U.S. Land Port of Entry in Calais, Maine | Robert Siegel
Winner of 2010 GSA Design Excellence Award Calais / United States / 2010
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This building represents the aspirations of our time. We hope that history will remember us as the generation who, while confronted by terrorism and violence at home and abroad, chose to create architecture to embody the enduring values of our democracy.
The design is guided by three objectives:
*Create a powerful symbol of the United States
*Develop a new building that functions perfectly
*Become a case study of the ritual of crossing a threshold
Symbolism
This is an important new gateway to the United States. The dramatic landscape and space between the two building masses proudly communicates the openness of America. The building is placed on axis, at the high point of the site, to create an appropriate monumentality and to embody the spirit of the United States as welcoming and secure.
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This building represents the aspirations of our time. We hope that history will remember us as the generation who, while confronted by terrorism and violence at home and abroad, chose to create architecture to embody the enduring values of our democracy. The design is guided by three objectives: *Create a powerful symbol of the United States *Develop a new building that functions perfectly *Become a case study of the ritual of crossing a threshold Symbolism This is an important...
- Year 2010
- Work started in 2003
- Work finished in 2010
- Main structure Steel
- Client U.S. General Services Administration
- Contractor J&J Contractors, Inc.
- Cost 48,000,000
- Status Completed works
- Type Parks, Public Gardens / Government and institutional buildings / Bridges and Roads / Port Areas / Parking facilities / Office Buildings / Industrial facilities / Interior Design / Military barracks, police and fire stations
- Websitehttp://www.robertsiegelarchitects.com/#/USLPOECalais
- Websitehttp://www.robertsiegelarchitects.com/sites/rsa/files/ArchitectMagazine_June2010_CalaisLPOE_Reduced.pdf
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