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Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Expansion in Washington, D.C. by Steven Holl ArchitectsJune 18th, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Steven Holl Architects The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission have unanimously approved a pedestrian bridge linking the Kennedy Center Expansion to the Potomac Riverfront, also connecting the Center to Georgetown to the north and the Lincoln Memorial to the South to create new public access. “This is a joyful moment for a public space which will be shared and enjoyed by many in the future,” said Steven Holl. “After thoughtful review by these regulatory agencies, we have achieved complete approval for our Kennedy Center Expansion project and its public access to the Potomac Riverfront.”  Bridge View_Night, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects
 River Pavilion Performance night, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects
 Simulcast, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  View from Bridge at Landing, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects “The waterfront connection, first envisioned by Edward Durell Stone in his 1959 unbuilt design for the Center, will be finally realized, inviting the active riverfront public to engage in the Center’s programs and enjoy the new café and landscape,” added Chris McVoy, Senior Partner. “With the review board’s valuable feedback and approval, these incredibly innovative designs can begin to become a reality over the next two years, and we could not be more pleased,” commented Kennedy Center president Deborah F. Rutter. “This design by Steven Holl Architects will transform and enhance the Center’s presence along the waterfront, creating a haven where visitors can casually and unexpectedly run into art as it is happening, and engage with our art and artists in a way that turns the creative process inside out, providing unparalleled access to arts in process.”  View from Ginkgos, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  In Bosque, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects As a “living memorial” to President John F. Kennedy, the national center for the performing arts takes an active position among the great presidential monuments including the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials. The expansion by Steven Holl Architects will integrate the landscape and river, creating a dynamic urban space and a center for cultural activity. The expansion preserves the silhouette of the current building and provides rehearsal rooms and classrooms, a lecture hall, multipurpose meeting rooms, and an event space. Located south of the existing facility, the expansion will feature interior spaces with soaring ceilings and filled with natural light.  View from river, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  View from water facing southeast, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects The open and engaging landscape will provide small and intimate spaces to gather informally and visit at all times of the day. An exterior wall will be a home for broadcasts and simulcast performances from within the Kennedy Center and elsewhere with seating for 1,600. A restful grove of trees will provide welcome green space. The reflecting pool will offer a direct sightline to Theodore Roosevelt Island across the Potomac. The varied gardens will provide opportunities for sculptural installations, casual performances and events and other flexible locations for enhanced engagement, further positioning the Center as a nexus of arts, learning, and culture in the years ahead.  Practice Space, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Interior, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects The River Pavilion, located between the grove and the reflecting pool, will provide a café that doubles as a participatory space for small-scale performances, intimate concerts, poetry readings, and other experiences which are not easily accommodated within the existing building. It will expand upon and improve the memorialization of President Kennedy and his significant contribution to the arts and American culture. As the Kennedy Center enters its fifth decade, the Expansion Project will be a place where the Center will welcome the community to engage and interact with artists and their creative renderings in inspired and meaningful ways, across the full spectrum of the creative process. Much-needed rehearsal, education, and a variety of flexible indoor and outdoor spaces will allow the Center to continue to play a national and global leadership role in providing artistic, cultural, and enrichment opportunities for all. Interior, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Strings of Light Cafe, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  View towards Potomac, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Aerial on Land, Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects  Image Courtesy © Steven Holl Architects
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