vestibule: New larger vestibule with slim plaster piers at entrance.
  • Lobby Enclosure: New glass walls open up the lobby interior towards the Seward Park landscape.
  • Interior Finishes: Restored terrazzo; Wood wainscoting below murals and along flanking corridors; textured plaster around structural elements.