The General Services Administration's list of potential federal building sales in DC has spurred discussions about the future of brutalist architecture. The proposal not only seeks to downsize government real estate but inadvertently revealed a location of a secret CIA facility. However, many brutalist structures, like the Robert C. Weaver Building, require rethinking due to their approaching obsolescence. Capital Brutalism, an exhibit, showcases visionary repurposing ideas, including transforming the Weaver Building into affordable housing with community spaces, which would make these imposing structures more inviting to the public.
Pedestrians could come into the building for a meal or coffee, which, Person says, would help open an often intimidating brutalist building to the public.
They thought about it in terms of creating a live-work-play atmosphere adjacent to the Mall,
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