2010 WASLA PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AWARDS SUMMARY CO N T E N T S 2ASLA 0 1 0 W P ROFESSIONAL AWARDS S UMMARY INTRODUCTION RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION Message from the President ������������������������������ 2 Functional Landscapes—Assessing Elements of Seattle’s Green Factor ������������������ 16 Award Categories & Descriptions ���������������������� 2 2010 Jurors ��������������������������������������������������������� 3 WORKS IN PROGRESS Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial—Phase II �������������������������� 18 HONOR AWARDS GENERAL DESIGN SPECIAL MENTION Madrona Woods Restoration ����������������������������� 4 GENERAL DESIGN Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center ������������������������������������������������ 6 Cesar Chavez Park ��������������������������������������������� 20 Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel ����������� 8 North End Parks ������������������������������������������������ 21 Pierce County Central Maintenance Facility ��� 22 MERIT AWARDS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS Integrating Habitats Competition: GENERAL DESIGN Growing Together ������������������������������������������� 23 Ella Bailey Park �������������������������������������������������� 10 Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan ������������������������ 24 Taylor 28 ������������������������������������������������������������ 12 West Capitol Campus Historic Landscape Preservation Master Plan ��������������� 25 PLANNING AND ANALYSIS East Redmond Corridor ������������������������������������ 14 COVER PHOTO CREDITS: (TOP LEFT) SVR DESIGN COMPANY; (LOWER LEFT) PEGGY GAYNOR; (RIGHT) DAVID WEBBER M E S S AG E FROMHE T P RESIDENT n behalf of the WASLA Executive Committee and our membership, I sincerely congratulate Othe 2010 WASLA Professional Award winners� Forty-three entries were submitted for this year’s competition, making it one of our most successful� Projects from around the country demonstrate Washington state’s incredible landscape architecture talent, and were enthusiastically praised by our Awards Jury� The virtual jury brought together professionals from around the country, including Diana Balmori, Ph.D., ASLA; Mia Guttfreund Lehrer, FASLA; Kenneth Helphand, FASLA; and J. William Thompson, FASLA� The Awards Jury expressed excitement with this year’s submittals, commenting unmatched, and our work defines the vision of that “the work in the Pacific Northwest is exemplary�” our profession� The 2010 Professional Award I would like to thank the awards committee who winners exemplify how Washington state landscape worked incredibly hard to make the event a success: architects continue to produce the best of our Chair Christopher Overdorf, members Katie Bang, craft� I hope you enjoy the 2010 Awards Summary Kristen Lundquist, Jay Curcio, and Linda Pak� I would and the remarkable examples of design, planning also like to thank our sponsors: Pacific Earth Works and analysis, research and communication and Inc., Nussbaum Group, and PlayCreation� Without works in progress that our profession offers� their support, our event would not be possible� Next time you meet up with one of the committee All the best, members or sponsors, please let them know how much we appreciate their work and support� Kellye Hilde, ASLA Washington state’s community of landscape President, Washington Chapter architects continues to prove that our talent is American Society of Landscape Architects AWA R D S CATEGORIES & D ESCRIPTIONS I. GENERAL DESIGN II. RESIDENTIAL DESIGN III. PLANNING AND ANALYSIS Recognizes: Site-specific, Recognizes: Site-specific works Recognizes: The wide variety of newly built works of landscape of landscape architecture for professional activities that lead architecture or urban design� residential use� Entries in this to, guide and evaluate landscape Entries in this category must category must be built� architecture design� Entries in be built� Multi-phased projects this category are not required may be submitted if early to be built or implemented� phases have been constructed and reflect the character of the entire project as a whole� 2 J U R O R S 2ASLA 0 1 0 W P ROFESSIONAL AWARDS DIANA BALMORI, PHD, ASLA MIRIAM ‘MIA’ GUTTFREUND Diana Balmori, founding LEHRER, FASLA principal of Balmori Associates, Mia Lehrer is the founding brings a breadth of experience principal of the Los Angeles in architecture, urban design, firm, Mia Lehrer + Associates� landscape architecture, Ms� Lehrer leads the office in ecology, architectural the design and development history and sustainability to of a diverse range of ambitious her New York-based landscape urban design public and private projects that include urban office� Recognized internationally, Dr� Balmori revitalization developments, large urban has been honored by numerous institutions, parks, and complex commercial projects� She is including the National Endowment for the Arts, internationally recognized for her progressive the National Endowment for the Humanities landscape designs, working with natural landmarks and the American Institute of Architects� such as parks, lakes, and rivers, and her advocacy for sustainable and people-friendly public space� KENNETH I. HELPHAND, FASLA J. WILLIAM Kenneth I� Helphand is Knight THOMPSON, FASLA Professor of Landscape Architecture Landscape writer and critic J� at the University of Oregon where William Thompson, FASLA, was he has taught courses in landscape the editor in chief of Landscape history, theory and design since Architecture magazine from 2000 1974� Helphand served as editor to 2009 and winner of the Bradford of Landscape Journal (1994–2002), is a Fellow of Williams Award for writing in the American Society of Landscape Architects, a 2001� He is coauthor with Kim Sorvig of Sustainable recipient of the Bradford Williams Medal, a Graham Landscape Construction (Island Press), now in its Foundation Grant, Chair of the Senior Fellows at second edition� A believer in urban living and Dumbarton Oaks, and an Honorary Member of pedestrian environments, he lives and walks to places the Israel Association of Landscape Architects� with his wife in the historic core of Washington, D�C� IV. RESEARCH AND V. WORKS IN PROGRESS VI. PEOPLE’S CHOICE COMMUNICATION Recognizes: Any unfinished Recognizes: The favorite Recognizes: Research that identifies or unbuilt work of landscape entry voted by Awards and investigates challenges posed architecture that shares interesting Celebration attendees� in landscape architecture, providing and inspiring ideas but is not results that advance the body of yet eligible for consideration knowledge for the profession� under another award category� This category also recognizes achievements in communicating landscape architecture works, techniques, technologies, history, or theory, and the lesson value to an intended audience� 3 HONOR AWA R D FORENERAL G D ESIGN Madrona Woods Restoration Madrona Park, Seattle, Washington CREDIT: PEGGY GAYNOR CREDIT: Landscape GAYNOR, Inc� Architect: Client: Friends of Madrona Woods Pace Enginners, Inc� (civil/ structural); Kleinfelder (geotechnical/wetland Engineers: delineation); Seattle Urban Nature (habitat mapping/monitoring) PROJECT DESCRIPTION MADRONA WOODS RESTORATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS: his project is the story of a successful, n 7–8 acres of diverse native forest dedicated and long-term partnership and riparian habitats restored and Tbetween Friends of Madrona Woods, a non- enhanced, including the entire three-acre profit community organization, and GAYNOR, watershed of Madrona Park Creek Inc�, landscape architects� Together they have n 0�4-mile trail system built that is sustainable, effectively transformed 10+ acres of natural area scenic and safe, including long flights of box in Madrona Park, in east-central Seattle, from a steps and several ADA-accessible trailheads neglected, dark, scary and invasive-species infested n Over 1/4 mile of natural Madrona Park forest into an open, inviting and healthy native Creek channel daylighted from its forest with wonderful trails, waterfalls and natural headwaters to Lake Washington creek channels flowing to Lake Washington� n 2/3 acre of new native habitat and wetland cove Friends of Madrona Woods formed in order to created adjacent to Lake Washington, including restore the natural areas of Madrona Park, known 400+ lineal feet of natural shoreline and 600 as Madrona Woods� Friends engaged Peggy Gaynor, lineal feet of fish-passable channel, providing Principal, GAYNOR, Inc�, as their prime consultant� rearing and refuge habitat for threatened juvenile Chinook and other salmon species Eleven years later, this partnership has proven n Four waterfalls / cascades and approximately 30 to be amazingly effective with nearly all Master step-down weirs built as part of Madrona Park Action Plan goals accomplished� A 100 percent Creek and another no-name creek restoration, grassroots effort, all projects (design and offering visible and audible water experiences construction) have been privately funded through n Approximately 75 pieces of large woody grants, donations, sweat equity and pro bono debris and 200 granite boulders installed services, including substantial contributions by to stabilize creek channels and lakeshore, GAYNOR, Inc� and several subconsultants� and provide habitat and visual interest n Seven years of hands-on Environmental Education Program conducted in the Woods with schoolchildren from several local elementary and secondary schools n Two series of “Walks in the Woods” educational tours provided for the general public 4 CREDIT: PEGGY GAYNOR