Dixon Master Plan
We have big things planned for the Dixon.
Dixon Master Plan
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West Edge Project
- Western Border Fence
- Maintenance Area
- Plant Nursery Area
- Hughes Pavilion Parking Lot
- Securing the Plant Nursery Area
Start August 2013—Complete January 2014
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Dixon Gallery Infrastructure Project
- Fire Suppression throughout the Dixon galleries, Art Storage, and other public areas
- Backup generator
- Floors in Plough and Willmott Galleries; carpet in auditorium
- Residence Roof
- Replace residence windows and doors
- Vapor locks on all points of public entry and egress
- Redesign and renovate from the Museum Shop to the Shipping Dock
- Freight elevator and lift
- Redesign and renovate art storage
- Gallery Lighting
- Security systems; card readers
- Technology; booster for cell and wifi signal
Start May 2015—Complete November 2015
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Dixon Gardens and Grounds Infrastructure Project
- Entry gates
- Wayfinding and signage
- Visibility from Park Avenue (Windows)
- Service Road to Lower Parking Lot
- Access to Garrott Court
- Perimeter Road
- Service Road to South Lawn
- Exit Gate onto Cherry Road
- Parking Lots
- Lighting and electrical throughout the grounds
- Irrigation
- Drainage; water management
- South Lawn
- Universal accessibility—pathways and sidewalks
- Southern border fence
To be undertaken in phases, 2016 and 2017
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Education Spaces and a Learning Center and Hughes Pavilion Expansion and Improvement Project
- Redesign and/or repurpose all existing education facilities at the Dixon (i.e.: Leatherman Workroom, the Residence, the Galleries, Winegardner Auditorium, the Potting Hub, and Canale Conservatory) so they are better learning spaces, more readily available (where applicable), technologically sound, and integrated into a cohesive overall philosophy of art and horticultural learning
- Build a new facility for education programs
- Expand and renovate Hughes Pavilion
To be undertaken in 2018.
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Garden Building
- Create new gardens around the perimeter of the Dixon property.
- Create new gardens adjacent to Formal Gardens on the east.
- Create new gardens adjacent to the Formal Gardens to the south.
- Create new gardens in proximity to Learning Center.
- Leave no space in the Dixon unattended or uncultivated.
- Think differently about the Dixon gardens and what they might have to say.
- Invent new interpretive models that animate the spaces we create.
- Invent new ways for visitors to participate in the experience of the Dixon grounds.
- Invest more in sculpture.
- Invest ourselves in the history of the property itself.
- Design and develop a new entry garden across from the new museum entry.
To be undertaken in phases, 2016/17/18 - 2022.