Tag: Daniel Winterbottom

Fircrest School is the only state Residential Habilitation Center located in the Puget Sound urban corridor and provides housing and services for two hundred of the most severely disabled residents of Washington State*. The eighty six acre facility is located in Shoreline WA, just north of Seattle. The existing campus was built upon the infrastructure of a WW II military barracks and was used as a tuberculosis quarantine center following the end of the war until acquisition by the state…

Project Statement: A neglected park in a striving and diverse community was redesigned to reflect and celebrate its many cultures using art, ecology and recreation. An attached wetland area previously overrun by invasive species was restored. The park demonstrates green building practices, serves as a model for residents to learn sustainable strategies, and functions as an outdoor classroom for youth. The community process, design and construction were completed as a collaboration between the King County Parks and Recreation Division and…