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ABOUT MY BUILDING
Learn a little more about the functional systems within this museum and the architectural design strategies that it's designers used.
General Building Data
Building Name ǀ Museum of the Bible (MOTB)
Location and Site ǀ Washington, D.C.;
property name known as Washington Design Center (WDC)
Building Occupant Name ǀ Museum of the Bible
Occupancy or Function Type ǀ Museum
Overall Building Size ǀ 430,000 SF
Number of Stories ǀ 6 stories above grade; 9 total levels
Primary Project Team ǀ Museum of the Bible, SmithGroupJJR,
Tadjer Cohen Edelson Associates Inc.,
RK&K, Michael Vergason,
Fluidity Fountain,
Theatre Consultants Collaborative, Inc.
Dates of Construction ǀ Feb 2015 – Fall 2017
Actual Cost Information ǀ Contract Value: $237 million
Project Delivery Method ǀ Design – Bid – Build
Building Overveiw
The Museum of the Bible (MOTB) is a non-sectarian museum focusing on the history and impact of the Bible with a core collection is a compilation of more than 40,000 biblical antiquities and rare biblical texts and artifacts. The Museum has several uses which include exhibit space, library resources, meeting spaces and guest rooms for visiting scholars, space for certain affiliated museums and their exhibits, and sound ground floor accessory retail uses, such as a gift shop and café or food service establishment. The MOTB will also be a center of study for the Green Scholars Initiative, where established scholars and students will conduct research to pioneer new biblical and classical discoveries on items from the collection.
The Washington Design Center (WDC) originally was an eight-story 241, 073 SF brick and concrete building, designed in the Renaissance Revival style, and built for the Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Company in 1922. In 1982, the original building was renovated to house the WDC, which included the construction of an addition to the east. The Washington Design Office Center-Phase II (WOC) was later added in 1989 to complete the block.
The new construction of MOTB includes a demolition of the 1982 addition, adding six stories above the original footprint. This addition includes over 430,000,000 square feet of construction including three stories below grade to accommodate rotating exhibit gallery collections, storage, and a lower level central plant. The exterior aesthetics honor the historic characteristics of the building, and a curved glass roof will be added to allow daylight exposure as well as beautiful views of central D.C. as well as the capital building.
For more information regarding the existing building statistics, please reference the full .pdf below:
