Located on a 2-ha (5-acre) site on the National Mall—between the National Museum of American History and the Washington Monument—the museum encompasses 29,970 m2 (322,600 sf), with five levels above-grade and four below.
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The museum’s design is distinctive
among other structures on the National Mall.
Its façade consists of 3600 customized,
cast-aluminum panels known as the Corona. These bronze-colored panels rcs data call to mind the craftsmanship of enslaved workers in
the pre-Civil War cities of
Charleston and New Orleans, and create a distinctive impression for NMAAHC, representing traditional African architecture. Three architecture firms—
the Freelon Group, Davis Brody Bond, and SmithGroup—worked on the museum.
Just as the museum’s architecture makes a unique design statement,
its landscape design also distinguishes it among nearby museums and monuments,
incorporating it into
the larger configuration of the National Mall., “
The site is designed to encourage dutch venice or the venice of the north visitors to extend
the museum experience outside and to linger and reflect on
the important narratives being told within.”
Granite played an important role in meeting
Most of the stones for the project were modeled in
3D software, which allowed the fabricator to coordinate with the landscape architect and ensure the designs me t expectations.
complex nature, an extensive amount of coordination mobile lead between the fabricator’s drafting team and the architect was needed to ensure the 3D models were
Once the design team approved the fabricator’s drawings and models, the fabricator converted
them into a file for use on a five-axis CNC machine.
