FO WATERFRONT SEATTLE 06 CENTRAL PUBLIC SPACE 30 Overlook Walk Caitlin Atkinson
An extensive urban waterfront park precedent demonstrating multi-level elevated walkways, curved concrete infrastructure, and integrated planting that connects city fabric to the harbor.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless integration of structural vehicular overpasses into lush pedestrian parkland with expansive public viewing platforms.
Materials
- concrete
- stainless-steel
- native-planting
- paving
- timber
Visual identifiers
- elevated-walkway
- curved-concrete
- waterfront-park
- planted-terraces
- civic-overlook
Style tags
- contemporary
- landscape-urbanism
- infrastructure
Visual tags
- public-realm
- urban-waterfront
- landscape-architecture
- infrastructure
- multilevel
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-level pedestrian elevated walkways weave through planted terraces and civic overlooks above urban traffic.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete elevated decks supported by concrete or steel columns over roadway infrastructure.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale public waterfront park with wide promenades and multi-story elevated pedestrian structures accommodating crowds of visitors.
- Lighting
- Warm, golden hour sunset light catching the Ferris wheel, distant stadium roof, and park surfaces with soft shadows.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, civic, and scenic with a warm evening glow over water and greenery.
- Environmental context
- Coastal urban waterfront edge featuring dense urban fabric, major roadways, public piers, and a distant mountain horizon.
- Spatial experience
- Dynamic elevated promenade offering varied viewpoints over the city, harbor, and distant mountain peak while moving through layered green pockets.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping curved parapets and rhythmic guardrail posts guide the eye along the tiered pedestrian sequence.
- Style reading
- Contemporary landscape infrastructure
- Program
- Public waterfront park and elevated pedestrian promenade
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape
- Materials
- concrete, stainless-steel, native-planting, paving, timber
- Visual identifiers
- elevated-walkway, curved-concrete, waterfront-park, planted-terraces, civic-overlook
- Style tags
- contemporary, landscape-urbanism, infrastructure
- Visual tags
- public-realm, urban-waterfront, landscape-architecture, infrastructure, multilevel
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-level pedestrian elevated walkways weave through planted terraces and civic overlooks above urban traffic.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete elevated decks supported by concrete or steel columns over roadway infrastructure.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale public waterfront park with wide promenades and multi-story elevated pedestrian structures accommodating crowds of visitors.
- Lighting
- Warm, golden hour sunset light catching the Ferris wheel, distant stadium roof, and park surfaces with soft shadows.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, civic, and scenic with a warm evening glow over water and greenery.
- Environmental context
- Coastal urban waterfront edge featuring dense urban fabric, major roadways, public piers, and a distant mountain horizon.
- Spatial experience
- Dynamic elevated promenade offering varied viewpoints over the city, harbor, and distant mountain peak while moving through layered green pockets.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping curved parapets and rhythmic guardrail posts guide the eye along the tiered pedestrian sequence.
- Style reading
- Contemporary landscape infrastructure
- Program
- Public waterfront park and elevated pedestrian promenade
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape