A SITE AND ITS COMMUNITY

 

The Suzuki Property of Bainbridge Island is a remarkable opportunity for the City of Bainbridge Island to engage in creating a truly community-oriented place.

 

The site’s neighbors north and south are residential communities. The site is currently a connection or passageway for students traversing between the middle schools and the high school. The site is adjacent to the industrially-scaled bus barn. Question: how can we benefit from these adjacencies to a create place that benefits all of Bainbridge and utilizes all of the site’s potential?

 

How can we create a place that brings people together? What is the meaning of sustainability in the context of creating lasting experience? How can architecture at this site create socially engaging spaces? How can the daily activities of life and living be a part of larger meaningful experiences?

 

This project can address these questions and answer to the many projects “on the boards” on the island: BIPD would like new headquarters;  BI Parks department plans a gymnasium; Bainbridge youth need a Teen Center; Bainbridge Arts Resources Network reallly does need a Barn; musicians need a Music Guild; few artists can find good studio space, housing is in short supply; the demand for pea-patches on the island exceeds availability .... all of these needs can be served on the island at this site through thoughtful planning, hard questions, engaged constituents, environmental respect, and carefully designed architecture.

 

WORK, CREATE, ENGAGE

 

PRESERVE AND RESPECT

 

 

 

 

 

CULTIVATE, CURATE

 

LIVE, PLAY, DREAM

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