National Science Foundation Headquarters | WDG: Architecture, Planning, Interiors

Arbor Row Tysons, VA	Cityline Partners		Master Plan for 2.5 million square feet on a 31.38 acre property. Site includes office, residential and hotel high-rise buildings, with extensive greenspaces.
Arbor Row Block D Tysons, VA	Renaissance Centro		203,600-sf, 24-story residential building with 125 luxury condominiums, 6000-sf retail and parking for 250 cars.
Arlington Gateway Mixed Use Development Arlington, VA	The JBG Companies	Completed 2006	1.2 million-sf mixed-use development, including a 320,000-sf office building, 416-unit apartment building, 336-key Westin hotel, and a 237-unit boutique condo building.
Crystal City Main Street Arlington, VA	Vornado / Charles E. Smith	Completed 2000	175,000-sf urban retail redevelopment.
Dam Sen Park Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	GP Invest	Plan Completed 2010	Located in the largest city in Vietnam, this urban development in Ho Chi Minh City includes five buildings-Buildings A, B, C, D and E-with retail, and office space programs, and over 1000 residential units. The development covers 40% of the lot, which has a total construction area of 142,050 m2 (1.5 million gsf).
Falls Church City Center Falls Church, VA	Atlantic Realty Companies	Plan Completed 2009	5.5-acre mixed use development consisting of a 114,140-sf, 9-story office building with 7,000-sf of retail and a 3,500-sf bank. The site also includes a 9-story, 160-key hotel, a 9-story, 53-unit condominium building, 5,790-sf of retail, a 3,500-sf restaurant, a 43,400-sf, 3-story bowling center, a 6 to 9-story residential building with 500-units, 7,500-sf of retail and a 55,000-sf grocery store.
Greensboro Park Place Tysons, VA	Beacon Capital Partners		A 485,000 sf mixed-use development with two 20 and 24-story residential towers totaling 480 units, a 2,000 sf retail, 3,000 sf public recreational facility, a 1.5 acres of public parks and a three-level below-grade parking garage.
Imminent Bloom Willets Point, NY	Metropolis Magazine's Living Cities Design Competition / AIA Unbuilt Design Competition	Completed through Concept Design	440,000-sf, 40-story residential tower with 96 340-sf micro units,108 1,290-sf expandable loft units, four community spaces spanning the building’s width, and a water treatment and filtration stystem at the base.
Las Colinas Station Irving, TX	Lennar and Catalyst	Completed 2016	4.4-acre master plan and 413,000-sf, 5-story, residential building with 374 units. Construction type IIIA & VA.
Michigan and Irving Washington, DC	Conference Center Association	In Progress	9-story, 336-key hotel; 2-story, 31,500-sf conference center; 14,760-sf of ground-floor retail space; and 167,104-sf of parking for 374 vehicles.
National Harbor National Harbor, MD	The Peterson Companies	Completed January 2010	WDG designed a total of 5.5-acres, including an 8-story residential building with 253 units, an 11-story residential building with 182 units, a 184-key hotel, 246-key time share resort, and a total of 80,000-sf of retail space.
National Science Foundation Headquarters Alexandria, VA	USAA Real Estate \| Photos © Maxwell MacKenzie	Completed	56-acre urban plan, two 14-19 story towers totaling 690,000-sf of rentable office space, 30,000-sf of retail, and three levels of below grade parking for 380 vehicles.
North Bethesda Gateway North Bethesda, MD	LCOR	Plan Completed 2011	10 acre site two blocks from the White Flint Metro Station, with 1,689,000-sf of office, residential and retail uses.
Nouvelle Tysons, VA	The Hanover Company	Completed December 2015	Two 20- and 27-story residential towers – part of the Tysons redevelopment master plan – totaling approximately 800,123-gsf. Includes 461 units, 3,286-sf of retail and 5 levels of structured parking for 712 cars.
Pentagon Centre Arlington, VA	KIMCO		3-phase master planning site totaling 1,962,600-sf with 705,700-sf office, 346,600-sf retail, 693 units and 2,100 parking spaces. Phase 1 will be 1,068,100-sf mixed-use with 693 residential units, 36,100-sf of new retail and 1,800 total parking spaces.
Pike & Rose Mixed-Use Rockville, MD	Federal Realty Investment Trust	In Progress	Master planning of four blocks in a 3,000,000-sf new mixed-use development.
Rockville Town Square Rockville, MD	City of Rockville, DANAC, Federal Realty Trust	Completed 2007	12-acre, 5- to 6-story mixed-use town center with 644 residential units; 180,000-sf retail; and 1,400 parking spaces in five garages, above- and below-grade. Metal frame over concrete structure, constuction types 1B and 3B.
Scott's Run South at McLean Station Tysons, VA	Creative Realty Solutions	In Progress	Three buildings totaling 1,078,872-sf, 632 residential units, a 102,891-sf, 128-suite, extended stay hotel, 185,000-sf office, and 25,000-sf spa. Site includes 10,000-sf retail and parking for 1,367 cars.
Spring Hill Station Tysons, VA	The Georgelas Group	Plan Completed 2011	32 acre mixed-use master plan providing for 7.5 million square feet of uses, including 2 to 3.5 million-sf of office space, 2.1 to 5.1 million-sf of multifamily residential, over 180,000-gsf of ground level retail and as much as 770,000-gsf of hospitality uses.
The Commons Tysons, VA	LCOR	Plan Completed 2012	Master planning for a 20-acre site at the future Tysons-McLean Metro Station. Seven buildings 7 to 23 stories with 2,571 units, 50,000-sf retail, and 3,100 parking spaces in three levels below grade and podiums. Final design of Building 1, a 13-story, 330-unit multifamily building, is in progress.
The Manor at Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa, Vietnam	Bitexco	Plan Completed 2010	Large master planned community on 30,841 m2 (7.61 acres) with 1450 d.u. in four 36-story, high-rise towers, 50 townhomes, 50,000-sf of office space and a large, central, and amenity-rich outdoor space.
The Spire Master Plan Dallas, TX	Spire Realty Group	In Progress	Master plan development with 77,000-sf of retail, 1,277,000-sf of office, 280 residential units, and 600 hotel keys on 11.3 acres.
The Wharf Parcel 4 Washington, DC	PN Hoffman / Clark Construction		372,000-sf, 12-story, 262-unit multifamily building. Site includes 150 apartments and 112 condos above a 2-story podium with 74,000-sf retail.
The Witmer Arlington, VA	KIMCO		446,400-sf, 25-story, 440-unit residential tower with 6-story parking garage and 11,400-sf of retail.
Tokyo Olympic Village Tokyo, Japan	Young Architects Forum	Plan Completed 2011	16,000-bed community for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Tysons Transit Oriented Developments Tysons, VA	Various	In Progress	Planning for over 25 million-sf of mixed-use development on 110+ acres.
Water Street Irving, TX	Gables Residential	In Progress	As part of a master development, 2 residential buildings with 316 residential units and 20,000-sf of retail and restaurant spaces. Site also includes 40,000-sf of stand-alone retail and restaurant building space. Type 3A and 5A wood frame construction residential buildings, type 1A retail buildings and parking garage.
WFOCA China Hotel Tianjin Tianjin, China	Andily Investment Group USA, LLC	Plan Completed 2011	Master planning for a 122,000-square meter site with a 17-story, 350 key, 5-star hotel; 35-story, 875 unit hotel style apartment building, podium/atrium with commercial and retail space, and 12 luxurious single-family villas surrounding a lake.

National Science Foundation Headquarters

Alexandria, VA

CLIENT
USAA Real Estate | Photos © Maxwell MacKenzie

STATUS
Completed

LEED
Certified LEED Silver

SERVICES
Architecture, Planning, Interiors

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56-acre urban plan, two 14-19 story towers totaling 690,000-sf of rentable office space, 30,000-sf of retail, and three levels of below grade parking for 380 vehicles.

Description

The new National Science Foundation Headquarters is located in the heart of Hoffman Town Center, a vibrant 56 acre urban core in historic Alexandria, Virginia, adjacent to the Eisenhower Avenue Metro Station and within three blocks of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office campus and the U.S. Federal District Courthouse. The commercial development consists of two interconnected office towers sharing a common atrium lobby, yielding approximately 690,000 of net rentable office area. The first tower rises to 250 foot in 19 stories, the second 200 foot in fourteen. The project includes a three level below grade parking garage, accommodating approximately 380 cars, as well as 30,000 square feet of street level retail.

The headquarters building set the architectural quality standard for future development in this exciting mixed use environment. The project’s dynamic massing features complex curved facades toward the southeast, shaped by the geometry of Eisenhower Avenue as it is acutely intersected by the Metro rail tracks. These primary urban facades are clad by precast concrete, metal, and glass "curtainwalls". At the base along Eisenhower, five story retail "boxes "stand proud of the curved facades above, reestablishing the street line and maintaining a pedestrian scale.　

The rectilinear north and west facades, facing the existing retail and cinema complex, are clad in brick masonry and cast stone, in a two story punched opening configuration, compatible in proportion and materiality with the broader historic environment. The two towers are linked by a thirty–six foot wide glass and metal connector, with the commercial lobby centrally accessed at its base.

Areas of work were organized into four different zones, strategically placed in the building to maximize the efficiencies such as ceiling height and immediate access to delivery areas. Zone One houses the main visitor’s reception and registration, shipping, receiving, mail, large equipment sorting and staging, in-house printing services, as well as providing a central hub for building security. Zone Two is intended to contain features which will be used by both secure visitors and building employees. These included board rooms, conference rooms, credit union, retail shopping, health and wellness center, and travel office. Zones Three and Four house the permanent staff of the facility including executives, seven science directorates, and operational staff. They also provide ample employee conference space, break and copy zones, as well as both private and open office work solutions on each individual floor.

A universal design approach was incorporated to accommodate this ‘building for everyone.’ Entrance lobbies, waiting and reception areas, and a high-volume visitors center were designed to create environments that could be used by all people regardless of age, size, or level of ability. Level, step-free entrances, large toilet areas, flexible security checkpoints and clear, well-placed signage are some of the design solutions WDG has integrated.

With the completion of the National Science Foundation Headquarters, Hoffmann Town Center continues to emerge as a significant component of the City of Alexandria’s award-winning East Eisenhower Small Area Plan.