AMAZON HQ2

MET PARK DEVELOPMENT

YEAR  2018-2019 Masterplanning and Concept Phases, Built in 2023
SIZE  Building assemblage with 2.1 million SF above grade / 800,000 SF of below grade parking
CLIENT  Amazon / JBG SMITH  
LOCATION  Arlington, Virginia
ARCHITECT  ZGF

As part of a four-person pursuit team for the Amazon HQ2 national competition, we were tasked to produce design concepts and feasibility studies for a building assemblage to support approximately 10,000 new employees over the next ten years. We worked exclusively with top notch DC-area developer JBG SMITH to present design concepts and development proposals to Amazon’s real estate team. The project consisted of a 6 million square foot master plan concept at Pen Place and a 2 million square foot concept at Met Park. The Met Park contract was awarded to ZGF in 2019 for full design services through construction for a total of 2.1 million square feet of mixed-use office space plus 800,000 square feet of below grade parking. Additionally, the existing Met Park will be transformed into a public art walk and a lush passive, and active, greenspace.
We worked on the master plan pursuit as a designer and lead modeler for area calculations and bulk/massing studies, as well as during the schematic phase of the Met Park development.

<<< MASTER PLANNING PURSUIT AND  MET PARK MASSING PHASES

YEAR  2018 - 2019
SIZE  6 million SF above grade / 2 million SF of below grade parking
CLIENT  Amazon / JBG SMITH

ZGF was awarded the Met Park project.

LINKS
Met Park Project Website
Met Park Construction
Master Plan area now designated as “National Landing”

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