DMJM is the executive architect for the new 2 million–square foot U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters building located in the Southeast Federal Center in Washington, D.C. The project is being developed by JBG/SEFC Venture, LLC, in association with Michael Graves & Associates as the design architect. Construction of the new DOT headquarters is slated to begin in late 2003, with completion in 2006. This DOT project is the first new cabinet-level headquarters to be designed and constructed in the Capitol in over three decades. It sits on an 11-acre site and will be the first building to mark the redevelopment of the Southeast Federal Center, a 55-acre site along the Anacostia River, adjacent to the Washington Navy Yard. Although a highly secured facility, the building presents an open appearance to the public, and seeks to embrace the community. Amenities offered to the community include landscaped meeting areas, and a new Transportation Walking Museum that contains a series of temporary and permanent outdoor exhibits. Also proposed on the site is the adaptive reuse of an existing historic structure; options currently under consideration are use as community-oriented retail or restaurant venues. |
