The United States National Arboretum will redevelop its Core landscape, capitalizing on its cultural and ecological heritage in pursuit of a sustainable future to meet a rapidly growing constituency. In the context of a changing District, this project seeks greater expression for the National Arboretum’s mission of connecting people to plants in one of the city’s greatest open spaces.
US National Arboretum Framework Plan
Washington, D.C.
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The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, set within the core of the U.S. National Arboretum, creates an immersive garden experience whose focus dances between the miniature and the panoramic, evoking a sense of awe and wonder.
The Bonsai and Penjing Museum establishes its identity through a sequence of fine concrete walls, blackened steel beam, a pervasive grove of understory trees. The walls organize a meandering path through the display and make available multiple orientations for the bonsai, an elegant, neutral backdrop that allows generous air circulation to mitigate heat.
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446 Acres
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