Seattle Central Waterfront
Back to Projects list- Commercial
- Culture
- Bridges + Traffic Construction
- Parks + Open Spaces
- Art + Installation + Exhibition
- Office Buildings
- Retail + Stores
- Museums + Galleries
- Exhibition Halls
- Concert Halls + Auditoriums
- Performing Arts Centers
- Cultural Centers
- Shopping Centers + Malls
- Transportation
- Ports + Boat Terminals
- Tunnels + Tunnel Installations
- Landscape
- Landscape Architecture
- Plazas
- Installations
- Temporary architecture
- Urban Planning
- Masterplan
- Public + Private Gardens
- Location
- Alaskan Way, Seattle, USA Project Team
James Corner Field Operations (Urban Design Lead)
CH2MHill (Technical Lead)
Shields Obletz Johnsen, Inc. (Project Management)
Berger Partnership (Local Landscape Architect)
EnviroIssues (Public Outreach)
Parametrix (Engineering)
Parsons Brinkerhoff (Engineering)
Miller Hull Partnership (Architecture for Overlook Walk)
Magnusson Klemencic Associates (Structural Engineering for Overlook Walk)
nArchitects (Architecture for Kiosks)
Schemata Architects (Architecture for Union Street)
Weinstein AU (Architecture for Washing Landings)
Shannon & Wilson Inc. (Geotechnical)
Tomato (Graphics, Signage & Wayfinding)
Bright Engineering (Structural Engineering)
Dark Light (Lighting Consultant)
Dragon Fly Irrigation (Irrigation)
Rushing (Engineering for Overlook Walk)
Fluidity (Water Feature Specialist)
Aquatic Design Group (Engineering for Pool Barge)
Norie Sato (Artist for Union Street)
Buster Simpson (Artist for Pioneer Square)
Oscar Tuazon (Artist for Waterfront)
Ann Hamilton (Artist for Public Piers)
Laura Hadad (Artist for Seawall Panel 2)
Field Operations has been leading the design of a comprehensive framework plan and dynamic urban design for 1.5 miles of Seattle’s Central Waterfront. With the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the reconstruction of the Elliot Bay Seawall, the City of Seattle is poised to reclaim its Central Waterfront and reconnect to Elliott Bay. The Framework plan works at multiple scales to re-center the city and shape a new public realm. A robust Urban Framework utilizes character zones, nodes and linkages to acknowledge difference in adjacent neighborhoods and capitalize on unique waterfront conditions.