SITES v2 Analysis | Donnelly Gardens, Seattle, WA
SITES is a sustainability-focused framework that ushers landscape architects, engineers and others toward practices that protect ecosystems and enhance the mosaic of benefits they continuously provide our communities, such as climate regulation, carbon storage and flood mitigation. SITES is the culmination of years of research and development by leading professionals in the fields of soil, water, vegetation, materials and human health.
By providing performance measures rather than prescribing practices, SITES supports the unique conditions of each site, encouraging project teams to be flexible and creative as they develop beautiful, functional and regenerative landscapes."
This project utilized the SITES v2 Rating System on two sites in Seattle, WA: Donnelly Gardens in Seattle Center and Gould Hall on the University of Washington campus. This project aimed to familiarize landscape architecture students with the SITES v2 Rating System and is in no way a true representation of actual scores.