Sound Transit Art Program (STart) Seattle Design Commission Briefing March 4, 2021 STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design Today’s Presentation • Recent projects • What we’ve learned • How we’ve adapted STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design System Expansion Overview STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design Current service Link light rail • University of Washington to Angle Lake • Tacoma Dome to Theater District Sounder rail • Everett to Seattle • Lakewood/Tacoma to Seattle ST Express bus • 28 regional bus routes STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion 2021 Link light rail • Northgate Link Extension Sounder commuter rail • Puyallup station parking and access improvements STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion 2022 Link light rail • Tacoma Dome Link Extension STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion 2023 Link light rail • East Link Extension Sounder rail • Kent, Auburn, and Sumner station parking and access improvements STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion 2024 Link light rail • Lynnwood Link Extension • Downtown Redmond Link Extension • Federal Way Link Extension completed Sounder rail • Sounder North added parking and access improvements 2025 Bus Rapid Transit • I- 405 BRT (Lynnwood to Burien) • SR 522 BRT (Shoreline to Bothell) Link In-Fill Station • NE 130th Street, Seattle STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion 2030 Link light rail • West Seattle to Downtown STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion 2031 Link light rail • Tacoma Dome Link Extension Link light rail infill stations • South Graham Street • South Boeing Access Road STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion 2034 Link light rail • Downtown to Ballard STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | System Expansion Public Art Opportunity Design STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design How STart designs opportunities STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design EQUITY STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design EQUITY COMMUNITY CONTEXT STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design JURISDICTIONAL DESIRES EQUITY COMMUNITY CONTEXT STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design JURISDICTIONAL DESIRES COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY COMMUNITY CONTEXT STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design JURISDICTIONAL DESIRES COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING COMMUNITY CONTEXT STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design PUBLIC SPACES (INTERIOR) JURISDICTIONAL DESIRES COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING COMMUNITY CONTEXT STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design PUBLIC SPACES (INTERIOR) JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING COMMUNITY CONTEXT STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design PUBLIC SPACES (INTERIOR) SURFACES JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING COMMUNITY CONTEXT SCALE STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design STRUCTURES PUBLIC SPACES (INTERIOR) SURFACES JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING COMMUNITY CONTEXT SCALE STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design RESTRICTIONS STRUCTURES PUBLIC SPACES (INTERIOR) SURFACES JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING SIGHTLINES COMMUNITY CONTEXT SCALE STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design OPERATIONS RESTRICTIONS STRUCTURES PUBLIC SPACES (INTERIOR) SURFACES JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING SIGHTLINES COMMUNITY CONTEXT SCALE STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design OPERATIONS RESTRICTIONS TWO STRUCTURES DIMENSIONAL PUBLIC SPACES ART (INTERIOR) SURFACES JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING SIGHTLINES COMMUNITY CONTEXT SCALE MAINTENANCE STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design THREE OPERATIONS RESTRICTIONS TWO DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES ART DIMENSIONAL PUBLIC SPACES ART (INTERIOR) SURFACES JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING SIGHTLINES COMMUNITY CONTEXT SCALE MAINTENANCE STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design THREE OPERATIONS RESTRICTIONS TWO DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES ART DIMENSIONAL PUBLIC SPACES ART (INTERIOR) SURFACES JURISDICTIONAL PUBLIC SPACES DESIRES (EXTERIOR) COMMUNITY ART DESIRES EQUITY WAYFINDING SIGHTLINES COMMUNITY CONTEXT SCALE MAINTENANCE STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design Recent Projects STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Opportunity Design How should we engage with a complex streetscape and enhance modest entrances? STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station Very busy intersection Olive Way E John St Transit- oriented Broadway development Denny Way Modest entrance structures Where will art have the most impact? STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station We chose to make welcoming entrance lobbies. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station The views into entrances can help guide passengers through the station. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station Ellen Forney’s Crossed Pinkies (2016) invites you into the north entrance. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station Ellen Forney’s Walking Fingers (2016) invites you into the west entrance. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station Mike Ross’ Jet Kiss (2016) leads you to the station platform. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station Learnings: Simple images are Learnings: Activating the overhead powerful, maintenance above a space is exciting, but maintenance staircase landing is very challenging. over the station platform is very challenging. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | University of Washington Station The University of Washington Station’s site has an iconic pre-existing identity. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | University of Washington Station And game days have heavy pedestrian traffic. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | University of Washington Station Because of those complexities, we chose to focus attention inside the station. This is Leo Saul Berk’s Subterranium (2016). STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | University of Washington Station It’s a long descent to the station platform. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | University of Washington Station Learnings: Full integration into surfaces can be a successful strategy. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | University of Washington Station STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | North Link Extension STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | U District Station This has the potential to be a very busy The UW development station entrance. planned for the space above the station will be the dominant built form here. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | U District Station To accommodate the anticipated pedestrian and bicycle traffic, the station designers focused on bright colors and super graphics to identify the station. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | U District Station The trackway walls in this station are immense, so we focused our work on animating those spaces. This is Lead Pencil Studio’s project during installation. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | U District Station When complete, the dark windows in this photograph will be animated with simple video images. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | U District Station Learnings: Maintenance across the trackway is extremely challenging and it remains to be seen if video-based work is sustainable. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | U District Station STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Roosevelt Station The local community really wanted a small gathering space at the station. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Roosevelt Station R & R Studios developed an iconic space with a tall, brightly- colored sculpture and a small, elegantly-detailed plaza. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Roosevelt Station Here’s the sculpture during installation. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Roosevelt Station As at the U District Station, the Roosevelt Station has a very large underground space and big trackway walls. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Roosevelt Station Luca Buvoli’s murals break up the concrete and stainless steel surfaces, introducing strong colors on to those surfaces. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Roosevelt Station Learnings: Animating the trackway Learnings: Works of sculpture can walls is a gift to passengers, but be successful additions to a project, maintenance in those places is and scale is critical. challenging. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Capitol Hill Station STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Northgate Station At a large, multi-modal facility, wayfinding devices are critical for our passengers. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Northgate Station Sculpture site At this station, we focused our attention on what we imagined would be a line of sight from the planned TOD development. STart Seattle Design Commission Briefing | Northgate