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- W1873190231 abstract "Olympic Sculpture Park—Seattle, WA Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism When the Seattle Art Museum decided to build a down- town sculpture park in 1996, its plans could be described only as extraordinarily ambitious. The site chosen was an 8.5-acre industrial brownfield incorporating a drop of more than forty feet from street level to the waterfront, sliced into three by active railroad tracks and an arterial road. Yet, in addition to restoring public access to the city’s waterfront across this site and establishing it as a pleasant setting for large works of art, the museum imag- ined bringing it back as a functioning ecosystem. This not only meant dealing with a sixty-year history of contamina- Above: The Olympic Sculpture Park on opening day, view from the north. Opposite left: Before construction, the waterfront site included three parcels of land divided by an arterial street and a rail line and dropping forty feet from street level to sea level. Opposite right: The new landform incorporates bridges over Elliott Avenue and the BNSF tracks as part of a Z-shaped path, creating a new infrastructural system layered over existing routes and forms. Photos by Benjamin Benschneider. tion but also creating sustainable new landforms, nurtur- ing native plantings, reclaiming a section of shoreline, and rebuilding underwater habitat. Backed by significant operating endowment from the family of Microsoft’s former CEO Jon Shirley and large capital donations by others, and with the assistance of the Trust for Public Land, the Seattle Art Museum bought the property in 1999. In 2001, following an international competition, it selected the New York-based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi as lead designer. According to a recent monograph, the program for the sculpture park fit perfectly with the office’s dedication to creating “link- ages where separations now exist”—be they conceptual, formal, or professional. 1 The outcome of this approach and amazing collabora- tion is now apparent as a continuous Z-shaped folded land- scape that bridges the railroad tracks and road, creating a new urban edge that discloses the site’s past as a fishing ground, oil depository, and infrastructural corridor; that facilitates its present use as a landscape for sculpture; and that offers a stage for future users and uses. Weiss/Manfredi Architecture / Olympic Sculpture Park" @default.
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- W1873190231 title "Olympic Sculpture Park - Seattle, WA by Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism [EDRA/Places Awards 2008 -- Design]" @default.
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