As part of the AIA national Livable Communities Conference/Walking Working Water in Seattle September 14-17, AIA Seattle joins with AIA national committees (Housing, COTE, R/UDC, YAF) in inviting attention to Seattle-area projects representing notable policy and design innovation. In addition to workshops and presentations offered throughout the Conference, attendees will take part in Waterfront Welcome Walking Tours led by knowledgeable guides, on Thursday afternoon, and the Mobile Workshops described below, also open to other registrants.

(T5) An Urban Neighborhood on the Water: Ballard (bus, walk)
Seattle's Ballard neighborhood edges on Puget Sound and on the Ship Canal – a popular urban waterfront which, with its series of locks, connects Seattle's in-town lakes (Lake Washington, Lake Union) with Puget Sound. Historically, the Ballard neighborhood provided a home base for Seattle's fishing fleet and housed many of the Scandinavian immigrants who plied the fishing trade. Today, Ballard envisions a burgeoning population through a major infusion of housing projects. The tour will also include Bohlin Cywinski Jackson's Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center, recipient of an AIA 2006 Honor Award for Architecture as well as recognition among AIA's 2006 Top Ten Green Projects.
Guides: Robert Miller AIA, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Mahlon Clements AIA, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership

(T6) Downtown on the Water: Bremerton (ferry, walk)
Departing from the Seattle Ferry Terminal (slated for renovation by LMN Architects) and arriving at the Bremerton Transportation Center, visitors see the effect of the city's five-year revitalization, Bremerton Harborside. In recent years, Bremerton (recently named among America's Top Ten Boomtowns by Inc. Magazine) has envisioned and implemented a major program of waterfront and downtown development projects. Building on the water-connection tradition of its mainstay industry, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton city officials and business leaders have brought a new era to Bremerton, with plans for mixed-use waterfront development and a new government center adjacent to the ferry terminal. Visitors may also enjoy a stroll through Bremerton's historic Arts District, before re-boarding for the return journey by ferry.
Guides: Hon. Cary Bozeman, Mayor of Bremerton; Walt Niehoff AIA, LMN Architects: Steven Rice AIA, Rice Fergus Miller

(T7) Bainbridge Island Housing/Cohousing (ferry, walk)
On arrival at the Bainbridge Ferry Terminal, view the Harbor Square waterfront housing project by Mithun before proceeding on a stroll through Bainbridge's revitalizing urban core (with a look at Miller|Hull's acclaimed Bainbridge City Hall), Cutler Anderson's Wharfside project, and visit to Erickson Cottages (Wenzlau Architects) and Winslow Cohousing (Weinstein A|U) – one of the nation's first cohousing communities.
Guides: Bruce Anderson AIA, Cutler Anderson Architects; Grace Kim AIA + Mike Mariano AIA, Schemata Workshop; John Thomas AIA, Mithun

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(T8) Claiming Community, Reclaiming a Watershed: Duwamish/South Park (bus, walk)
Celebrate Mexico's Dia de la Independencia with activist architects in the "historic, diverse, and proud" South Park neighborhood. Located on Seattle's border with unincorporated King County, South Park has taken on new importance as an urban neighborhood housing a rich mixture of immigrant populations – and adjacent to Boeing Field. Follow the trail of reclamation of the Duwamish Watershed Restoration (an EPA Superfund site) and other South Park community wonders, including work by Jones + Jones at Cesar Chavez Park, a UW CAUP student design/build project at Marra Farm, and the new South Park Library, by Johnston Architects.
Guides: Nancy Callery AIA, Bassetti Architects; M. Mario Campos AIA, Jones + Jones Architects & Landscape Architects; Mary Johnston AIA, Johnston Architects; Greg Squires, UW CAUP Denice Hunt K-12 Intern 2004-05

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(T9) South Lake Union/Seattle's Next Boomtown (bus, walk)
Construction has begun on a trolley system that will connect downtown Seattle with another of the city's primary waterfronts, on South Lake Union – manifesting a decades-old urban design ideal, envisioned and advocated by Seattle civic visionaries, notably including architects. Trace the planned transit path by bus to Vulcan's South Lake Union Discovery Center, and on by foot to visit a number of recent projects that have begun to realize a special urban vision.
Guides: Sharon Coleman AIA, Vulcan; David Spiker AIA, Collins Woerman + Seattle Design Commission, Mark Woerman AIA, Collins Woerman

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