From Johnston Architects
The community of Bryant Heights came to fruition after Seattle Children’s Hospital chose to consolidate its campuses into one new facility, leaving a full block on the top of Bryant Hill in Seattle’s Bryant/Ravenna neighborhood available for redevelopment. The site housed existing buildings nearing the end of their lifespan due to age and deferred maintenance, as well as significant parking areas, green space, and some truly exceptional trees. With the land sitting unused, the pastoral parts of the site had become an ad-hoc park space for the immediate neighborhood.
Bryant Heights revitalizes the community and creates a gentle transition from the busy commercial character of NE 65th Street to the dense single-family neighborhood beyond. Fourteen single-family units, 36 condominiums, 39 townhomes, and 6,500 SF of commercial space fit seamlessly with their surroundings by incorporating landscaping and massing methods that step down at the pedestrian level and integrate themselves into the landscape and neighborhood. Bryant Heights was designed around the exceptional trees on site, preserving the delicate canopy shelter the community. This sensitive approach to siting created a sense of place and permanence.