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Location

Course Type

Instructor Team

Kline Galland, Seattle

Design/Build Studio

Therapeutic Garden

Daniel Winterbottom, Amy Wagenfeld

Daniella Slowisk, Meghan O, Yen-chia

A therapeutic garden to focus on the metaphor of unfolding and unfurling. We were inspired by the movement of an unfolding scroll and the alignment between the way a book unfolds, and one’s life cycle reveals its stories. Through an interview with staffs, participatory design with residents and their family garden, case studies, and senior’s behavior analyses, we aim for bringing the nursing home an intergenerational space, where people of all ages will come together to share their own stories, histories, and memories with loved ones

PARTICIPATORY DESIGN PROCESS

CATEGORIES VOTE VISUALIZATION VOTE OPEN ANSWER INQUIRES

SPATIAL RENDERING IN MODEL

SITE MANAGEMENT, MEASUREMENTS, PERCOLATION TEST

SPRING

GATHERING ZONE

SUMMER

AUTUMN

WINTER

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION WITH PLANTATION

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

ISOMETRIC (RHINO+ PS+ ID)

SECTION DETAIL (AUTOCAD)

SECTION DETAIL (AUTOCAD)

STRUCTURE DESIGN STEEL DESIGN PLAYABLE FUNITURES

With the complex furniture, children and grandparents can have a fun time together with multi-functional uses benches and desks filled with adaptable toys

Elevated plant beds on either side of the walkways to provide security, guidance, and provide opportunity to easily interact with surrounding flower

FURNITURE DESIGN

Many different seating options,providing people with sense of autonomy and flexibility

Central to the structure is a covered area, which can both serve as an intimate gathering space and as a central stage

SECTIONS (RHINO + PS + ID)

STRATEGIES

PARTICIPATORY EELGRASS

Location Course Type Instructor

Discovery Park, Seattle

Ecological Systems Studio

Ecological & Educational Landscape

Julie Johnson, Brooke Sullivan

Reducing the negative impacts of climate change on parks and protecting the environment’s health is not the task of scientists, ecologists, or experts in specific fields. This shoreline project is to cultivate the culture of citizen scientists through near water interaction

HUMAN WELL-BEING

HUMAN HEALTH

SOCIAL JUSTICE

THE RIGHT OF NATURE

RESILIENCE

FAMILY EQUALITY SOLAR PANEL SLIDER BENCH

Location

Course Type Instructor

The elevated solar bench promotes equal interaction between the kid and their parents by increasing the height.

The movable slider could act as a multi-use working desk or lunch table for people to work or relax in the outdoor environment with a solar panel canopy at the same time

Redmond, WA

Material, Craft and Construction

Furnishing Design

Catherine De Almeida

Concept Thinking

ISOMETRIC VIEW (RHINO + PS + ID)

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

USAGE OF 55.25 KILOWATT-HOURS (KWH) IS EQUALLY SAVING A TREE FROM THE PRODUCTION OF FOSSIL FUEL. THE FAMILY SOLAR PANEL BENCH USES 292 KILOWATT-HOURS (KWH) OF ELECTRICITY PER YEAR. SWITCHING FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO SOLAR POWER IN THE STATE HAS THE SAME EMISSIONS REDUCTION EFFECT AS PLANTING AROUND FIVE TREES EVERY YEAR. U.S.ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION]

USAGE OF 55.25 KILOWATT_HOURS (KWH) IS EQUALLY SAVING A TREE FROM THE PRODUCTION OF FOSSIL FUEL. THE FAMILY SOLAR PANEL BENCH USES 292 KWH OF ELECTRICITY PER YEAR. SWTCHING FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO SOLAR POWER IN THE STATE HAS THE SAME EMISSIONS REDUCTION EFFECT AS PLANTING AROUND FIVE TREES EVERY YEAR. [U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION]

REDUCES ENERGY USE BY 63,999 KWH AND SAVES $3,600 ANNUALLY BY SWITCHING TO LED LIGHT FIXTURES. LED BULBDS HAVE A MUCH LONGER LIFESPAN, USUALLY GREATER THAN 50,000 HOURS, WHICH IS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES THAT OF CONVENTIONAL OUTDOOR LIGHTING. AS A RESULT, THE PARK DOES NOT HAVE TO REPLACE BULBS AS OFTEN, WHICH IN TURN REDUCES MAINTENANCE AND OFF-SITE STORAGE COSTS. THESE COSTS

TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $1,000 PER YEAR ACCORDING TO THE CHERRY CREEK NORTH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. [FAST FACT LIBRARY]

ECONOMIC BENEFITS

REDUCES ENERGY USE BY 63,999 KWH AND SAVES $3,600 ANNUALLY BY SWITCHING TO LED LIGHT FIXTURES. LED BULDDS HAVE A MUCH LONGER LIFESPAN< USUALLY GREATER THAN 50,000 HOURS< WHICH IS AT LEAST 4 TIMES THAT OF CONVENTIONAL OUTDOOR LIGHTING. AS A RESULT, THE PARK DOES NOT HAVE TO REPLACE BULDBS AS OFTEN, WHICH IN TURN REDUCES MAINTENANCE AND OFF-SITE STORAGE COSTS. THESE COSTS TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $1,000 PER YEAR ACCORDING TO THE CHERRY CREEK NORTH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. [FAST FACT LIBRARY]

185 OF VISITORS IN CHICAGO PARK REPORTED VISITING TO THE PARK FOR THE PLAYGROUND AND/OR FOR A FAMILY REUNION, AND OF THESE, 73% FELT THAT THE PARK HAS IMPROVED THEIR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. [FAST FACT LIBRARY] AND THE BENCH DESIGN WOULD PROVIDE MORE FAMILY SEATING AND A BETTER EXPERIENCE WITH KID EXPERIENCE THE SAME EYE LEVEL VIEW WITH THE PARENTS, WHICH COULD ENHANCE BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE CHILD

SOCIAL BENEFITS

185 of VISITORS IN CHICAGO PARK REPORTED VISITING TO THE PARK FOR THE PLAYGROUND AND/OR FOR A FAMILY REUNION, AND OF THESE, 73% FEEL THAT THE PARK HAS IMRPOVED THEIR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. [FAST FACT LIBRARY] AND THE BENCH DESIGN WOULD PROVIDE MORE FAMILY SEATINGS AND A BETTER EXPERIENCE WITH KID EXPERIENCE THE SAME EYE LEVEL VIEW WITH THE PARENTS, WHICH COUOLD ENHANCE BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE CHILD

EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR CONSTRCUTION (RHINO +AI)

FUNCTION AT NIGHT (RHINO + PS + LUMISON)

GROOVE GARDEN

Location Course Type Instructor Teammate

Delridge, WA

Design Implementation

Stormwater Management

Aaron Luoma

Elaine Khor

An elevated wooden bridge has the main tree in the middle of the site to provide people to meander through the space and enjoy the water groove surrounding four rain gardens at the same time. 40% of site is designed to dealing with stormwater management

NTS

WOOD THESE TREES TELL A STORY,” SAID KENNEY.”WE KNOW WHERE THE WOOD CAME FROM, THE SPECIES OF TREE AND ITS FORMER LOCATION ON CAMPUS, AND THAT STORY AND THE LEGACY OF THE UNIVERSITY, IS CARRIED ONFOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY IN A NEW WAY (ABOUT THE SALVAGED WOOD PROGRAM) BIORETENTION SYSTEMS REDUCED NUTRIENT RUNOFF IN BAY AREA BY 40%. HEAVY METALS AREA REDUCED BY 90% AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL UP TO 80%.VEGETATION SUPPORTS NUTRINT REMOVAL AND MAINTAIN PO-

TYPICAL SHRUB PLANTING ON SALVAGED WOOD BENCH 2 SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"

OVERFLOW SURROUNDING THE PLANTING BEDS CUASES RUNOFF AND POLLUTIONS AT SURROUNDING ROADS CAUSES DIFFERENT LEVEL OF HARM IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT AREA, IF IT IS NEAR THE WATERFRONT ARE, IT CAUSES ECOSYSTEM DISRUPTION; IF IT IS NEAR ROADWAY OR STREETWAY, IT INCREASED FLOODING PROBLEM AS RAINS AND INCREASE RISK OF SLIPPERY.

STRUCTURE WOOD BENCH MATERIAL RECYCLING 3 SCALE: NTS SOURCE: MAPLE + TERRY HALLS & UW LIFE SCIENCE BUILDING SOURCE: MAPLE+TERRY HALLS SOURCE: UW LIFE SICENCES BUILDING

ROSITY OF SOIL (LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER)

RAINS AND INCREASE RISK OF SLIPPERY REDUCES VOLUME LOAD OF STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS, INCREASES GROUNDWATER RECHARGES, AND REDUCES THERMAL POLLUTION. A DROP OF 12 DEGREES CELCIUS IS SEN FROM INFLUENT AND EFFLUENT OF WATER (LO IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER)

AUTOCAD)

GARDEN DETAIL TREE PLANTING DETAIL

RAIN

CONSTRUCTION

WEB OF TIME

Location Redmond

Course Reconnecting People & Nature in a Post Covid World

Type Historical & Cultural Landscape

The world is moving at an unprecedented pace, with time fleeting away. In Redmond, WA, the land full of rich history, you will see the combination of art and nature to show time, keep time, and celebrate the time Web of Time represents both physically- the actual net acting as a physical web onsite - and metaphorically - web as an onsite museum recording time

COMMUNITY SERVEY COLLECTION

RESPONDENTS FROM BALANCED AGE

EXISTING PROBLEMS

HIGH PROPORTION OF WOMEN

RESPONDENTS’ HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS OVERALL HIGHER THAN SEATTLE’S MEDIAN INCOME

HISTORIC TIMELINE

HIGH PROPORTION OF WHITE RESPONDENTS

65% RESPONDED USE OF PUBLIC GREEN SPACES INCREASED DURING PANDEMIC

Stanie Zhang + Claire Li

PANORAMIC

Multiple-lanes to ensure visitors accesibility

topography cues the glacier heritage

INTERNED IN CONSTRUCTION SITE

INTERNED IN LUXURY RESIDENTIALS

BRITISH STATION BY HEATHERWICK STUDIO

REVISED MODEL OF LUXURY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS

SINGAPORE HOTEL BY HEATHERWICK STUDIO

SITE LEAD IN PUBLIC SCHOOL PROJECT

Drawing while travel in 10 countries

Educational Volunteering in China

Low Income Group Interview for Welfare Stage Performances

Gouche Painting

Educational Volunteering in Costa Ink Drawing

Ink Drawing

Project Construction

Gouche Painting

Educational Volunteering in Seattle

Community Volunteering