In spring 2005, the Department of Landscape Architecture at University of Washington was contracted by the Seattle City Council to examine possibilities of creating near-shore habitats in the Central Waterfront while providing public access and amenities. The project was carried …
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2005 Pete Gross House Healing Garden
Located in Seattle, the Pete Gross House is a residential facility housing people being treated for cancer through the Cancer Care Alliance. In partnership with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Seattle Garden Club, the design/build studio designed …
2005 Design Rescue: Aceh
On December 26, 2004, a series of earthquakes caused tsunamis impacting nine countries in South Asia and leaving more than 100,000 dead and a further 2 millions forced from their homes. Over 10 countries are affected as far away as …
2005 International District Open Space
Located in South Downtown Seattle, the Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon -International District is one of the city’s most historically important neighborhoods. It has been the hub of Asian American communities in the Pacific Northwest since the late 1800’s. Today, it …
2004 Field Studio: Quanzhou, China
The UW Community Planning and Urban Design Field Studio in China was a 4-week, 8-credit course that brought students in urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture and related fields such as China Studies, Geography and Anthropology, to deal directly with issues …
2004 Hamamatsu, Japan
In 2004 the design/build program was asked by the Pacifica Flora International Youth Garden Forum to participate in an international competition to create a garden for the 2004 Pacifica Flora Flower Show in Hamamatsu, Japan. The competition included teams from …
2004 Outdoor Learning Environment
Located north of Seattle, the Evergreen School is a small private school defined by a sprawling campus sited on a steep slope. The building clusters focus on several open spaces, with the primary green space located at the highest point …
2003 UW Healing Garden
In this collaborative studio students from Fine Art and Landscape Architecture under Associate Professor Daniel Winterbottom and Professor John Young worked with the center personnel to design and build a healing garden.
The project, entitled “The Wing Garden’ ” is …
2002 University Heights
University Heights Community Center is located in Seattle’s University District on the corner of University Way and 50th Street. The historic school, now functioning as a community center, sought to develop a 10,000 square foot open space on the building’s …
2002 Seattles International District
Started as an ethnic enclave in the 1860’s, the Chinatown-International District in Seattle today is a place of immigrant histories, personal and family memories, community pride, and home to many elderly residents, restaurants and businesses. Being a multi-ethnic neighborhood located …