King County Metro South Annex Base: Community Tables / Calls & Submissions

Deadline
September 26, 2024

Organization Name: 4Culture

Organization Location: Seattle, WA

Type: Calls & Submissions

Fee: Free

Discipline:

Mobility is a human right and King County Metro is committed to getting people where they need to go—safely, equitably, and sustainably. As part of their transition to a 100% zero-emissions fleet powered by renewable energy, Metro is expanding capacity at its South Campus to house, operate, and maintain approximately 250 new battery electric buses.

This campus expansion will occur at their South Annex property, 11911 East Marginal Way South in Tukwila, WA, just west of the existing South Base facility. After construction, South Annex Base (SAB) will function as a stand-alone bus base with maintenance and operations to support its fleet.

4Culture, working closely with Metro and SAB lead artists Haddad|Drugan (Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan), is seeking an individual artist/designer or a collaborative team of artists and designers to develop a collection of functional tables that comfortably accommodate conversation and collective activities unique to their specific locations and desired functions within the base:

  • Administrative building meeting table. Interior. Unique design. 1 delivered.
  • Bus service and maintenance area break tables. Interior. Replicable design. 4 delivered.
  • BBQ corner eating and gaming table. Exterior. Unique design. 1 delivered.
  • Riverton Creek picnic tables. Exterior. Replicable design. 4 delivered.

The tables should complement existing design schemes and elevate themes of connectivity (people, power, place), empowerment (energy, equity, electricity), sustainability, and biophilia, tying to Living Building Challenge and public art program goals to help make the experience of working at the SAB more enjoyable for the hundreds of Metro administrators, bus operators, and maintenance professionals that will be on site around the clock, 7 days per week.

The selected artist/designer or team will be responsible for design, fabrication, and arranging the physical delivery of the tables to the base. The cost of delivery will be covered by 4Culture and installation may be conducted by the artist/team or a Metro contractor, to be determined based on the nature of the final designs.

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