October 2009 | GFL welcomes new materials librarian
The Green Futures Lab is pleased to welcome the newest member of our staff, MArch student Jennifer LaBerge. Contact her at gfmatlib@u.washington.edu if you are interested in browsing our growing materials library.

October 2009 | Design for Livability: Sustainable Cities Forum
The Green Futures Lab and the Integrated Design Lab participated in the Design for Livability Conference by inviting conference participants to contribute project suggestions for inclusion in the upcoming Greater Seattle Green Guide. Students and conference participants contributed several dozen new and projects - thank you to everyone who participated!

Summer 2009 | Green roof website launched

GFL research scientists Danielle Pierce and Dave Bramer have developed a website that will enable researchers, students, and professionals to access information about recent and innovative green roof projects in Seattle and beyond.
Check out the site, Establishing Green Roof Performance here

Spring 2009 | Interns work with the GFL, ISI, and the City of Seattle

Gehl interns Katherine Wimble and Eric Scharnhorst adapted Gehl methodology to conduct a study of the pedestrian environment around three light rail stations (Othello, Mt. Baker, and Beacon Hill) in order to capture baseline data on existing conditions of the areas before Sound Transit operations begin in July 2009. Within a 1/4 mile radius of each of the three stations, they mapped existing infrastructure in the right of way (sidewalks, places to sit, awnings, etc.) as well as spatialized, qualitative data (issues of scale, invitation, eyes on the street, evidence of illicit behavior, etc.). All of the data has been digitized with Arc-GIS and will be presented to the City of Seattle and Neighborhood Planning groups.
Read more about the Public Space|Public Life projects here.

February 2009 | Streets for People Kickoff Forum

Green Futures Lab participated in the Streets for People Kickoff Forum on Thursday, February 12, 2009. This event was sponsored by the Seattle Great City Initiative, and was attended by representative from many local organizations, firms, and activist groups.

Presenters at the event included:
James Inwin | Organizing in the Obama era
Renee Espiau | New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign
Michael McGinn | Director of the Great City Initiative

For more information about the event and the Streets for the People Initiative, visit the Seattle Great City Initiative website.

January 2009 | Public Space Public Life Studio document published

The work of the Scan|Design Master Studio has recently been published in book form, and a downloadable PDF of the document is available here. To learn more about this collaboration between the GFL, University of Washington, Scan|Design Foundation, Gehl Architects, International Sustainability Institute, and City of Seattle, view our Public Spaces|Public Life page. Posters of student work are currently on display in the offices of the International Sustainability Institute and Feet First at 314 1st Avenue in the Pioneer Square District.
Read more about the Public Space|Public Life projects here.

November 2007 | Seattle Public Utilities Publishes New Report: "Reimaging Seattle Streets"

Seattle Public Utilities has published the following report on the SPU website. The report was developed by students as part of the UW Landscape Architecture 504 course in the Fall 2006. The course was taught by Associate Professor Nancy Rottle and sponsored by the Green Futures Lab. The webpage also links to precedent studies graduate students developed in the course.

Students involved were: Noriko Marshall, Shikha Chauhan, Heather Flint Chatto, Merit Lesta, Eric Berg, Justin Martin, David Minnery, Ashley Thorner, Amanda Bell, George Loew, Mayu Shintaku, Aaron Luoma, Yuko Ono, Susie Philipsen, Mark Daniel, and Ya-Chi Fu.

"Re-imagining Seattle Streets: planting strips and street edge treatments for urban green infrastructure" can be found by clicking here.