The Marfa Restoration Plan follows the historic restoration of 101 Spring Street, Judd’s home and studio in New York. That project received seven national awards, including the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and defines the contextual approach Judd Foundation will implement for each building in the plan.

Judd Foundation holds a substantial collection of Judd’s works on paper, drawings, prints, paintings, furniture prototypes and objects, along with the Judd Foundation Archives. The plan will create new state-of-the-art, climate-controlled storage for the entire collection.

The plan includes the creation of new public spaces for programs to enrich the experience and understanding of Judd’s legacy in Marfa. The first of these spaces will be completed within the Architecture Office. The 540 square-foot space will be used for temporary exhibitions and educational programs and made available for use by other local arts groups and community organizations for programming. Additional public spaces to enhance research and scholarship will be included in the Archive Building and Print Building, including a library, reading rooms, and a viewing room.

The plan includes the expansion of Judd Foundation’s buildings in downtown Marfa to create dedicated spaces for its collection and research by scholars. These buildings are focused on research, preservation, and collections care—activities which are fundamental to the Foundation’s work and mission to provide a wider understanding of Judd’s legacy.

During his lifetime, Judd acquired close to 40,000 acres of land in and around Marfa which are maintained today as part of a conservation easement. The plan will grow Judd Foundation’s land stewardship programs and restore the buildings on Judd’s ranch. The plan includes the creation of public access to undeveloped land in Marfa.

Judd Foundation recognizes the importance of the place and the community of Marfa. As the stewards of prominent architecture in Marfa, the Foundation has the responsibility to both restore Judd’s buildings as he intended and maintain and enhance the qualities of the city they help to define. Along with the contextual restoration and historic preservation of Judd’s buildings, the plan includes streetscape and public space improvements to enhance and provide new outdoor and indoor spaces for shared community use.

The Architecture Office is the first project in the restoration plan. This restoration will open the first floor of the building to the public, allowing access to Judd’s architectural projects in the permanently installed office spaces containing models, drawings, design objects and Judd-designed furniture. The restoration and the reinstallation of the second-floor spaces will include Judd’s permanently installed bedroom, office, and sitting room. The second floor will also support Judd research by providing housing for scholars working within the Judd Foundation Archives.

Collection protection and climate control are key tenets of the Architecture Office restoration. The building will house Judd’s architectural drawings and design prototypes, along with six works by John Chamberlain.

The Block will include the restoration of the two-story building and the completion of Judd’s architectural projects for the site. These include landscape architecture projects, primarily the restoration of the winter garden, pergola, and plantings as well as the installation of new drainage infrastructure to prevent flooding across the Block. The adobe walls which surround the complex will be repaired using traditional adobe techniques and local materials.

This two-building complex, located adjacent to the Block, will be dedicated to the study and preservation of the Judd Foundation Archives and collections. It includes a purpose-built facility and an existing 1920s mercantile building that will be restored to house the Foundation’s facilities and operations. Utilizing sustainable construction and renewable energy, the Archive Building will be a net-zero-carbon-emissions design.

The Archive Building will be a dedicated space for art storage, collection protection, and enhanced research access. The building will allow visiting scholars to access the archives, collection, and catalogue raisonné. This project will include the creation of new facilities for the collections care and research.

The Print Building restoration will preserve twenty-eight rooms on the second floor of the historic building which were originally part of the Alta Vista Hotel and then the Crews Hotel. The rooms will be installed with a rotating selection of prints from a complete set of Judd’s prints intended as part of the installation of the Print Building. The ground floor of the building will be restored and house new visitor services facilities.

Ayala de Chinati will focus the building projects at Las Casas, Judd’s most remote ranch house located on land maintained and stewarded as part of a conservation easement overseen by Judd Foundation. These will include the completion of Judd’s free-standing architectural projects for the site, including the bunkhouse and a three-building stables complex.