HADDAD | DRUGAN

Land-Slide is a piece for the Greenbridge development in Seattle's White Center neighborhood. Greenbridge will ultimately include 1000 units of mixed-income housing, as well as parks, trails, retail, a library, a community center, and a school. Many of the residents are new immigrants.

Land-Slide is a pocket park conceived as an artistic earthwork for play.  It includes a sculptural stainless steel slide, curving concrete walls, a sand pit, and plantings.  The forms of the art were inspired by the flowing characters of many of the languages spoken at Greenbridge.  The inward focus of the park encourages social interaction, and an etched world map on the slide platform references the international character of the community.

Haddad|Drugan did concept design of the park, and then collaborated with GGLO Landscape Architects to develop the design.