Kristi ParkPortfolio 2011Contact: park_kristi@hotmail.com

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The “Sail Away” art installation originally began as an entry to the Seattle Design Commission’s Holding Pattern Contest in 2010 and was selected as a finalist. The art installation is designed to breathe life into the stalled construction site in downtown, Seattle. The sails will gracefully capture the wind that flows

over the site to add life to this deadened space. This is a design/fundraise/build project that I am actively working on with a tentative installation date of July 2011.

For more information: http://sailawayseattle.blogspot.com/

Sail Away Art InstallationSeattle Design Commission Holding Patterns “Finalist”

Seattle, WA 2010/Ongoing

Design inspiration / photo credit: Jeff Smith Conceptual sketches Conceptual materials diagram

Vignette of proposed project (originally located at 40th/Stone Way in Seattle, WA)

Photos of conceptual kinetic model (to view model moving please cut and paste link: http://youtu.be/87ehzLx4C_A ) Vignette: Conceptual image of site proposed to be located at 5th/Columbia in Seattle, Washington

As a component of the University of Washington construction materials class student teams were assigned to design and construct a public bench on the UW campus. Brian Monwai, Lori Tang and I wanted to incorporate art and fun into our interpretation of a “public bench” (which we located in front of Terry Hall). This

project was a hands on examination of design, materials, design approvals, construction and installation. We have been delighted to see this bench frequently used for the past year and to see that the bench has held up well (with minor only minor repairs).

WASLA Student Merit Award in 2010

“The Public Bench”University of Washington

Design/Build2009

Photo of design feature/structural weld Photos of construction processes

Design inspiration - a temporary swing in a SF Bart Train Car / Photo Credit: gizmodo.com

Design development sketch AutoCad construction detail Photo of construction process

Photo of installed project

The Mt. Baker Light Rail Station is located in a mixed use Rainier Valley neighborhood. The neighborhood character is primarily favors automobiles over pedestrians. Lori Tang, Clare Harlow and I worked together to create a pedestrian friendly neighborhood plan by re-routing the Rainier/MLK routes to

remedy a dangerous pedestrian crossing, an architecturally interesting community center and by adding water play to the site.

WASLA Studio Merit Award in 2011

Urban Renewal University of Washington

Mt. Baker Light Rail Station Neighborhood2010

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Existing site conditions - looking south from Mt. Baker Light Rail Station

Neighborhood green network diagram

Analysis of existing street trees and vegetation of the Rainier/Mt. Baker neighborhood

Design Goals included: Legibility, Pedestrian Orientation, Building Connections and creating Multi-use Spaces

Existing Conditions: View of the site looking east from Rainier Avenue

future new mixed use 40’ development

Preserve Building

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A Biodiversity Design forGreen Lake, Seattle

University of Washington - Thesis2011

EDGE TyPOLOGIES

Green Lake, Washington is a well loved and highly used recreational park. I developed a thesis focusing on ways to reveal the biodiversity representative of the Seattle eco-region through expanding, remediating and connecting habitat areas while integrating humans. The design solutions focused on finding opportunities to

increase the habitat along the shoreline while also connecting the lake to a broader green network with historic roots in the Olmsted design. Also important was developing methods to integrate humans to foster stewardship of the proposed habitat areas that are vulnerable in an urban context.

Integrating humans and biodiversity requires a relationship of stewardship and love

Background Image: Early 1900’s Olmsted Brothers plan connected Green Lake to other green-ways in Seattle.

Diagram: Section/Site Use Analysis revealed opportunities to expand and connect habitat areas while integrating people

Green Lake

Cowen Park

Ravenna Blvd

Ravenna Park

Union Bay Natural Area

Woodland Park

Stone Way

Lake Union

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re-direct surface flow away from the lake

connect shorelines and green spaces

minimize trail width and convert to habitat

expand and connect habitat areasDiagram: Connecting Green Lake’s

shoreline to other Union Bay, Lake Union, and Woodland Park

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n Strategies

(Above Image): Section - connecting & expanding the shoreline to Woodland Park(Below Image): Vignette - connection point from Green Lake to Union Bay

Designing and constructing a play park in Zone 3, Guatemala City with eleven students under the leadership of Professor Daniel Winterbottom was the experience of a lifetime. In 10 weeks with limited access to technology, construction tools and a group of students who were not designers, we designed and

built a play park for children ages infants to five years old. This project as the 2nd phase of a 3 phase project.

Collectively, the Guatemala projects were awarded a national:

“Great Places” Award in 2010.

Guatemala Design/BuildUniversity of WashingtonInternational Design/Build

2008

Site conditions prior to design/build installation Site was immediately adjacent toone of Central America’s largest garbage dumps

The design process was accomplished with limited technology and neighborhood involvement

Image of hand rendered site plan

(Image above & below): photo of construction process

Photo of the site post construction

Systems ModelingUniversity of Washington - 1st year Studios

2008 - 2009

Fabric model exploring layered urban systems with loose stitching representing both interdependency and the delicacy of infrastructure

Studio project model working with wood by hand Systems model suspended in Gould Hall on the UW campus

Systems model - close-up view

Systems model - demonstrating movement, density, inter-connectivity, wind patterns, and topography

I was very interested in modeling as a component of the UW Landscape architecture program. The models depicted on this page include samples of projects that were created without computer programs or laser cutters during the first year of the program. I found developing models by hand not only helped

to guide the design process, but revealed urban systems and site characteristics that would have otherwise been difficult to recognize. These three models explore various urban systems from wind to topography with an emphasis on revealing palimpsests to guide site design.