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Landscape architecture 403 - neighborhood design Fall 2017 Studio September 26, 2017 to December 6, 2017 University Of Washington
booklet design and layout Jack Schweitzer, Megan Young, Michael Lewis
Site The Duwamish River is a shifted waterline that both unites and divides the adjacent neighborhoods of South Park and Georgetown. The communities are characterized by distinct identities shaped by culture, history, industry, and ecology. The pedestrian and bicycle route between the neighborhoods is an important corridor with the potential to unite the communities and bring neighbors closer together. The studio has been fortunate to work with a number of community groups and residents as they continue to gain momentum towards realizing their demand for safe and equitable access to the urban environment.
Georgetown
South Park
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Students Julia Bakke Sarah Bartosh Jingwei Jiang Mattie Powell Brando Reece-Gomez Darin Rosellini Jack Schweitzer Jesse Shan Elijah Vantreese Megan Young Karlie Yu
Instructor Michael Lewis
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Thank you We want to share our gratitude and thank the studio
and Andrew Schiffer for joining our studio to share an
reviewers Liz Browning, David Grohmann, Jeff Hou,
important introduction to environmental equity and
Peter Malandra, Adnya Sarasmita, Ben Spencer, Tom
action projects in South Park and Georgetown. Another
Walker, Diane Wiatr, Ken Yocom, for your feedback
thank you to Jeff Hou for presenting an inspiring
during reviews. We would like to thank JoAnne
overview of strategic design intervention and urban
Edwards, Vanessa Lee, Joshua Polansky, and again
hacking that set the stage for this studio. Thank you
Jeff Hou, Ben Spencer, Ken Yocom and others in the
to Jordan Monez and Elizabeth Umbanhowar for also
college and department for your support keeping the
providing your professional feedback during desk
quarter running smoothly for us behind the scenes.
critiques.
To Carol Ohlfs and Jesse Moore, we thank you for your
Lastly, we would like to express a special thank you
partnership and welcoming introduction to your work
to the communities of Georgetown and South Park,
with Duwamish Valley Safe Streets, and for visiting the
including the number of members of Duwamish Valley
studio to share individual feedback during the design
Safe Streets, DIRT Corps, and Georgetown Open
process. Thank you to the members of DVSS and DIRT
Space Committee, for being welcoming and vibrant
Corps for your individual feedback and for sharing
hosts. It is clear that you have such a love for your
your personal and creative vision with us. Jesse, we
neighborhoods. Your resilience, strong community, and
want to share an additional thank you for inviting us
creativity is an inspiration that we hope shows through
out to walk the GT+SP Trail. Thank you to Cari Simson
our work as well.
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Program There are a number of grant funded projects happening
The students, both graduate and undergraduate,
Students have focused on different portions of the
along East Marginal, and across South Park Bridge
have focused on increasing connectivity between
route, and have compiled their proposals here as a
into the 14th Ave business district. Many of them are
the neighboring communities of South Park and
collection of design strategies at multiple physical,
modest budgets to increase safety and accessibility,
Georgetown. In short, they were asked to play with
temporal, and budget scales to share with project
but with potential for conflicting goals and strategies
the built environment and to bring increased life to the
stakeholders. The proposals, although meant for
between the independent projects at various sites and
landscape between two distinctly resilient communities.
specific sites, are presented as a booklet of design
scales. This studio critically explored methods, tactics,
Students were encouraged to re-purpose, or hack, the
precedence for best practice strategies and innovative
and ethics of phased proposals that strategically
dominant narratives of the inhospitable landscape that
suggestions for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure
intervene for short-term action that builds to long-term
divides the two communities and find opportunity to
design in an industrial area.
systemic impact. The tactic has been examined as
bring them closer together. Community stakeholders,
a low-cost phase to achieve a variety of objectives,
including Duwamish Valley Safe Streets and DIRT
including storytelling, social commentaries, making the
Corps, were essential allies that provided community
urban environment more inclusive and hospitable, to
input and support at neighborhood meetings and in
make the city more playful, and to inform further design
studio.
and equitable change at neighborhood scales.
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Summary of Collective Community thoughts + moving forward The Neighborhood Design Studio has been keenly
and learning from the community, without repeating
focused on delivering a design package that would
the activities, research, and processes that were
represent the community desire. The hard work and
so thoroughly covered in the vision processes.
rich data found in: Duwamish Restoration, Vision and
With careful planning, students asked participatory
Change Over Time by Cari Simson, The Georgetown
questions, inspired personal anecdotes and stories
Green Space Vision Framework and The South Park
from residents, and were invited to contribute as
Green Space Vision Plan helped frame the foundation
welcomed participants in the community meetings.
of the studio process and serves as a robust source
For many students, this was their first experience in a
of analysis and community effort. In those documents,
community meeting. That process is a foundation of
Georgetown and South Park have expressed that a
this collection of work.
safe connection between the two neighborhoods is not only wanted, but is necessary. Rather than repeat the rich content of those robust resources, students built upon it to further their site analysis and design framework.
The studio engaged a diverse group of community members at a variety of community meetings. The primary goal was to prompt opportunities for listening
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Community meetings The studio class participated in several community meetings throughout the quarter to develop and inform students design decisions. With Duwamish Valley Safe Streets (DVSS) and Duwamish Infrastructure Restoration Training (DIRT) Corps, students were able to have informative conversations with knowledgeable residents of South Park and Georgetown, in a variety of community forums including pubs, classrooms, community centers, and a museum. Through exposure gained in personal conversations from residents, students were able to move their designs forward. Organized by a two student faciltation team, Megan Young and Jack Schweitzer, students had to plan the meetings and organized their time frame accordingly, with strategic activities to gain as much knowledge from the members of each group as possible. Below are the three community meetings students engaged in and what came out of the three meetings. On the following page are results of the activities from the members of each group.
Meeting (1) DVSS
Meeting (3) DVSS
Machine House Brewery
Meeting (2) Dirt Corps*
Students asked attendees
South Seattle Community College,
After meeting with DVSS
Meeting (4) Georgetown Open Space Committee
to write a new slogan for
Georgetown
previously in the quarter,
Georgetown History Museum
their neighborhood, respond
Students asked members
students were able to show
Already well intro design, a
to precedent projects, map
of Dirt Corps to write a new
their design ideas and
group of students focussed
where they go to in each
slogan for their neighborhood
progress from the last meeting.
on Georgetown, shared their
neighborhood and how they
and participate in providing
Members of Duwamish Valley
work with members of the
got to that location. They also
feedback for students
Safe Streets were able to talk
Georgetown Open Space
wrote an anonymous love
regarding their work moving
to students about their work
Committee, some of which
letter to express their love of
forward through a design
and suggest improvements for
were at the previous meetings.
their neighborhood in a short
critique.
the next iteration of design,
Members provided critique and
preparing for final critiques.
additional suggestions.
paragraph.
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South Park Community Center
Community meeting activity samples Overall goal of community meeting activities The overall goal of the community meeting activities was to listen. After reading the vision plans, the students worked together to come up with three questions they wished to have answered:
How do you see your neighborhood?
How do you want others to see your neighborhood?
What might you like to see in your neighborhood?
Based on those three questions, students developed a series of activities to begin engaging community members.
Activity one: Slogan At the community meetings, students asked the members to engaged in an “ice-breaker” activity. The students called the first exercise, ‘slogan’, which called for members to give students a phrase that members thought either represented or showcased how they view their respective neighborhoods. This ultimately gave students a form of data to reflect on as a studio. In addition to being an icebreaker, students interpreted these statements as a reflection of how some residents might want others to perceive the character of their neighborhood.
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Community meeting activity samples Activity two: Love letter At the end of the first community meeting with Duwamish Valley Safe Streets, students asked the community members to write a love letter to their neighborhood. The purpose of this exercise was to explore the highlights of the communities and additional insight into the positive character of their neighborhood. For many students, these letters served as a positive touchstone for them to remain rooted to the community voice as they navigated the studio. These notes were seen as an insight into the emotional appeal and connection to the neighborhood that is often hard to discern when walking the industrial route that connects these neighbors.
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Community meeting activity samples Georgetown and South Park - Student Design Development Path Network The path network, shown below, was divided into
cohesive with the surrounding area and their student
and dialogue with fellow students and teachers through
7 different projects that the designers tackled as
colleagues. Designers took different approaches to
the process.
individuals or as part of a two-person team. With the
their designated space, but had a similar back-bone
location divisions, designers created spaces to be
through the information gained at community meetings
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Context Map -Georgetown + South park location Downtown Seattle
West Seattle
Georgetown
South Park
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Developing the studio tool kit To organize the design moves and implementations across Georgetown and South Park, an infographic was developed to showcase the emphasis of each design.
The two-student studio facilitation team organized three lists of design implementations to categorize the goals and strategies of the student projects.. These design implementation were then categorized into three main categories: habitat and green infrastructure, history and cultural identity, and access and connection that were developed according to community documents, site analysis, and community meetings. Each design implementation falls under one of the three main categories. There is no hierarchy between design implementations as they are listed or regarding color.
After the categories were developed, the facilitation team went to each project and asked each individual or pair to identify their main design moves that were going to be showcased in the final. The images to the right are the ‘scorecard’ developed that would ultimately lead to the infographic that became the table of proposals (next page).
Design category 1. History + cultural identity / 2. Habitat + green infrastructure / 3. Access + connection
Design implementation Examples: local business, stormwater, adaptive re-use, pedestrian infrastructure, safety, city network
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How to use the table of Proposals There are seven design proposals which is shown with the seven rings shown in the circle diagram. Each of the seven rings represents a student(s) proposal location as well as the design components that make up their proposal..
For example, the inner ring is labeled number 1. Ring 1 matches a location, which is 8th Avenue & Park (shown on the next page). The color bands that compose the ring coordinate with the table of design components below, as referenced by the blue lines. This process is
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repeated for each of the seven projects so readers can navigate the book in order by location or search out specific design components by color.
History + cultural identity
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Local businesses Local events View points Industrial connection Duwamish river Native American history Reflect demographics
Habitat + Green infrastructure Green Street Stormwater Restoration Open space Eco - learning Stewardship Adaptive re - use Local environment
Access + Connection Bike infrastructure Pedestrian infrastructure Walkability Signage Water connection Safety Vehicle access City network
How to use the table of PROPOSALS Shown below is the number 1 ring pulled out of the main circle diagram. Next to the ring, is the location, the student(s) who designed the proposal, as well as the design components for reference. Each project in the book has a title page before their work, displaying their corresponding circle and list of design components.
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Mattie Powell PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, SIGNAGE, SAFETY, DUWAMISH RIVER, VIEW POINTS, GREEN STREET, RESTORATION
Location Jesse Shan Student(s) WALKABILITY, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY, CITY NETWORK, GREEN STREET, LOCAL EVENTS Design Components Location Label and Project Number Individual Circle of Design Components pulled from the larger Table of Proposals
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Elijah Vantreese CITY NETWORK, REFLECT DEMOGRAPHICS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, SIGNAGE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE
Darin Rosellini GREEN STREET, STORMWATER, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY
Brando Reece-Gomez BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY, STORMWATER, INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION
Jingwei Jiang and Karlie Yu WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY, GREEN STREET, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
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Table of Proposals
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History + cultural identity
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Local businesses Local events View points Industrial connection Duwamish river Native American history Reflect demographics
Habitat + Green infrastructure Green Street Stormwater Restoration Open space Eco - learning Stewardship Adaptive re - use Local environment
Access + Connection Bike infrastructure Pedestrian infrastructure Walkability Signage Water connection Safety Vehicle access City network
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Mattie Powell PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, SIGNAGE, SAFETY, DUWAMISH RIVER, VIEW POINTS, GREEN STREET, RESTORATION
Jesse Shan WALKABILITY, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY, CITY NETWORK, GREEN STREET, LOCAL EVENTS
Elijah Vantreese CITY NETWORK, REFLECT DEMOGRAPHICS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, SIGNAGE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE
Darin Rosellini GREEN STREET, STORMWATER, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY
Brando Reece-Gomez BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY, STORMWATER, INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION
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Jingwei Jiang and Karlie Yu , WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY, GREEN STREET, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
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Julia Bakke and Sarah Bartosh SAFETY, WALKABILITY, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, GREEN STREET, LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
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STUDENT DESIGN proposals
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Mattie Powell PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, SIGNAGE, SAFETY, DUWAMISH RIVER, VIEW POINTS, GREEN STREET, RESTORATION
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CHANNEL CONNECTION Mattie Powell
Site Location + Scope
Conceptual Plan 18
Park redesign looking east 19
8th Avenue Intervention Phase 1
8th Avenue Intervention Phase 2 20
Jesse Shan WALKABILITY, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY, CITY NETWORK, GREEN STREET, LOCAL EVENTS
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PANORAMIC
CORSON AVE S
SIDEWALK
DRIVEWAY
PARKING
BIKE LANE SIDEWALK
CARLETON AVE S
SIDEWALK
PLAZA
BIKE LANE
DRIVEWAY PARKING SIDEWALK
FLORA AVE S
Pedestrian-Prioritized Road Bike-Prioritized Road
Jesse Shan
Mixed-Use Roads
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SIDEWALK
BIKE LANE
DRIVEWAY
PARKING
SIDEWALK
BIKE LANE
DRIVEWAY
PARKING
SIDEWALK
ELLIS AVE S
The large-scale strategy is to separate different modes of transportation onto different paths, so pedestrian and bicycle could stay on the inside of the neighborhood, connecting public open spaces, vehicular traffic stays on the edge of the residential area, more as a thoroughfare connecting highway and the industrial zone. SIDEWALK
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Along the residential context, it’s important to have a linear passing spaces that are designated to pedestrian and bicycle.
Carleton Avenue Grocery is one of the important neighborhood gathering spaces. To create an open space in front of the store, for festival gatherings and events, using planters as seatings.
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S WARSAW ST
S EDDY ST
S BAILEY ST
The painting on the ground make the space more open towards the Oxbow Park, also introducing the green open space into the streetscape.
To continue the space pattern onto 8th Ave S, put one sidewalk with planters divider on one side, connecting the neighborhood and the park.
Among the residential context, enough space for vehicle passing through and parking.
Around public assets, painting indicate the direction, also a tool to strengthen the identity and common memory.
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Creating patterns with elements from the neighborhood and repeating along the E Marginal Way connects the neighborhoods.
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Elijah Vantreese CITY NETWORK, REFLECT DEMOGRAPHICS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, SIGNAGE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE
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Elijah Vantreese
GEORGETOWN URBAN ART TRAIL
Small elements in the Urban Landscape that capture the D.I.Y. nature of a Neighborhood that isn’t waiting around for a city that left it to its own devices years ago.
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A Kinetic Sculpture drawing attention to a change in direction and allowing for a point of interest in front of a small business.
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Green Screens on Michigan Street. Using the recycled scrap from Way finding elements.
Darin Rosellini GREEN STREET, STORMWATER, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY
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GTSP HEALING PARK Darin rosellini 32
GOALS • • •
Safety Tranquil Connection
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GTSP TRAIL
GOALS The neighborhoods of Georgetown and South Park are in need of a primary pedestrian and bike path that connects the business and residential zones of each neighborhood. This 1.8 mile route would start on 16th Ave in South Park, continue over the South Park Bridge, head North on East Marginal Way, and continue East on Ellis Ave to Georgetown.
East Marginal Way + 16th Avenue Intersection
• Establish long term pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure • Consolidate bike and pedestrian traffic direction, for one linear highway • Provide protection buffer from road implementing bollards, green buffer, and lighting.
PRECEDENT
Image Source: Seattle Greenways Newsletter
Mercer Street underpass 5th Ave Bike Trail Westlake Ave Bike Trail
Brando reece-gomez
Photos of the current site conditions show evidence of a lack of basic safety amenities; sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting, safety buffers, dedicated pedestrian traffic lights.
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This design proposes a primary bicycle and pedestrian pathway that includes a two-lane bike path, a sidewalk, crosswalks, dedicated biking and pedestrian traffic lights, safety buffers between the road and paths, and lighting that illuminated the path at night.
Facing North on East Marginal Way
East Marginal Way
TRAIL CONCEPTS
Crossing at Ellis Ave
Path along East Marginal Way
The two lane bike and pedestrian path will travel along the south side of East Marginal Way. The path will cross at Ellis Ave and continue east toward Georgetown’s central area. Sections of the pathway will have enough spacing for wide sidewalks, while other sections will require all paths to be relatively narrow. The goal is to have one linear and safe thoroughfare for bikers and pedestrians.
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TRAIL PLAN MATERIALS ASPHALT
SIDEWALK
STREET LIGHTING
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
PLANTINGS
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SLOUGH SLEDGE, CAREX
JAPANESE SILVER GRASS
THYME
BIRCH
Jingwei Jiang WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY, GREEN STREET, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
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SPANNING Jingwei Jiang 40
GOALS
• Opening access from Georgetown to South Park • New connection to the waterfront and two neighborhoods - direct access for pedestrians • Ecology - water bank restorations and E Marginal green infrastructure, boardwalk lifted up along the water bank to provide more space for habitat and species • Pushing people from loud, noisy traffic to the waterfront
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GEORGETOWN/SOUTH PARK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE - NIGHTTIME
VIEWING DECK / OPENING TO WATERFRONT
Extend from the mud flat outside of Boeing factory building to the Duwamish waterway park. Move convenient access for residents from both neighborhoods.
Opening the closest waterfront for Georgetown residents with public seating areas and connecting areas with a boardwalk.
3 / EAST MARGINAL GREENWAY
E Marginal
Train Track
Rain Gardens, Bioswales, remediation Stormwater Infrastructure
Sidewalk 41
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Left to Right - South Park to Georgetown Connection via Bridge with Boeing factory building on Georgetown side 42
Karlie Yu WALKABILITY, WATER CONNECTION, SAFETY, GREEN STREET, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
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PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY Karlie Yu 44
GOALS
• Rebuild the E. Marginal Way to make it more pedestrian and bike friendly • Make better access to water • Reconnect Georgetown and South Park by water • Reclaim industrial area to create parks and open space for residents
Better Access to Water
Connecting by Water
Visual Connection
Reduction of Vacant Parking Lot 45
REBUILD A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY E. MARGINAL WAY
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Julia Bakke and Sarah Bartosh SAFETY, WALKABILITY, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, GREEN STREET, LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
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ILLUMINATING NATURE
GOALS • Our design addresses South Park’s top priority of improving safety. Based on SDOT’s Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Strategies, our concept is creating a safe pedestrian experience using lighting and nature. Dependent on budget provided by the city, our design has the flexibility to be implemented on various scales.
CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Julia Bakke + Sarah Bartosh
The Seattle Police Department has outlined on their website the following design strategies for CPTED:
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• Lighting- street lights should be well spaced and in working order, alleys and parking areas should also be lit. Lighting should also reflect the intended hours of operation, i.e. lighting of playfields or structures in local parks may actually encourage after hour criminal activities. Motion-sensing lights perform the double duty of providing light when needed and letting trespasser know that “they have been seen.” • Landscaping- Generally uniformly shaped sites are safer than irregularly shaped sites because there are less hiding places. Plants should follow the 3-8 rule of thumb; hedges no higher than 3 feet, and tree canopies starting no lower than 8 feet. South Park Green Space Vision Plan, June 2014, Seattle Parks Foundation
14th ave s With 14th street being a such a highly used freight road during the day, our design allows pedestrians to dominate the road when it is the safest for them to be there, at night. To attract people, we are temporarily shutting down the outside lanes of 14th for a night market. This closure will begin on the north side of the South Park Bridge and will provide a smooth traffic transition into two lanes at night. This will slow down cars and create a safe and pedestrian dominated experience.
Night Market
Rising bollards with lights for evening street lane closures
On 14th Street in South Park. Looking South as you approach the proposed night market.
Way-finding light in pavement
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Dallas Ave Two of South Park’s defined priorities was the incorporation of green spaces and a safer pedestrian experience. With the connection that Dallas provides to the Duwamish River Trail, we are shutting down this street to turn it into a neighborhood greenway. Our design reflects local history since Dallas Ave is where the Duwamish River ran when South Park was a farming dominant landscape. This is what inspired the large planter beds throughout the street, and the blue lit curved ground.
Trees with uplight and native vegetation
Community garden bed Wayfinding glowing blue path
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16th ave s 16th addresses air quality, it utilizes the large sidewalk already provided, softens the boundary between cars and pedestrians, and is well lit to make it feel safe and creates interest along that road and way-finding in between Georgetown and South Park. Ties to Georgetown’s interest in green screens.
Green screen tunnel Way-finding light overhead
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South Park Plaza The South Park Plaza is one of the most underutilized areas of the neighborhood and a priority site in the South Park/ Georgetown Connection plan. We redesigned this space to have a large flexible area for events, performances, and an extension of the proposed 14th Street Night Market. A path from this plaza then continues the user through a more natural landscape and allows access to the Duwamish River.
Dense vegetated area for ecological purposes and habitat
Tree canopy covered seating area Open Plaza event space Access to the Duwamish River
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DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION Phase one
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• 16th Street: Temporary lighting and smaller planter beds • Dallas Avenue: Street closure for a few hours during the day and planters • South Park Plaza: Temporary lighting and tree planters • 14th Street: Temporary night street closure during weekend, cones as barrier
• 16th Street: Permanent vegetation beds • Dallas Avenue: Full street closure and additional lighting and planter beds • 14th Street: Additional temporary night street closure during the week and bollards installed for lighting
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Conclusion In conclusion, this book is a collection of the Fall 2017 Department Landscape Architecture Neighborhood Design Studio’s accumulation of design work throughout the quarter. Each proposal in the book is an individual or partner student design that aims to increase overall connectivity between the Georgetown and South Park neighborhoods. The proposals are in response to the needs and wants voiced in community meetings, participatory activities, neighborhood site visits, guest speakers, design precedence, and previous neighborhood analysis and vision processes.
Site analysis for this studio helped guide students as they broke the route up into sections that respond to specific site conditions of current action sites. Although the collection of designs span the route connecting the two neighborhoods, it is not intended to be one comprehensive design, but rather a collection of ideas, design innovations, and strategic approves that could be applied at multiple sites or scales.
We admire the hard work and determination of our studio partners. As allies in their progress to have safe and equitable access to the built environment, we hope that this book helps generate ideas for the community that can be shared and adopted toward future projects.
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