Seattle Design Festival

Integrus Architecture in partnership with the Alliance for Pioneer Square want to bring PLAY4ALL!  Embark on a self-guided scavenger hunt for playful "disPLAY" installations throughout Pioneer Square. Begin at the Integrus Architecture storefront or visit the PLAY4ALL website to find a map of current disPLAY locations.  From there, it's up to you to explore! disPLAYs will rotate throughout the neighborhood for one week from Sept 12 - 19.

PLAY4ALL participating businesses include:

Arundel Books | Caffe Umbria | Clementines | Drygoods Design | Good Bar | Grand Central Bakery | Velouria | Zeitgeist

BACKGROUND 
As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.   Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment. 

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

In order to capture the momentum of both the Seattle Design Festival and the AIA national Women's Leadership Summit happening this September 2015 in Seattle, the AIA Women in Design committee is curating an exhibit of portraits to highlight the achievements and history of female architects in the Pacific Northwest. The portraits celebrate and tell the story of the twenty-two women Fellow AIA’s honored in Seattle, and each piece is rendered by a different artist. The A Gallery, in Pioneer Square, will be hosting the Portraits of Architects exhibit from September 3rd through November 1st. After November, it is our hope to move the Portraits of Architects exhibit to different gallery spaces throughout Seattle to raise the level of discussion surrounding the role of women in architecture and leadership both locally and nationally.

• The opening of the Portraits of Architects exhibit will coincide with the Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk in the A Gallery, on Thursday September 3rd at 6pm. 
• The main gallery reception event will take place on Saturday September 12th at 5pm, during the Festival's lively "Block Party" in Occidental Park and the surrounding Pioneer Square district. We welcome the Seattle Design Festival participants, the AIA Women in Design committee, AIA Women in Leadership Summit, the artists, the Fellow AIA’s and those from various design firms around the region to the reception to acknowledge the legacy and contribution of the twenty-two female FAIA’s to the profession of architecture.  

• WHAT IS DESIGN REVIEW
• STAGES OF SEATTLE’S DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S DESIGN GUIDELINES
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND A NOTICE & GET INVOLVED

Integrus Architecture in partnership with the Alliance for Pioneer Square want to bring PLAY4ALL!  Embark on a self-guided scavenger hunt for playful "disPLAY" installations throughout Pioneer Square. Begin at the Integrus Architecture storefront or visit the PLAY4ALL website to find a map of current disPLAY locations.  From there, it's up to you to explore! disPLAYs will rotate throughout the neighborhood for one week from Sept 12 - 19.

PLAY4ALL participating businesses include:

Arundel Books | Caffe Umbria | Clementines | Drygoods Design | Good Bar | Grand Central Bakery | Velouria | Zeitgeist

BACKGROUND 
As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.   Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment. 

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

Integrus Architecture in partnership with the Alliance for Pioneer Square want to bring PLAY4ALL!  Embark on a self-guided scavenger hunt for playful "disPLAY" installations throughout Pioneer Square. Begin at the Integrus Architecture storefront or visit the PLAY4ALL website to find a map of current disPLAY locations.  From there, it's up to you to explore! disPLAYs will rotate throughout the neighborhood for one week from Sept 12 - 18.

PLAY4ALL participating businesses include:

Arundel Books | Caffe Umbria | Clementines | Drygoods Design | Good Bar | Grand Central Bakery | Velouria | Zeitgeist

BACKGROUND 
As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.   Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment. 

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

Integrus Architecture in partnership with the Alliance for Pioneer Square want to bring PLAY4ALL!  Embark on a self-guided scavenger hunt for playful "disPLAY" installations throughout Pioneer Square. Begin at the Integrus Architecture storefront or visit the PLAY4ALL website to find a map of current disPLAY locations.  From there, it's up to you to explore! disPLAYs will rotate throughout the neighborhood for one week from Sept 12 - 18.

PLAY4ALL participating businesses include:

Arundel Books | Caffe Umbria | Clementines | Drygoods Design | Good Bar | Grand Central Bakery | Velouria | Zeitgeist

BACKGROUND 
As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.   Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment. 

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

Integrus Architecture in partnership with the Alliance for Pioneer Square want to bring PLAY4ALL!  Embark on a self-guided scavenger hunt for playful "disPLAY" installations throughout Pioneer Square. Begin at the Integrus Architecture storefront or visit the PLAY4ALL website to find a map of current disPLAY locations.  From there, it's up to you to explore! disPLAYs will rotate throughout the neighborhood for one week from Sept 12 - 18.

PLAY4ALL participating businesses include:

Arundel Books | Caffe Umbria | Clementines | Drygoods Design | Good Bar | Grand Central Bakery | Velouria | Zeitgeist

BACKGROUND 
As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.   Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment. 

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

• WHAT IS DESIGN REVIEW
• STAGES OF SEATTLE’S DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S DESIGN GUIDELINES
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND A NOTICE & GET INVOLVED

Integrus Architecture in partnership with the Alliance for Pioneer Square want to bring PLAY4ALL!  Embark on a self-guided scavenger hunt for playful "disPLAY" installations throughout Pioneer Square. Begin at the Integrus Architecture storefront or visit the PLAY4ALL website to find a map of current disPLAY locations.  From there, it's up to you to explore! disPLAYs will rotate throughout the neighborhood for one week from Sept 12 - 18.

PLAY4ALL participating businesses include:

Arundel Books | Caffe Umbria | Clementines | Drygoods Design | Good Bar | Grand Central Bakery | Velouria | Zeitgeist

BACKGROUND 
As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.   Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment. 

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

• WHAT IS DESIGN REVIEW
• STAGES OF SEATTLE’S DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S DESIGN GUIDELINES
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND A NOTICE & GET INVOLVED

Integrus Architecture in partnership with the Alliance for Pioneer Square want to bring PLAY4ALL!  Embark on a self-guided scavenger hunt for playful "disPLAY" installations throughout Pioneer Square. Begin at the Integrus Architecture storefront or visit the PLAY4ALL website to find a map of current disPLAY locations.  From there, it's up to you to explore! disPLAYs will rotate throughout the neighborhood for one week from Sept 12 - 18.

PLAY4ALL participating businesses include:

Arundel Books | Caffe Umbria | Clementines | Drygoods Design | Good Bar | Grand Central Bakery | Velouria | Zeitgeist

BACKGROUND 
As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.   Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment. 

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

• WHAT IS DESIGN REVIEW
• STAGES OF SEATTLE’S DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S DESIGN GUIDELINES
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND A NOTICE & GET INVOLVED

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

• WHAT IS DESIGN REVIEW
• STAGES OF SEATTLE’S DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S DESIGN GUIDELINES
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND A NOTICE & GET INVOLVED

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

• WHAT IS DESIGN REVIEW
• STAGES OF SEATTLE’S DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S DESIGN GUIDELINES
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND A NOTICE & GET INVOLVED

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

Access to the City is everyone's right. Unfortunately in reality this is not the case for everyone, be it Mexico City, or Seattle. The Seattle Design Festival exhibition entitled Recording the City presents documented conditions in Mexico City through the eyes of ten University of Washington architecture students. Through video recordings, sound recordings, written stories, drawings, and paintings, the exhibition intends to broaden people's perception of the City and how people inhabit and interact with it by probing viewers to ask questions about their own City. How do we see the City? How do we read it? How do we live with it, move through it, adapt to it? And how does the city adapt to our own behaviors? By asking these questions of ourselves, and through seeing rather than looking, we generate a greater respect and understanding of the diverse individuals and groups with whom we share the City.

In discussing this year’s theme of Design for Equity, our team felt that a significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning emerged for our office as a complex subject to explore. We hope to illuminate the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

Through a graphic and sculptural installation in our office’s storefront in Pioneer Square, questions will be posed: what does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

Exhibited in our windows will be a series of maps showing, in addition to zoning, information such as height, bulk, transit, race, cost, etc. In concert with the mapping studies will be abstract sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, will represent zoning and related size requirements -- they will show what an existing neighborhood looks like and also provide the opportunity to move blocks around and wonder what could this neighborhood look like. 

The window installation will be informative and provocative as well as an engaging and colorful exhibition to share with the street and community. A sculptural section will sit outside our windows and allow passersby to participate.

We are hosting an open house and panel discussion on Tuesday, September 22 to invite the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. Panelists will include:

Rick Mohler, Mohler + Ghillino Architects, University of Washington
Mike O'Brien, Seattle City Council
Tim Parham, Plymouth Housing
Gundula Proksch, University of Washington
Bradley Wilburn, Department of Planning and Development

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation. 

• WHAT IS DESIGN REVIEW
• STAGES OF SEATTLE’S DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S DESIGN GUIDELINES
• ABOUT SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND A NOTICE & GET INVOLVED

Design Team
Anat Caspi
Gyorgy Zatloka
Setion Branko
Kevin Porter
Milena Batova
Sarah Haase
Hoffman Construction 

Integrus Architecture and the Alliance for Pioneer Square are bringing PLAY4ALL to The Ninety!  There will be eight playable installations made from repurposed materials from local businesses, including Sounders FC soccer gear. This event is free for all ages.

BACKGROUND

As designers of schools and educational spaces, we are challenging the common preconceptions of play and learning environments.  In recent years, our understanding of play has undergone a radical shift.  Play was once considered a distracting diversion from "real” learning.  Now it is understood as a fundamental component of cognitive development. The more we learn about play, the more we believe that access to a diversity of quality play experiences is fundamental to support equity in learning. PLAY4ALL is a community-based exploration of how simple moments of play can encourage learning, and by extension, support an improved quality of public life.  Through play, we believe people can find greater connections with each other and with their environment.

FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITY
In thinking about how to lower barriers to play, we have identified four PLAY4ALL principles:

1. INCREASE ACCESS. Identify ways to integrate play into everyday life. We challenge the notion that play should occur within the time constraints of recess and the spatial definition of a playground.
2. DECREASE COST. Explore how to recycle/repurpose everyday materials in a playful and elegant way.
3. DIVERSIFY MODALITIES. Frequently, play is synonymous with large-motor activities (climbing, jumping, sliding) and visually-oriented games. What about playing with sound or texture?  How about a game in which all players have limited mobility?
4. OPEN-ENDED SIMPLICITY. No instructions, no right or wrong way to play. Outcomes are unpredictable so play can occur without pretense or competition.

In an age when our communities are divided in multiple dimensions, we believe play has the power to unite. Play is not just for kids – most adults will eagerly play if given an opportunity. Individuals who may not typically interact can connect through play and have fun in the process!  In what other ways can play benefit our lives, both as individuals and as a community?  What are your favorite ways to play? We invite you to play with us in Pioneer Square anytime throughout the Seattle Design Festival and to become part of the #PLAY4ALL conversation!

A significant source for inequity in our community is the zoning map. Very present in the news with recent code changes and corresponding debate, zoning is a complex subject. This exhibition illuminates the relationship between zoning and inequity and provide an opportunity to envision zoning as equitable and enhancing. 

This installation in the b9 Architects storefront in Pioneer Square poses the questions: What does zoning look like now? What would Seattle look like if the zoning map changed and building types intermixed? How would that impact community? How would such changes affect neighborhood character, demographics, property values? How could zoning actively improve equity in Seattle? 

A series of maps shows information about height, bulk, transit, race, cost, and more. In concert with the mapping studies are sculptural sections of a case study neighborhood. These sections, through color and scale, represent zoning and related size requirements. They show what an existing neighborhood looks like, and provide the opportunity to rearrange elements and explore what this neighborhood could look like. 

An open house on Tuesday, September 22 invites the community into our office to view the project and join us in this conversation.