Entry Title: Meander
Team Code: 2024-14347
School: Georgia Tech

Overview (Narrative Excerpt from Original Project Submission):

Meander has one mission: to provide a path to a more connected neighborhood. Based on Seattle’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan, Meander has community, equity, sustainability, and prosperity at the forefront of its design, prioritizing the experience of people over structures. Utilizing these values, this development creates a neighborhood primed for living, working, and playing for families and individuals of any financial, cultural, or generational background. Meander is a 2.4 million square foot mixed-use development in Seattle’s Central Business District. Built around a deep belief in equitable transit access and walkability, Meander’s creation is deeply rooted in the context and history of its surroundings. Our new buildings are 100% timber built; a homage to the Pacific Northwest’s logging past, and the economic activity which first spurred development in Meander’s neighborhood. A relatively new type of construction which is gaining momentum across America, building with timber is seen as developing ecological and design-conscious buildings with greater financial and environmental sustainability.