Photo Attributions

General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Design Lead, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design: Field Operations
Technical Lead, Project Management, Structural Engineering: Jacobs

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 9/6/2025
Program type(s): Other
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 871200 sq ft (20 acres of public space)
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): N/A
Project substantial completion date: 9/6/2025
Climate zone: 5C
Project site: Previously developed land, Brownfield, Historic structure or district
Project team: Design Lead, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design: Field Operations
Technical Lead, Project Management, Structural Engineering: Jacobs

Construction Management: Jacobs, HNTB
Construction Contractor: Hoffman Construction
Planting Design: Land Morphology
Graphics, Signage, Wayfinding: Studio Matthews
Lighting Design: Dark Light
Restroom Architect: Hoshide Wanzer Architects + Interiors
Union Street Pedestrian Bridge, Architect: Schemata Workshop
Union Street Pedestrian Bridge, Structural Engineer: V+M Structural Design, Inc
Café Pavilion on Overlook Walk, Architect: Miller Hull Partnership
Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion, Architect: LMN
Tribal Planting Consultant: Valerie Segrest

Artists:
Ann Hamilton
MTK Matriarchs
Buster Simpson
Oscar Tuazon
Norie Sato
Stephen Vitiello
Haddad|Drugan
Randi Purser
Tyson Simmons
Keith Stevenson
Qwalsius-Shaun Peterson
Paige Pettibon
George Tsutakawa
Owen Oliver
James Fitzgerald and Margaret Tomkins

Project Overview:
Waterfront Park reconnects Seattle with its Waterfront for the first time since 1949. Following the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and seawall reconstruction in 2019, the 1.5-mile urban framework plan establishes character zones, nodes, and linkages that honor adjacent neighborhood identities while capitalizing on unique waterfront conditions.

A generous pedestrian promenade forms the core of the project. The project includes a new infrastructure corridor, green street, and significant public spaces and amenities, including integrated stormwater management, native-based gardens, kiosks and wayfinding, historic railings, redesigned piers, and new pedestrian connections—reclaiming the waterfront and reconnecting the city with Elliott Bay.

Submission portfolio