DESIGN FOR LIVING IN CIA - HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND CAMPUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-01130R000200150060-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2002
• Sequence Number: 60
• Content Type: REPORT

for living
in CIA
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to all CIA employees
We are fortunate in having a headquarters building and campus
which rank among the most attractive and interesting of all federal
establishments.
Allen Dulles, the Director of Central Intelligence from February 1953
to November 1961, was the moving force in all aspects of its creation.
He was, for instance, keenly interested in a wooded campus, and
personally marked those trees to be saved during construction..
The use, upkeep, and improvement of our buildings are important
parts of our stewardship of thi-; property for our government and our
fellow citizens. This booklet has been prepared to help us carry out
this trust. It seeks to tell you about the environment in which we spend
so much of our lives, and how we can all help preserve it. An attractive
environment contributes to our well-being.
As good stewards, we should also note that in the long run a good
environment costs less than an ill-conceived or poorly-maintained one.
Avoiding needless expenses and waste of materials is a part of our
stewardship. Our concern for our place of work and our cooperation
with the General Services Administration, which manages our build-
ings, is imperative to success in our endeavor.
This booklet is part of a comprehensive and continuing environ-
mental plan. Following such a plan means we can more wisely spend
the limited funds available to us to make our building and campus
more pleasant, habitable, and enjoyable.
W. E. Colbyy
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what
is
design?
i )esign is a purpose, a plan which sets out to
=)ci;ieve a specific goal. Design takes individual
;gar s and works them together so that the total
=s y:-eater than the sum of parts.
`l'le basis for a successful institutional
escvi,onment is planned and integrated de-
Our headquarters building and campus
arc I art of the design planned by the original
acch tects. The sharp lines of the building
aarc snftened by the trees and shrubbery that
sairrrund it. Inside, the predominant white-
ness of the walls is complemented by the
inbred doors and accent panels.
Ai important thing about design is that,
once it has been defined and is successful,
sl ould not be altered indiscriminately.
t:liai ge of a basic design component should
b(, tl c subject of careful study. If it is not,
lie integrity of the entire design could be
iu-catened.
I.c 's look first at the design of a part of
the 1uilcing we all know most about: the
first- -and most public-floor.
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iur first floor and the adjoining campus
+ ~. +. ha e oeeu developed to provide services,
h
re
ari as of stDecai interest. and areas for
the rel ixatioii.
first floor Our main indoor quadrangle-with its
spacious color-accented, we 1-lighted corridor
sn area ,,f rnovc nett for most of
vi'-as-s
ir; Bright contemporary paintings hang on
the wails. Our history is in part reflected :n the portrait gallery of
previous Directors.
The Exhibit Corridor has o (tale lionase,l some fih c:iltural events:
traveling art exhibits, employe( airt shows, a pictorial recital of our
part in the Cuban missile crisis, grid special dispfivs, such as the
l';scher print collection, thu property of a fellow employee.
Also located on the first floor ~oouadraiigie are (rir Credit Union
insurance office, and erni'ioyee-; stoup, as well is an Employee
liiformation Board with it gins of current and gr reral interest to
all employees. Corridors oif the quadrangle lead us to the North
:ind South cafeterias with tiieir v