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gasworks park 

sophomore year, 2018

seattle, washington

individual precedent research project

Located in the Seattle harbor, Gasworks Park is a clear representation of the beauty that can be achieved after the fusion of industry and landscape through preservation. From 1906 until 1956, the area was dedicated to a coal-to-gas conversion plant. After the plant was abandoned, the City of Seattle bought the area with the intention of making a park. The leading architect on the project was Richard Haag, a landscape architect from Kentucky. Haag saw these abandoned sites not as ugly, desolate places, but as a place to be restored. The end result was an integration of industry within landscape. The design features lush rolling hills and the factory was turned into kid-friendly play areas. For me, important parts of this precedent are its circulation and user groups (diagrammed above), as each part of the design is catering towards one age group or another while the design overall is inclusive for everyone.

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plan

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diagrams

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