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A
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
robert
sponsor
I'm
an
architect
and
design
principal
working
with
the
snell
development
team,
on
the
design
for
the
redevelopment
of
the
aims
site
and
the
aim
center
in
rosslyn.
We
last
presented
to
you
in
february
of
this
year,
at
our
first
sprc
meeting
and
on
behalf
of
the
entire
development
team.
We
are
very
excited
to
be
presenting
our
updates
to
you
this
afternoon.
A
A
The
first
part
reflects
answers
to
questions
that
we
received
at
that
first
sprc
and
some
minor
updates
to
our
program,
including
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
parking
spaces.
The
second
part
consists
of
our
proposal
for
the
design
of
the
church
working
with
the
arlington
temple
united
methodist
church,
which
we've
been
doing
over
the
last
few
months,
and
then
we'll
have
a
presentation
from
our
landscape
architect
about
the
18th
street
corridor
implementation
in
the
public
areas
of
the
project
that
are
the
centerpiece
of
our
design,
followed
by
three
subsequent
presentations.
A
Our
traffic
engineer
will
discuss
transportation
issues.
Our
general
contractor
will
present
construction
logistics
issues
and
our
land
use
council
will
present
site
improvements
and
community
benefits.
So
to
begin
with
the
first
section,
we've
updated
our
program
as
shown
on
this
slide.
We've
reduced
our
overall
density
about
five
percent
from
10.5
to
10.0
far
subsequently
and
accordingly,
our
number
of
units
has
been
reduced,
a
similar
percentage
from
788
units
to
approximately
740
units,
the
south
tower.
A
We
are
still
proposing
to
put
an
interim
hotel
use
for
two
to
five
years
in
the
lower
levels
of
the
south
tower.
That's
about
200
units
worth
of
hotel,
hotel
interim
use,
which
we
think
will
serve
to
activate
the
public
space
and
adds
to
the
project
overall
and
at
the
ground
level.
A
Our
retail
uses
and
commercial
uses
haven't
really
changed
since
february
at
all,
there's
eight
thousand
square
feet
of
retail
along
fort
myer
and
three
distinct
locations
and
there's
11
000
square
feet
of
commercial
use
between
the
two
towers
on
the
lower
levels
of
the
south
and
the
north
towers
as
well.
Rounding
out
the
program
on
the
north
side
of
the
site.
We
have
the
church
use
with
its
ground
level.
A
Tenant
currently,
a
service
station
that
comprises
about
24,
000
square
feet
of
use,
there's
been
a
notable
change
in
the
number
of
parking
spaces.
We've
reduced
the
parking
from
650
spaces
in
february
to
574
spaces
of
those
574
approximately
535
are
dedicated
to
residential
units
and
visitors.
The
ratio
is
thus
reduced
to
about
0.72
from
the
0.81
ratio
that
we
had
in
february
over
a
10
reduction
there.
To
illustrate
that
change.
A
We
are
showing
you
a
section
that
illustrates
where
that
reduction
has
occurred,
so
we've
removed
the
fifth
level
of
parking
that
we
had
in
our
original
proposal,
reducing
the
height
of
our
street
volume
to
four
levels
above
the
retail.
You
can
see
that
in
section
the
majority
of
our
parking
still
occurs
below
grade
it
spans
between
the
two
towers
on
three
and
a
half
levels
of
below-grade
parking
infrastructure
and
in
the
public
realm
to
illustrate
this
change
further,
you
know
our
design
was
about
scaling
the
buildings
to
the
streets.
A
We
did
this
a
number
of
ways
through
our
window
pattern,
but
also
our
fundamental
massing
shouldering
the
building
at
the
lower
levels.
We've
in
this
change
of
reduction
of
one
parking
level,
we've
lowered
the
elevation
of
our
street
volume
on
the
south
tower
approximately
10
feet
to
be
about
70
feet
above
fort
myer
and
60
feet
above
ames,
reducing
it
one
full
floor
from
the
previous
proposal.
A
The
next
series
of
slides
relate
to
a
question
that
arose
in
our
first
sprc.
We
were
asked
to
clearly
delineate
our
various
entrances
to
the
building,
the
retail,
the
residential,
the
hotel
and
the
commercial
entrances
to
show
where
those
are
elevationally
and
also
discuss
our
strategy
for
ventilation.
A
You
know
the
provision
of
fresh
air
is
a
code
required
item
for
these
buildings
and
we
like
to
integrate
as
much
as
possible
those
unnecessary
mechanical
requirements
into
our
building
facades.
Very
discreetly
as
well.
We
will
illustrate
where
all
of
our
loading
and
service
entrances
are
by
facade
street
by
street
on
the
next
few
pages.
A
I'm
starting
with
this
overall
perspective
on
fort
myer,
though,
to
discuss
our
strategy
so
for
retail
use.
We
have
we
like
to
provide
a
continuous,
flexible
retail
band
about
16
inches
tall
that
combines
with
the
canopies
that
occur
above
the
doors
at
the
retail
entrances.
This
discreet
16-inch
element
allows
for
fresh
intake
and
exhaust
as
needed
for
the
retailers
and
provides
flexibility
over
time.
A
A
But
the
other
thing
we're
doing,
which
is,
I
think,
important,
is
we're
using
our
entrances
for
loading
and
servicing
functions
to
also
double
serve
as
air
points
for
the
garage.
So
we
do
our
garage
intake
and
air
louvers
on
the
sides
and
on
the
ceilings
set
back
from
the
primary
street
facades
in
these
openings
as
much
as
possible
to
eliminate
any
any
screens
on
the
above
and
surrounding
facades.
A
So
I'll
begin
with
fort
myer.
So
these
first
two
elevations
are
on
the
top:
the
north
building
fort
myer
elevation
and
on
the
bottom,
the
south
building
fort
myer
elevation
and
we've
provided
a
legend
for
the
retail
and
the
garage
louvers
and
grills
for
our
building
entrances
for
other
miscellaneous
entrances
of
other
uses,
such
as
hotel
and
office
and
for
vehicular
entrances,
and
those
are
clearly
delineated
on
these
elevations.
A
With
this
legend,
which
is
with
this
key
plan
so
just
to
highlight
a
couple
of
those
you'll
see
the
band
for
the
retail
that
marches
across
all
of
these
elevations,
this
16
inch
tall
band
for
louvers
and
and
all
of
our
entrances
for
retail
are
called
out
with
a
canopy
structure
to
highlight
entry
and,
as
I
mentioned,
the
openings
for
the
loading
and
service,
the
sides
and
the
interior
are
utilized
for
louvers
and
and
grills
for
our
garage
ventilation
systems,
but
they're
off
the
primary
facade,
they're
recessed
between
five
and
ten
feet
from
the
primary
facades.
A
A
Elevations
we
have
a
north
and
a
south
elevation.
There
are
no
louvers
or
grills
to
speak
of
on
the
north
building
on
the
that,
we
do
want
to
point
out
where
the
elevator
lift
is
to
negotiate
the
plaza
change,
there's
a
handicap
access
elevator
in
the
middle
of
the
site,
adjacent
to
the
stair
and
on
the
south
elevation
there.
A
In
addition
to
our
residential
lobby
and
leasing
entrances,
there's
a
hotel
canopy
entrance
designated
with
the
threes
and
one
panel
given
to
upper
level
garage
ventilation,
another
one
of
the
issues
that
came
up
that
we
weren't
able
to
address
for
time
at
the
first
sprc
was
the
shadow
studies
and
as
you'd,
expect
in
an
urban
environment.
We're
utilizing
the
existing
conditions
for
the
the
the
fall
of
light
across
the
site
in
the
creation
of
shadow.
A
Our
buildings
to
the
east
are
are
pretty
tall
neighbors
so
as
you'd
expect
the
light
and
the
sunlight
will
fall
on
the
public
spaces
more
towards
the
late
morning
early
afternoon
and
into
the
evening
at
the
top
of
this
page
is
the
summer
time
three
times
of
the
day,
9
12
and
3
p.m,
and
on
the
bottom,
are
the
spring
and
fall
represented
here
with
a
9,
12
and
3
p.m.
A
Another
question
that
came
up
in
the
first
sprc
was
how
the
building
would
be
viewed
from
neighboring
buildings.
So
we
took
a
vantage
point
from
about
the
middle
of
the
turnberry
building
looking
south,
maybe
the
lower
third
of
that
building,
and
it
illustrates
how,
because
of
our
articulation
of
the
facade
with
the
wrinkled
wave
pattern
and
the
implementation
of
balconies
and
outdoor
spaces.
A
There's
a
very
soft
texture,
expanded
upon
with
the
green
spaces
that
we
have
on
our
lower
terraces
and
our
balconies
as
well
to
soften
that
vantage
from
the
neighboring
buildings
and
they're,
not
acute
they're,
they're,
skewed
elevations.
So
there's
not
a
direct
a
blunt
adjacency
across
the
street
and
the
last
issue
that
we
wanted
to
address
was
our
approach
to
bird
friendly
design.
A
There's
a
number
of
of
aspects
to
this
approach
that
we're
implementing
first
is
the
overall
building
form
and
the
articulation
of
the
exterior
facades
one
of
the
best
things
we
can
do
to
mitigate
this
issue
and
the
impact
on
the
bird
population
is
to
avoid
flat
shiny
surfaces.
So
this
building
being
comprised
of
you
know,
40
glass
and
60
percent
non-shiny
metal,
louver
and
architectural
precast.
Concrete
already
goes
a
long
distance
towards
mitigating
that
reflective
quality.
A
Additionally,
the
wrinkling
of
the
facade
provides
skewed
views
of
the
glass,
so
not
direct
flat
aspects
to
that
facade
treatment.
A
So
the
design
of
the
building,
the
shape
of
the
building
and
the
selection
of
the
materials
are
all
important.
The
final
issue
we're
using
and
considering
is
the
lighting
of
the
public
spaces,
so
instead
of
providing
lighting
fixtures
which
provide
up
light
and
glare,
all
of
our
lighting
is
focused
downward
to
the
plaza
level
and
to
the
landscaping
and
we're
avoiding
glare
in
the
design
of
that
lighting
system
so
taking
together.
These
issues
will
help
to
mitigate
and
be
very
bird
friendly
in
terms
of
our
design
approach.