Barker Landscape Architects
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN + PLANNING
- » VIEWLANDS ELEMENTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPUS VISION PLAN, SEATTLE, WA
- Barker Landscape Architects was hired by Viewlands Elementary School PTSA to undergo a visioning process for their recently re-opened school campus. Adjacent to Seattle’s Carkeek Park, Viewlands Elementary Schools location provides significant opportunity to enhance children’s education through observation and interaction with natural systems. Through a rigorous community design process Barker Landscape Architects generated a final schematic master plan which expanded the existing play area; created a stronger connection between upper and lower play areas; proposed existing school portables become a ‘portable village’ though small scale design interventions; improved play areas for children on the ASD spectrum; and introduced student agriculture, natural play and environmental education elements. Viewlands Elementary School PTSA has currently raised funding for the first phase of design development work.
3002 NW 68th Street | Seattle, WA 98117 | tel: 206.783.2870 | fax: 206.783.3212 | Barker Landscape Architects 2015