Location: Bainbridge Island, WAOwner: City of Bainbridge Island Osborn Consulting Inc. (OCI) team members’ award-winning design of the Bainbridge Island Farmer’s Market was developed to be a flexible space to accommodate multiple uses, such as the farmers market, event overflow parking, and seasonal outdoor performances. By incorporating sustainable features such as a ‘grass pave’ system
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Location: Bainbridge Island, WAOwner: Bainbridge Island School District This terraced site is designed to educate kids about natural processes through a series of sustainable design elements. Downspout rainwater flow is expressed in a runnel system in an outdoor classroom; porous pavement infiltrates stormwater; rain gardens manage parking lot runoff, and the playground incorporates raised garden plots
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Location: Snohomish, WAOwner: Snohomish School District, Heery International Striving for the Living Building Challenge design standards, this project treats all stormwater onsite using porous pavements and rain gardens. Sustainable site features act as a part of the curriculum and educate visitors to the school. Stormwater collection and reuse is demonstrated both inside and outside the building when
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Location: Peninsula College, Port AngelesOwner: Peninsula Community College The new Educare Center in Building K at Peninsula College is carefully sited next to wetlands and the campus Longhouse. This building holds space for the Allied Health program, Early Childhood professional technical education, and the Early Childhood Development Center with both pre-K and toddler play areas.
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Location: Kirkland, WAOwner: City of Kirkland Although just a few blocks long, the Park Lane woonerf has transformed this area of downtown Kirkland into a lively, attractive street designed for lingering, community engagement, commerce, and art. Formerly plagued with flooding, buckled sidewalks, and collapsing trees, the rebirth of Park Lane as a pedestrian-oriented street filled with
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