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架构师提供的文本描述。自内战以来，第一个基督教会(第一教会或公谊协委会)位于第10街和G街的拐角处。虽然教堂建于1865年，但第一座教堂直到1868年才建成。第一教会迅速活跃于当地的政治和事务；1867年，教会的传教委员会在霍华德大学的创立中发挥了突出的作用。1953年，当原来的建筑遭到谴责时，董事会建议将该建筑物出售，并将教堂迁往别处。教会拒绝了这一建议，并投票决定在目前的地点重建，继续在首都的市中心工作，并确认教堂在城市地区的存在。在1960年的第一个教会积极参与民权运动，这一活动一直延续到整个教会的历史。

Text description provided by the architects. The First Congregational United Church of Christ (First Church or FCUCC) has been located at the corner of 10th and G Streets since the Civil War. Although the church was founded in 1865, the first church building was not completed until 1868. First Church quickly became active in local politics and affairs; in 1867 the mission committee of the church played a prominent role in the founding of Howard University. In 1953, when the original structure was condemned, the Trustees recommended that the building be sold and the church relocated. The congregation rejected this recommendation and voted to rebuild in the present location, continuing their downtown ministry in the Nation’s capital and affirming the church’s presence in an urban area. During the 1960’s First Church was active in the civil rights movement, and this activism has continued throughout the church’s history.

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在新的千年里，随着一座日益恶化的建筑和市中心的复兴，第一教会寻求与一位开发商合作，在其房产上建造一个新的混合用途建筑群。这座老建筑被拆除得很小心，尽量回收利用。会众深深地参与了新家的规划工作。为了重建他们的教会，资助他们的社会服务项目，并把他们留在这个新的避难所里，公谊协最初与PN Hoffman和E.R.培根发展在2005年合作，创建了一个项目，该项目将最大限度地发挥该场地的开发潜力，并确保教会的经济生存。在2008年资助拖延之后，斯堪斯卡公司于2009年加入该团队，作为牵头开发商和总承包商提供资金。

In the new millennium, with a deteriorating building and a resurgent downtown, First Church sought to partner with a developer to build a new mixed use complex on its property. The old building was demolished with care, recycling as much as possible. The congregation became deeply involved in planning for its new home. With the goals of rebuilding their congregation, funding their social service programs, and remaining at this site in a new sanctuary, FCUCC partnered initially with PN Hoffman and E.R. Bacon Development in 2005 to create a project that would maximize the development potential of the site and ensure the economic survival of the church.  After financing delays in 2008, Skanska joined the team in 2009 providing financing as the lead developer and General Contractor.

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设计团队仔细考虑了如何最好地响应马丁路德金公共图书馆(密斯范德洛在华盛顿特区唯一的建筑)、圣帕特里克教堂、老伍德沃德和洛斯罗普百货公司大楼以及马瑟大厦(这位建筑师的另一项获奖项目)的现场环境。他们努力应对将两个客户的计划和目标结合在一起的挑战，形成一个单一、清晰的愿景。其结果是一座精心设计的建筑，它既安静又有背景，同时也是强大和标志性的。

The Design team carefully considered how to best respond to the site context of the Martin Luther King Public Library (Mies Van Der Rohe’s only building in Washington, DC), St. Patrick’s Church, the old Woodward and Lothrop Department Store Building, as well as the Mather Building (another award-winning project by this Architect). They wrestled with the challenge of combining the programs and objectives of both their clients into a single, clear vision. The result is a tightly crafted building that is at once quiet and contextual, while also powerful and iconic.

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结构大致为2层的锰砌体底座在第10街的拐角处锚定建筑物。

The roughly textured, 2-story, manganese masonry base anchors the building at the corner of 10th & G Streets, while acknowledging the color palette of the King Library. Luminous glass boxes punctuate the base and provide diffuse natural light in the church sanctuary and chapel, while a glass canopy marks the Office entry. A simply detailed shimmering glass tower floats above the masonry base, cantilevering over the corner and dramatically marking the Church entry. The tower volume is sculpted, deferentially tapered in order to maintain views toward the Library and allowing the landmark to be read as a free standing building, while also reflecting the highly varied and vibrant architectural detail of its other neighbors. The mixed-use building is Certified LEED Gold and includes Class A office space, ground floor retail, and Church worship space for 300 congregants and associated programs.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图

项目要求：

Project Requirements:

第一教会已经为华盛顿市中心的社区和它在G街的位置奉献了近150年。这个项目的目的是让社区中的第一教会再保留150个。

The First Church has been dedicated to its downtown Washington, DC community and its location on G Street for almost 150 years. The aim of this project was to keep First Church in the community for 150 more.

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项目成果和成果：

Project Outcomes and Results:

第一教会是一个案例研究，为城市教会经济困难，以留在他们突出的市中心位置。第一教会利用他们著名的市中心遗址的资产，与一位开发商合作，最大限度地开发了这片土地，并在新的开发项目中创建了一个新的避难所和设施。这使得教会能够留下来，继续他们对社区的使命和服务。他们的“开箱即用”的体制/商业再发展已经证明是成功的，现在已经成为全国其他城市教会效仿的典范。教堂的集会继续增长，办公室和零售空间的快速销售证明了在这个重建的市中心社区投资的愿望。出于社会意识和可持续性的考虑，新成立的第一教会获得了LEED黄金认证，确保了该项目的长期管理。

First Church is a case study for an urban church financially struggling to remain in their prominent downtown location. First Church leveraged the asset of their prominent downtown site, partnered with a developer to redevelop the site to its maximum potential, and created a new sanctuary and facility within the new development.  This allowed the congregation a means to stay and continue their mission and service to the community. Their “out of the box” institutional / commercial re-development has proven successful and is now a model for other urban churches across the country to follow. The church congregation continues to grow and the rapid sales of the office and retail spaces attest to the desire for investment in this renewed downtown neighborhood. Both socially conscious and with an eye to sustainability, the new First Church achieved LEED Gold Certification, insuring the long-term stewardship of the project.

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Architects Cunningham | Quill Architects

Location 945 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

Category Office Buildings

Area 159000.0 ft2

Project Year 2012

Photographs Michael Moran Photography