Partnership you need to have strong collaboration when you have a chance to walk around the building youll see we created open spaces for people to collaborate and, breakdown the hierarch so we can recognize the innovation that mayor ed lee and this Incredible Community has demonstrated. I also learned by Walking Around the building this symbolize some ways of understanding our past and a future. Here on the overview of veterans day titus it make sense toy vitality and open this building. I have an opportunity to look at the history a retired admiral gave me the history. Hey i didnt know we have another oral office now i do laughter but after helping us to protect our country and freedom across the world what a great opportunity to do the work we do in a building that has provided history. And we try to contribute to a better history by building more buildings to deliver the Important Mission to maximize the productively and breaking down barriers and walls to help people Work Together
San francisco is also ready and able to do. As we bring life into the building this is renovated in the Great Recession and now ready for another service hopefully it is something well be calling the great come back of our economy. I think mayor ed lee and everyone here for our leadership all your leadership because its more than a building its more than a workplace or a you mean its to growth and regional its the link from the past a great past as the un plaza to the future and i couldnt be happier to be here with you to celebrate that. So thank you very much all very much. Thank you so much congresswoman your leadership in the house that passed the recovery act not only helped to create and save millions of jobs but it is what made this project possible so thank you. Tiger lee is the director for the Administration Services hes served a vital role to build a responsible government for the American People. Hes been recognized and as our that administrator hes leading us to greater inn
This court yard was done within the program. This program offered the opportunity to work with architect and engineers and significant collaborations that integrate art into the general mifgsdz public buildings. During this collaboration i had the pleasure to work with jennifer and ken barker in washington and don davis. As well as others from the construction site. And we also had an excellent contractor. That my most significant professional collaboration in the project was with two people don doug last from the Fine Arts Program and cliff low. Cliff lows sensitive were structural for me to create the landscape ribbons. Don douglas demanded the best quality. The sculptor in this court yard called ribbons is the heart and soul of the building. Its meant to adapt to the moments like this. It can be a place of respite. The sculptor responses to the hierarch of the skrurlt with the ribbons. This major emphasis on the horizon is to compliment the architecture and it is perfect to the hist
The decomposed granite allows water to pass through. Sculpture is meant to be skrurlt it is also accommodating the lives of people who are going to work in this facility and use it. I think this this sense its what the art and Architecture Program intended for its platform for architecture. John dewey once said that long. Art it the beauty parlor of civilization neither art of civilization are secure. Its a recognize that the federal government believed that art should and can enrich our lives. This project was taken out of the beauty parlor and put here ugly or usable and behalf. Theyve recognized the building art and its through those those types of collaborations that are become into the arts collaboration. I hope this continues to grow our infrastructure. I take it my dreamy know from experience if we can do it with the courtyard we can do it with infrastructure like water and bridges can be built and reflect the best qualifies of american democracy. Nancy pelosi said we should kee
I always remember that moment it was the rebeginning moment. We had the simplicity and the clarity that is still stavrl to me. We literally in the course of three weeks mreld reimagined what we were doing and we moved from the chaos to clarity to achieve this design kleenex. Deceptively simple our corridor exists because of mark and glen and because of jim and because of susie and the japanese gentlemen and because of every outdoors member of our design team and because of the partnership we are forged that day among our design team and others. I remember that day when we represented for the sdpept approval i remember that day when we met again and again and again to get approval. I believe we needed the system inspected. We had our challenges i never doubted we would succeed. So im very grateful i have the opportunity to work with this team and to be part of such a lovely project. I hope all who experience it will feel as much pride as we who created it. Thank you clapping. thank you