Civil Rights center picks landscape designer - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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to design the grounds of the $125 millio n museum and center forsocial change. The EDAW and Hood Desighn team’s most recent projects include thein D.C.; The Macon Yards in Macon, Ga.; the in San and the Andy Young Tribute in downtowj Atlanta. EDAW/Hood Design will work in under architectws of recordand Atlanta, exhibitionn designer and project manage r / for the landscape and hardscape designb around the 100,000-square-foot facility.
“Ww are humbled to serve as a member ofthe center’es design team to help develop a landmarik that pays homage to the people of Atlantsa and the world who advancefd and continue to champion the cause of civipl and human rights,” said project directod William Gilchrist, of EDAW Atlanta. “Wr look forward to applyinf our expertisein innovative, sustainable landscapin design principles to extend the buildiny concept and present opportunities to further the visito experience.” In March, The Freelon Group, a N.C., architectural firm, and partneer HOK of Atlanta were namec the architects of record on the project.
The center, whichb is expected to open at Centennial Olympic Park in late 2011 orearlyh 2012, will be about 100,000 square feet. Freelon and HOK’e design features a terracotta-clad buildinbg surrounding an exterior courtyard, which will serve as an amphitheater andexhibit space. The building will stress sustainability and strive for silver or gold Leadershi p in Energy and EnvironmentalDesigj certification. has been tapped to come up with a sustainablesite design. The buildinbg design by Freelon Groupand HOK—of two interlocking structures—evoke s the image of civil rights activists marchinb with interlocked arms.