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Congratulations to UW 2024 ASLA Award winner

Congratulations to Lily Daniels (UWLA ’24) on receiving the 2024 ASLA Award of Excellence in Communications, for their project “Where the Street Ends.” This project was advised by UWLA department chair Ken Yocom. Project Statement: “Seattle’s abundant waterways and shorelines create unique spaces where human experience and nature thrive together. This project delves into the Seattle Street End project, highlighting its potential to enhance community access to the water. With 142 street end parks scattered around Seattle, this guide provides…

Design Build Update: Quint Family Sensory Garden

The Quint Family Sensory Garden was UW Landscape Architecture’s most recent design-build project, led by professor Daniel Winterbottom. The Kline Galland Home provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services. Over the course of two quarters, UWLA students worked to design and realize the sensory garden. The garden was opened in June 2024, and  provides space to rest, explore through various senses, and even stimulate memory and reduce stress. For a more in-depth look at the Sensory Garden, and an insight into the support…

Landscape Architecture Students Design and Build Microhome

Population Tiny Home UW BLA students, Hanbeom Lee, Vasilisa Karp, and Jessica Liao, participated in the MICROHOME Tiny House Design Competition. During their research on the chosen topic of housing for individuals experiencing homelessness, they discovered the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and decided to build a tiny house themselves in order to better understand how these houses are constructed in order to improve upon them. The trio of students were able to realize their thorough plans and create a…

Furniture For Keeps: A New Approach to Sustainable Furniture Fabrication

Rather than the traditional approach of having students purchase virgin lumber, our department chose to source lumber from the UW Salvage Wood Program for this year’s Furniture Studio cohort. To learn more about our furniture studio course and this unprecedented practice of utilizing salvaged wood, check out our StoryMap created by MLA student Joanna Chen!