Submitted by:
Tyler, University of Washington

Submitted by:
mseattle, Seattle

EMERALD KINGDOM
EMERALD KINGDOM is a proposal for a multi purpose facility that will either replace or enclosed the Key Arena. The kingdom will have a revamped or new Key Arena, 5 -Star Hotel, new indoor Fun Forest, retail space, and a revolutionary forest museum.

THE NAME
EK is the Kingdom of Emerald City. It will create the ultimate green experience.

ICONIC AND SYMBOLIC
The Emerald Kingdom will become a symbol of hope for our future and a beacon of light to our citizens through its presence and protection.

Skyline
-Emerald Kingdom will add much needed depth and intensity to Seattle Skyline.
-Designed like a mountain to reflect, Washington’s most prized jewel, Mt Rainer.

3 E’s (Elements of Life)
-Education- Revolutionary interactive forest museum
-Environment-indoor green space and secret garden.
-Entertainment- revamped arena, and Indoor theme park (New Fun Forest)

Submitted by:
Levi, Sonoji Sakai Intermediate School, Bainbridge Island

Submitted by:
Joshua J., Seattle

Submitted by:

Robert Houser, Seattle

Submitted by: Shania & Kela
Greenwood Elementary School, Seattle

Submitted by: Gregory M. (age 12)
North Bend

Submitted by a Snoqualmie Middle School sixth grader.

Submitted by:
Mike Leavitt, Seattle

With an ambitious new plan for The Seattle Center, we need to use what we have, which also provides an opportunity to annex the on-site global icons. The EMP is a product of a world-famous architect, and the Space Needle is a transcendent international landmark. A "Statue of Fertility" will add to these unique landscapes, while providing an epic new space for a Children's Museum and all-ages music venue. The Vera Project's existing use of Seattle Center facilities will benefit greatly from this new venue. New playground and lounge-type structures will provide the space for play and relaxation, while incorporating the architectural elements of the EMP instead of isolating the strange structure.

"Green" developments like water-collection, living roofs, and solar panels are obvious additions, but the bigger picture of "green" construction must be addressed beyond the modest requirements of LEED standards. We cannot continue to waste and demolish enormous structures in Seattle while touting environmental construction practices. Both Memorial Stadium and Key Arena can be "re-used", more efficiently utilized with realistic renovations, and much more fluidly incorporated with the rest of Seattle Center. Larger tree canopies will create more of a public park, and opening the actual center of the Seattle Center grounds will serve the same purpose.

Since the failing of The Seattle Commons, we will likely never have the Central Park Seattle has always wanted. But we may not need such an ambitious park. The SAM Sculpture Park has been an amazing addition to our landscape, and its wide-open, sweeping slopes can be mimicked with Seattle Center re-scaping. We need not ignore the sustainable facilities the Seattle Center already offers, while some intelligent, modest and courageous improvements can create an more worldly, innovative, efficient, and functional public space.