80MAINLot Size: 6,000 SF Building Size: 36,852 SF Mixed Use ...
80MAIN
Lot Size: 6,000 SF Building Size: 36,852 SF Mixed Use Seattle, WA
80 Main is located in Pioneer Square on the site previously occupied by the Argens Lock & Safe Company building. As a new building located in Seattle’s oldest historic district, it was very important that the project be sympathetic to its surroundings in design, composition and scale. A number of general defining features can be found in the buildings adjacent to the site, as well as throughout the district. The typical Pioneer Square building uses a classic composition, with base, middle, and top. There is also precedence for using multi-story bay windows in the middle section above the base as a way to articulate and modulate the façade. 80 Main was designed with a similar horizontal configuration. A more repetitive pattern, through the use of pilasters, window placement and façade relief, was used on the first five levels to break down the scale and strengthen the connection with the lower-story buildings on either side.
While it was important to take the existing fabric of the neighborhood into consideration, it was equally important not to recreate it. Contemporary materials signal that this is new construction. 80 Main includes natural board-formed concrete that has the horizontality of brick, yet is clearly modern. Vinyl windows, fiber cement boards and laser cut aluminum screens reinforce its present-day distinctness. Color plays an important role in both fitting in and standing apart. As red could have been seen as an attempt to mimic brick, a more subtle and modern palette of colors was chosen. Using lighter colors on the top two floors also helped ease the height differential between 80 Main and historic buildings nearby. Through its careful design, 80 Main is sympathetic to its neighbors, yet also plays a modern role in offering new housing for residents wishing to live in this lively, historic neighborhood.
BELLTOWN
DOWNTOWN
ELLIOTT BAY 80 MAIN
Site Plan N.T.S
PIONEER SQUARE
80 Main has both pushed the envelope in its modernism, yet also managed to read visually as a congruous member of the built environment. Contemporary colors and materials give it life and presence, but do not make it seem out of place or unwanted.
Built with modern products like natural formed concrete, fiber cement board and vinyl windows, 80 Main will enjoy a long building life with fewer repairs and less painting and maintenance.
LIVE WORK LIVE WORK
LIVE WORK LIVE WORK
LOBBY LIVE WORK LOBBY
BIKE ROOM
GARAGE ENTRY FROM ALLEY
BIKE ROOM
GARAGE ENTRY FROM ALLEY
LIVE WORK LIVE WORK COURTYARD ENTRY
ENTRY FROM MAIN ST.
LIVE WORK COURTYARD FIRST FLOOR ENTRY PLAN
ENTRY FROM MAIN ST.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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Modern building set against the historic fabric of Pioneer Square.
VIEW TO WEST (PUGET SOUND)
VIEW TO EAST (MOUNTAINS)
ROOF DECK
ALLEY
LIVE WORK COURT
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Building Section Through Live Work
The live work entrance creates a secondary courtyard against the neighbording building. This helps to further break down the scale of the building and creates a transistion at street level between the new facade and the brick building to the west. These brick facades were left untouched to celebrate the neighborhood’s historic craftsmanship.
The expansive green roof on top of the seventh floor that is planted with pre-vegetated sedum tiles. A majority of the roof terrace is covered with plant matter to capture and retain rain water. This deck provides offers a unique quite oasis in the middle of the city’s historic core and provides visual connection to Seattle’s vibrant waterfront.
Lot Size: 6,000 SF Building Size: 36,852 SF Mixed Use Seattle, WA
80 Main is located in Pioneer Square on the site previously occupied by the Argens Lock & Safe Company building. As a new building located in Seattle’s oldest historic district, it was very important that the project be sympathetic to its surroundings in design, composition and scale. A number of general defining features can be found in the buildings adjacent to the site, as well as throughout the district. The typical Pioneer Square building uses a classic composition, with base, middle, and top. There is also precedence for using multi-story bay windows in the middle section above the base as a way to articulate and modulate the façade. 80 Main was designed with a similar horizontal configuration. A more repetitive pattern, through the use of pilasters, window placement and façade relief, was used on the first five levels to break down the scale and strengthen the connection with the lower-story buildings on either side.
While it was important to take the existing fabric of the neighborhood into consideration, it was equally important not to recreate it. Contemporary materials signal that this is new construction. 80 Main includes natural board-formed concrete that has the horizontality of brick, yet is clearly modern. Vinyl windows, fiber cement boards and laser cut aluminum screens reinforce its present-day distinctness. Color plays an important role in both fitting in and standing apart. As red could have been seen as an attempt to mimic brick, a more subtle and modern palette of colors was chosen. Using lighter colors on the top two floors also helped ease the height differential between 80 Main and historic buildings nearby. Through its careful design, 80 Main is sympathetic to its neighbors, yet also plays a modern role in offering new housing for residents wishing to live in this lively, historic neighborhood.
BELLTOWN
DOWNTOWN
ELLIOTT BAY 80 MAIN
Site Plan N.T.S
PIONEER SQUARE
80 Main has both pushed the envelope in its modernism, yet also managed to read visually as a congruous member of the built environment. Contemporary colors and materials give it life and presence, but do not make it seem out of place or unwanted.
Built with modern products like natural formed concrete, fiber cement board and vinyl windows, 80 Main will enjoy a long building life with fewer repairs and less painting and maintenance.
LIVE WORK LIVE WORK
LIVE WORK LIVE WORK
LOBBY LIVE WORK LOBBY
BIKE ROOM
GARAGE ENTRY FROM ALLEY
BIKE ROOM
GARAGE ENTRY FROM ALLEY
LIVE WORK LIVE WORK COURTYARD ENTRY
ENTRY FROM MAIN ST.
LIVE WORK COURTYARD FIRST FLOOR ENTRY PLAN
ENTRY FROM MAIN ST.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
0
5
10
20’
0
5
10
20’
Modern building set against the historic fabric of Pioneer Square.
VIEW TO WEST (PUGET SOUND)
VIEW TO EAST (MOUNTAINS)
ROOF DECK
ALLEY
LIVE WORK COURT
0
10
20
40’
Building Section Through Live Work
The live work entrance creates a secondary courtyard against the neighbording building. This helps to further break down the scale of the building and creates a transistion at street level between the new facade and the brick building to the west. These brick facades were left untouched to celebrate the neighborhood’s historic craftsmanship.
The expansive green roof on top of the seventh floor that is planted with pre-vegetated sedum tiles. A majority of the roof terrace is covered with plant matter to capture and retain rain water. This deck provides offers a unique quite oasis in the middle of the city’s historic core and provides visual connection to Seattle’s vibrant waterfront.
