Seattle's Central Waterfront Plan

Visioning Charrette

The two primary central waterfront planning events held in 2004--the "Visioning Charrette" and the "Charrette Presentation and Exhibit"--provided a creative opportunity for citizens to generate ideas about what the future of the Seattle's waterfront should be.

Over 300 planning professionals, students, community advocates and others from around the world attended the intensive "Visioning Charrette" public workshop on February 27-28, 2004 (see charrette brief and brochure ). Participants divided into 22 teams to collaborate on visions for Seattle's central waterfront, developing design concepts that identify major uses, public spaces, and other key elements to be located on the waterfront. Their work will inform development of a waterfront concept plan for consideration by Seattle City Council.

Charrette Presentation & Exhibit

A public presentation and team celebration of the exciting design concepts that resulted from the Central Waterfront Visioning Charrette was held April 7, 2004, at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center on Pier 66. Materials included:

• Slide Shows - near-original animations from charrette slide show presentation
• Team Images - creative ideas from 22 teams who attended the charrette
• Environmental Scorecard (31.6 KB PDF) - used to evaluate the proposed visions created by the 22 teams at the February 2004 Visioning Waterfront Charrette
• Summary of Team Recommendations (1.2 KB PDF) - a matrix detailing the themes and recommendations of the 22 charrette teams
• "Unbuilt Seattle" - a pictorial of unbuilt waterfront visions dating from the 1910s
• Public Comments - public letters, comments, and designs

Charrette Slide Shows
View original presentations from the charrette:

• Introduction (292 KB)
• Team Work (14.1MB)
• Themes and Acknowledgments (593 KB)

Team Images
View the work of the 22 teams who participated in the charrette:

• Team One: Downtown Seattle Association (4MB)
• Team Two: No Small Plans (4MB)
• Team Three: Four-Ply (4.6MB)
• Team Four: EDAW+(5.3MB)
• Team Five: Plane Sense (Cents) (2.8MB)
• Team Six: Hybrid City (2.5MB)
• Team Seven: Makers and Friends (9.7MB)
• Team Eight: E-BOZ (3.2MB)
• Team Nine: Reverse Evolution (4.7MB)
• Team Ten: Seattle Strand (3.1MB)
• Team 11: Vital Edge (2.5MB)
• Team 12: Edge Habitat(s) (3.6MB)
• Team 13 (1.8MB)
• Team 14: District "99" (7.5MB)
• Team 15: Rees's Pieces (1.6MB)
• Team 16: Split Decision (2.8MB)
• Team 17: Urban+Bio-Diversity (3.3MB)
• Team 18: Offer a Vision, Create a Legacy (3.7MB)
• Team 19: econnections (2.9MB)
• Team 20: Experience Water Project (EWP) (1.9MB)
• Team 21: Merging Habitats (2.4MB)
• Team 22 (4.8MB)

Getting More Information
For additional information on Seattle's Central Waterfront Plan, visit the other pages on this site. If you have questions, please write to Central Waterfront staff at waterfrontplan@seattle.gov.