For the first time, Open Studio students are showcasing their work as part of the 2020 Seattle Design Festival, put on by AIA Seattle's Design in Public strategic initiative.  

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To incorporate an element of the diversity of environmental conditions addressed in the architecture field, the 2020 Open Studio explored the intersection of water and architecture, focusing on micro and macro interventions related to water. As major cities around the world prepare for critical water management challenges in the near future, designers will be called upon to deliver solutions within the built environment. Students were asked to address how equity, specifically access to water, factored into their model. Final designs showcase a unique storyline of how individual student designers confronted these issues.

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Seattle Design Festival attendees are invited to explore the design thinking of the future voices in our community. This exhibition is a collection of work that demonstrates how students examined historic innovations in water harnessing and how it played a critical role in determining the successes and failures of civilizations. Illustrated through multimedia and text, students share how future prosperity is inextricably linked to our ability to find new design solutions that place genuine value on water. Students and design teams share their explorations and celebration of water through paint, sound interpretation and spatial form making, ultimately demonstrating how water management can be integrated into our built environment.

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Enjoy!

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