Seattle, WA Project Type
Project Name: 325 WESTLAKE Lot Size: 6,480 sq ft Building Size: 23,150 sq ft Location: Seattle, WA Project Type: Mixed-use
Part arts initiative and part residential development, 325 Westlake merges old and new structures to create a building that preserves the character of the existing building and the site, while ensuring its continued usefulness. Rents from the residential development fund MadArt, an arts initiative focused on connecting emerging artists with the community in unexpected ways. MadArt, which runs the studio space occupying the storefront, makes it possible to engage with art and artists every day, making artists and residents richer through their programmatic partnership. The building is composed of two major pieces: [1] existing 1920s heavy-timber & masonry building which contains art studio & gallery spaces and [2] steel, glass, & concrete addition above providing living spaces. The design pairs a 1927, one-story, masonry-and-wood building with a five-story, steel-and-glass addition. The new structure occupies a narrow, 3,240-square-foot slice of the site created by demolishing the back half of the old structure, which had been structurally compromised over the years. The historic structure, originally a car dealership, is stripped back to its bones, yielding an art-making space that is open to the neighborhood and encourages engagement between artists and pedestrians. Full-height, sliding wood windows along Westlake Avenue reveal the art-making process and invite people in, while the addition of awnings overhead provides protection from the elements and encourages passers-by to linger. Building upgrades—including seismic steel moment frames, a new roof, and enhanced mechanical and electrical systems—round out the improvements to the older building. A mezzanine, inserted between two of the large Howe trusses in the old building, is day lit by a large, 13x15-foot skylight, which opens up views from the street to the apartments above and provides office space for MadArt. The 19,910-square-foot addition houses twelve residential units—ten lofts, a one bedroom flat, and a penthouse apartment. Outdoor living at each unit including a wrap-around balcony for the penthouse, and a shared roof deck, provide unique exterior views and neighborhood connections. No-nonsense in its aesthetic, the addition shares the utilitarian spirit of the older structure. Finishes include polished concrete floors, and salvaged and repurposed wood windows used to enclose the mezzanine and wood roof sheathing reclaimed from the original structure used for common area wall surfaces. By preserving the historic, pedestrian-oriented character of the neighborhood, the building provides neighborhood continuity and activation, and a new way to think about living with art.
ART + LIVING 85 FT - DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
OPEN SPACE
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
ADDITION
NEW STRUCTURE
COMPROMISED STRUCTURE
SOUTH LAKE UNION GROWTH
EXISTING
RETROFIT STRUCTURE URBAN SCALE, HISTORY & CHARACTER
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THE MADART CONCEPT “‘People could be on their way to coffee and get to see the day-by-day progress of an artist.’ Acknowledging that SLU is currently more techie than arty, [Founder Alison Milliman] says, “There are a lot of creative people in this neighborhood. Lots of makers. We want to give them an opportunity to take that to another place.” - Seattle Magazine
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SOUTH LAKE UNION SEATTLE, WA South Lake Union, previously a light industrial neighborhood, is one of the fastest growing neighborhoods – 4.5 million sq ft has been built since 2000 – most of which is Amazon and biomedical research.
2013
LAKE UNION 325 WESTLAKE
TO DOWNTOWN
1930s
METAL FRAMED STAIR TOWERS
MAD ART INSTALLATION WOOD ROOF DECK PENTHOUSE WOOD DECKING ROOF
STEEL STRUCTURE WOOD DECKING APARTMENT MEZZANINES
CONCRETE COMPOSITE DECKS
METAL FRAMED WALLS
ALUMINUM GLAZING APARTMENT BALCONIES EXISTING MASONRY WALLS EXISTING BOW-STRING TRUSSES MAD ART OFFICE MEZZANINE STEEL AWNINGS OPERABLE GLAZED WOOD DOORS
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NEW SKYLIGHT
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ART STUDIO + GALLERY HARRISON ST
PENTHOUSE LEVEL
ALLEY
TYPICAL APARTMENT FLOOR PLAN - MEZZANINE
OPERABLE GLAZING
MEZZANINE ABOVE ART STUDIO + STOREFRONT
WESTLAKE AVE N
OPERABLE GLAZING
ADJACENT BUILDING
WINDOW TO ART
RESIDENTIAL ENTRY
ADJACENT BUILDING
TYPICAL APARTMENT FLOOR PLAN PLANS NTS
1st FLOOR PLAN
NTS
ART STUDIO
MEZZANINE OFFICE
RESIDENTS + ART INTERACTING RESIDENTIAL ENTRY CORRIDOR ELEVATION
REUSED SHEATHING REUSED STEEL BEAMS
SLOT WINDOW VIEW
VIEW INTO ART STUDIO
SLOT WINDOW
TYPICAL LOFT APARTMENT
PENTHOUSE APARTMENT
LIVING WITH ART “We are excited to see how we can connect the neighborhood to the artists, and the artists to the neighborhood” - MadArt Director Tim Detwiler
Part arts initiative and part residential development, 325 Westlake merges old and new structures to create a building that preserves the character of the existing building and the site, while ensuring its continued usefulness. Rents from the residential development fund MadArt, an arts initiative focused on connecting emerging artists with the community in unexpected ways. MadArt, which runs the studio space occupying the storefront, makes it possible to engage with art and artists every day, making artists and residents richer through their programmatic partnership. The building is composed of two major pieces: [1] existing 1920s heavy-timber & masonry building which contains art studio & gallery spaces and [2] steel, glass, & concrete addition above providing living spaces. The design pairs a 1927, one-story, masonry-and-wood building with a five-story, steel-and-glass addition. The new structure occupies a narrow, 3,240-square-foot slice of the site created by demolishing the back half of the old structure, which had been structurally compromised over the years. The historic structure, originally a car dealership, is stripped back to its bones, yielding an art-making space that is open to the neighborhood and encourages engagement between artists and pedestrians. Full-height, sliding wood windows along Westlake Avenue reveal the art-making process and invite people in, while the addition of awnings overhead provides protection from the elements and encourages passers-by to linger. Building upgrades—including seismic steel moment frames, a new roof, and enhanced mechanical and electrical systems—round out the improvements to the older building. A mezzanine, inserted between two of the large Howe trusses in the old building, is day lit by a large, 13x15-foot skylight, which opens up views from the street to the apartments above and provides office space for MadArt. The 19,910-square-foot addition houses twelve residential units—ten lofts, a one bedroom flat, and a penthouse apartment. Outdoor living at each unit including a wrap-around balcony for the penthouse, and a shared roof deck, provide unique exterior views and neighborhood connections. No-nonsense in its aesthetic, the addition shares the utilitarian spirit of the older structure. Finishes include polished concrete floors, and salvaged and repurposed wood windows used to enclose the mezzanine and wood roof sheathing reclaimed from the original structure used for common area wall surfaces. By preserving the historic, pedestrian-oriented character of the neighborhood, the building provides neighborhood continuity and activation, and a new way to think about living with art.
ART + LIVING 85 FT - DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
OPEN SPACE
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
ADDITION
NEW STRUCTURE
COMPROMISED STRUCTURE
SOUTH LAKE UNION GROWTH
EXISTING
RETROFIT STRUCTURE URBAN SCALE, HISTORY & CHARACTER
ROOF 5
LIVING
RENT AL I
$
E OM NC
4
3
ART
2 1
E
NR IC
ENRICHMENT
HM E NT
THE MADART CONCEPT “‘People could be on their way to coffee and get to see the day-by-day progress of an artist.’ Acknowledging that SLU is currently more techie than arty, [Founder Alison Milliman] says, “There are a lot of creative people in this neighborhood. Lots of makers. We want to give them an opportunity to take that to another place.” - Seattle Magazine
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SOUTH LAKE UNION SEATTLE, WA South Lake Union, previously a light industrial neighborhood, is one of the fastest growing neighborhoods – 4.5 million sq ft has been built since 2000 – most of which is Amazon and biomedical research.
2013
LAKE UNION 325 WESTLAKE
TO DOWNTOWN
1930s
METAL FRAMED STAIR TOWERS
MAD ART INSTALLATION WOOD ROOF DECK PENTHOUSE WOOD DECKING ROOF
STEEL STRUCTURE WOOD DECKING APARTMENT MEZZANINES
CONCRETE COMPOSITE DECKS
METAL FRAMED WALLS
ALUMINUM GLAZING APARTMENT BALCONIES EXISTING MASONRY WALLS EXISTING BOW-STRING TRUSSES MAD ART OFFICE MEZZANINE STEEL AWNINGS OPERABLE GLAZED WOOD DOORS
TO DO
UND
O NT
W
SO GET
U
N
W
TO P
NEW SKYLIGHT
TO KE
LA N
IO
UN
N
ART STUDIO + GALLERY HARRISON ST
PENTHOUSE LEVEL
ALLEY
TYPICAL APARTMENT FLOOR PLAN - MEZZANINE
OPERABLE GLAZING
MEZZANINE ABOVE ART STUDIO + STOREFRONT
WESTLAKE AVE N
OPERABLE GLAZING
ADJACENT BUILDING
WINDOW TO ART
RESIDENTIAL ENTRY
ADJACENT BUILDING
TYPICAL APARTMENT FLOOR PLAN PLANS NTS
1st FLOOR PLAN
NTS
ART STUDIO
MEZZANINE OFFICE
RESIDENTS + ART INTERACTING RESIDENTIAL ENTRY CORRIDOR ELEVATION
REUSED SHEATHING REUSED STEEL BEAMS
SLOT WINDOW VIEW
VIEW INTO ART STUDIO
SLOT WINDOW
TYPICAL LOFT APARTMENT
PENTHOUSE APARTMENT
LIVING WITH ART “We are excited to see how we can connect the neighborhood to the artists, and the artists to the neighborhood” - MadArt Director Tim Detwiler
