GSA Federal Building
Owner:
General Services Administration
Location:
Washington, DC
Architect:
Moshe Safdie & Associates
Contract Value:
$146,000,000
Completion Date:
December 2007
This 440,000 SF project was a joint venture with Davis Construction and included the new construction and complete build-out of core and shell, tenant improvements, sitework, retail shell, and parking garage. The scope of work included three office wings interconnected by a common enclosed atrium space with continuous overhead skylight, an underground parking structure for approximately 200 vehicles, a shipping/receiving loading dock area, separate employee/visitor entrance screening areas, a sunken garden, and a “garden wall” enclosing structure along its northern/western boundaries. A three-story, planted, arcaded crescent inscribes the north and west boundaries, enclosing a 4,500 SF internal garden, and serves as an invisible security barrier. The building also includes special spaces such as a training facility, auditorium, press facilities, library, and fitness center.
