1 STUDIO 431 National Museum of African American History & Culture WASHINGTON, D.C. Landscape Forms Elements: Custom Benches Design Partner: GGN Ltd. Drawing the open, pastoral nature of the Washington Monument grounds through the National Museum of African American History & Culture site, the design creates important connections to the surrounding, historic context including the adjacent Washington Memorial and the White House. The two entries into the site are marked by a gently curving plinth of highly polished stone and an entry fountain of moving and still water. After crossing these symbolic thresholds of stone and water, broad sweeping paths draw visitors in through a landscape that is both continuous and sequential, layered with trees native to the Southeas

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