design points

skyscraper as gateway, signage, frame, light, transparency

_respond to need for access to light
_provide views down existing axes
_make edge active

_3 zones: business, residential, retail (with connecting atrium?)
zones separated by voids at important levels, relates to transparency


form is dictated by views from:

_mall
_immediate street (aka 9th or H street)
_far away (aka skyline, view from Arlington)
_on site


literal transparency is important but applied to form after it takes shape