Since opening in 1992, Bellevue Botanical Garden has become one of the most visited public gardens in the Pacific Northwest. The design of the new visitor center defers to nature, blurring the boundaries between architecture and gardens while creating inspirational spaces for programs and expanded services.
The centerpiece of the improvements, which include new construction, renovation and site work, is a new 8,500-square-foot visitor center complex that includes an outdoor covered orientation space, a gift shop, meeting rooms, office space and restrooms. A sheltering roof, fernery walls and small garden spaces unite nature with architecture, creating a flow between indoors and out. Multi-purpose classrooms and flexible meeting spaces are designed to meet the rising interest in all-ages education and accommodate a wide range of programming.
The scope also included the renovation of an existing 2,300-square-foot house that contains meeting rooms, a library and accessory spaces to the visitor center. The parking lot was also reconfigured to double the garden’s current capacity and provide safer pedestrian access to the visitor center complex. The project is LEED Gold certified.
Material Used :
1. CR Siding – Siding – Western red cedar
2. Soprema – Roof – Modified Bituminous Roofing, white
3. Flooring – Concrete with clear sealer
4. Interface – Carpet tile – Tatami GlasBac tile
5. Daltile – Bathroom tile – Modern Dimensions Field Tile and Semi Gloss Sanitary Cove, both in urban putty
6. Timber Holdings International – Exterior ipe decking
7. Kawneer – Storefront windows – Clear anodized aluminum, 350 medium stile
8. Northwest Door – Overhead doors – Clear anodized aluminum
9. Stiles Custom Metals – Hollow metal doors
10. ASC Steel Deck – Metal decking
11. Hardwood Plywood – Wall panels and ApplePly countertop
12. Eckstrom Industries – Custom – Galvanized steel shelves and counters (gift shop and lobby)
13. Allscape, Prodential Lighting, Focal Point – Lighting fixtures
14. MechoShade – Black-out shades – Equinox 0100 Series, stone
15. MechoShade – Darkening shades – Thermo Veil Basket Weave, shadow grey
16. Lutron – Motorized lecture hall shades
17. TabLift – Utility scissor lift – TSL Series
18. Panelfold – Operable wall – Moduflex Series 400
19. Legacy – Lockers – Model C
20. Bobrick – Toilet Accessories
21. Accurate – Toilet partitions – Floor Supported Style
