James Corner Field Operations has been selected by the Seattle Parks, DPD and SDOT, who went through a highly rigorous process to identify the winning firm. The project attracted international attention with 30 firms submitting their qualifications for the work and the selection involved careful review of qualifications, extensive interviews with four short-listed teams and a public presentation to a group of 1,300 interested members of the public.
The four shortlisted finalists for the project included
- Wallace Roberts and Todd
- james corner field operations
- Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates
- Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
James Corner Field Operations were selected for its innovative thinking, context based design and effective public engagement, and will prove a valuable asset to the City in the hundred-year decision of designing a new waterfront.
The process is expected to take 8 years with conceptual design with the team and city planning many public forums leading to a conceptual design in 2012, followed by a final design in 2015 and construction by 2018.
The 2 hours of presentations from the final four finalists and their PPT files are available at SDOT
SOURCE: SDOT –
News tip thanks to @svrdesign via twitter
For the full list of James Corner Field Operations team members
james corner field operations
SHoP Architects
Mithun*
The Berger Partnership*
Fluidity
Tomato
HR&A Advisors
Herrera*
Jason Toft*
ETM Associates
Mark Dion
Creative Time
* Seattle based team members
SOURCE: Seattle DPD
