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0 R.E. Chisholm Architects, Inc. is working with the Cuban Exile History Museum Committee in Miami, Florida, since 2010. The project construction cost is budgeted at S 120NI Program Requirements: Program need -driven by 1,000 — 1,500 auto parking to serve existing arena, new museum and neighboring activities. Adjacent bay precludes underground parking. Museum above parking, Baywalk and pedestrian activity validates bay adjacency. • 90,000 sf (A/C) Museum, Research Library / Learning Center. 3 stories over I parking levels. • Theater ( 300 seats) • Restaurant • Entry Lobby / Gift Shop /Visitor Center Exhibits / 40.000 sf • Parking/ 300 spaces Library • Pedestrian Plaza Landscaped pedestrian plaza, adjacent to bay, receives visitors above parking, creating a friendly environment complimenting retail uses. Automated skybridge links project to arena providing pedestrian access to both venues. The Museum Cafe offers terrace dining, bay views and relates to Baywalk. Service areas located in parking structure minimize impact to pedestrian / vehicular circulation. • Building components angled and aligned in direction of historical sites to capture symbolic views of city and foreign locations. • Building becomes a symbolic exhibit using motif numbers 1, 3 and 6, historic colors, Floor pattems of historical sienificance. architectural elements related to literature and poetry used as design elements throughout. • Covered courtyard with exhibit potential maximizes open space, eliminates direct sun light, uses bay breezes for fresh air, and optimizes light and energy performance. • Decentralized volumes for building, maximize HVAC efficiency. • Low emitting materials specified. • Stormwater retention for irrigation and reduction of water. • Tropical/ Native species landscaping. • Project as interactive human relationship of spaces to coalesce interchange between visitors.