They will also commission a major cultural landscape report in order to determine Farrand's exact wishes for the site and how they can build without harming her garden.
"As we see it, our intervention into the historic fabric of the garden, in terms of the final result, will be as minimal as possible," Urban says.
The Plan
As for the lawn and walls and paths that the project will force construction crews to tear up, the architects say that these will not sustain any permanent damage.
The walls and paths will simply be removed temporarily, stored, and replaced. The grass can be replanted, and the architects say they envision Dumbarton Oaks looking almost unchanged.
But this optimism is not shared by some of the architects who have reviewed the plan.
Rowe, who is presently working on the Big Dig in Boston, says that although she believes the intentions are good, such projects are rarely successful.
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