Visions for Seattle’s Green Infrastructure –
by NANCY ROTTLE (RLA, ASLA, University of Washington, College of Architecture and Urban Planning)

ABSTRACT
Parks, civic plazas, green streets, trails, shorelines, surface water, urban forests and greenbelts--these are all essential components of a city's green infrastructure, providing places for public life, active transportation, ecological function and human delight. In February of 2006 over 350 citizens collaboratively planned Seattle's green infrastructure for the next century, imaginatively composing a multi-faceted open space network that addresses the whole of Seattle. Professor Rottle will show the layered plans that have emerged from the Open Space Seattle 2100 process, drawing rich possibilities for Seattle's future, and will present operative principles for developing a sustainable city. You'll also hear about the latest measures being taken by local organizations to move this vision into reality.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Nancy is an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington where she teaches planning, design, theory and construction courses. She has over 15 years of experience as a landscape architect with project credits that include the Cedar River Watershed Education Center and Rattlesnake Lake Park. Professor Rottle frequently leads design studios to solve pressing ecological and community design problems, and recently co-directed Open Space Seattle 2100 to develop a 100-year vision for Seattle's Green Infrastructure. Nancy directs the new Green Futures Research and Design Lab in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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