Beyond sightseeing, I also did some work in Seattle, at Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture. The office is located near the waterfront, but separated by elevated on-ramps and the Alaskan Way Viaduct (this elevated monster is slated to be replaced by 2012, since it is vulnerable to earthquake damage).
My project was to model a courtyard for a mixed-use building designed by Seattle architect Tom Kundig, to be located near Pike Place Market. Charles Anderson is designing the courtyard, which will include a water feature, two pedestrian ramps from the sidewalk, an "outdoor living room" and possibly restaurant seating. We had a meeting gathered around the model to generate ideas for the design. Then I took some photos of the model and used them as a base for perspective sketches to try out some of the ideas. On my last day, we had another meeting to sort through the sketches and pick which ideas would stay on. It will be interesting to see what is eventually built!
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