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11-02-07, 07:37 AM
Museum's design an award winner

ANTONIO VELARDE
November 2, 2007 - 12:50AM
DAILY NEWS STAFF

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Three galleries: Winston-Salem-based firm Calloway, Johnson, Moore & West visualize a 40,000-square-foot facility in three galleries to tell the story of the Marine Corps in the Carolinas from the 1940s to the present day.

Jim Williams says that when people think of Marine history, they should think of something else besides artillery artifacts and battle locations.

Williams, executive director of the nonprofit Museum of the Marine, an organization dedicated to keeping alive the contemporary history of the Marines in North and South Carolina through a museum, said he and others want to bring that history to patrons through the telling of personal stories.

"So, it's not just a history book of this battle happened here in the Pacific Ocean," he said of the planned museum. "It's more about the personal stories."

Now, the design for the building to house the museum and its stories is being honored.

The design for the future 40,000-square-foot Museum of the Marine, which will be located on 6 acres at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens, received an Honor Award last week from the Piedmont North Carolina section of the American Institute of Architects, according to a media release from the firm that did the designs.

Winston-Salem based architecture firm Calloway, Johnson, Moore & West, P.A. received the award for its work on the proposed building, which incorporates various themes to present the organization's vision of a museum that will tell the history of the Marines in the Carolinas from the 1940s to the present.

Williams said the museum will attempt to tell traditional Marine history as well as community-military relations history through the use of three galleries. The Carolinas and the Corps gallery will show the social impact of Marines on the communities where bases were located, relating the history of families and communities where the government purchased land to build military facilities.

The World Warrior gallery will give a pre-World War II to present day history of Marine exploits in war and peace. The 21st Century gallery will show the Marine Corps looking ahead at future technological and strategic advances.

The building design attempts to convey the civic-military relations aspect of Marine history, as well a convey elements of the Marine Corps to patrons, said principal building architect Scott Lahr.

He said the building had to have a striking design to it and strong hard lines in some aspects to convey the story of the Marines and their strength. In addition, the building had to stand out as a landmark and attraction while still fulfilling its mission of telling the story of the Marines in Jacksonville and the Carolinas.

"So it has to do all those things," he said.

The buiding design is based on two themes. The first is of a Marine coming ashore on the crest of a wave during an amphibious landing, a basis for the building's curving form, according to the release.

The second theme, one of training a new recruit until he or she is battle-ready, is illustrated through the granite wall of the building's Great Hall, which has a rough texture that gradually evolves to a polished sheen.

Building details are also influenced by images common to Marines such as campaign ribbons and the camouflage pattern.

Cathy Davidson, marketing coordinator with the firm, said the award was just one honor they received in being commissioned to design the building.

"We're honored to design the building in the first place," she said.

Antonio Velarde primarily covers eastern Onslow and western Carteret counties. He can be reached at avelarde@freedomenc.com or 353-1171, ext. 8464. To comment on this and other reports, visit www.jdnews.com.

Ellie