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Gathering Places

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The personality of a community comes to life when local residents come together to create a place of significance that will bring them together over and over again.
- Milenko Matanovic

A gathering place is a space for the entire community—what used to be called the commons—serving as a focal point for a community’s civic and cultural life, and an anchor point around which new, more livable urban patterns can emerge. We integrate social, artistic, and environmental activism into the creation of community-developed gathering places—working together with community members to create spaces that capture their collective talents, aspirations, and connections.

Pomegranate Center has led the design and construction of more than 20 gathering places in communities throughout the U.S. and abroad. These have ranged from amphitheaters for 300 people to shelters, community gardens, and small parks.

Selected Projects

Recent


  • Washington Park Gathering Place
    Washington Park Gathering Place
    Bring life to a forgotten park


  • Edith-Carrie Gathering Place
    Transforming a community with an infusion of energy and art


  • High Point Gathering Places
    Creating “heart” spaces for a new community


  • Pacific Connections Interpretive Shelter
    A focal point for a new Washington Park Arboretum garden

Past



  • Medina Elementary School, Medina, Washington
    Linking art with learning, architecture and community


  • Cambie Community Gathering Place, East Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
    Creating a focal point for a neighborhood seeking a stronger identity


  • Croft Place, West Seattle, Washington
    Engaging residents in personalizing and beautifying their new neighborhood


  • Pickering Farm Community Teaching Garden, Issaquah, Washington
    Demonstrating low-impact urban landscaping in a living classroom


  • Riverwalk Point, Spokane, Washington
    Integrating community-made art, street furniture and social spaces into an affordable neighborhood


  • Benson East, Kent, Washington
    Social spaces created with salvaged materials


  • Village at Overlake Station, Redmond, Washington
    Integrating art into high-density, affordable housing


  • Longfellow Creek/Roxhill Gateway, West Seattle, Washington
    Making gateways to a neighborhood legacy trail


  • Springwood, Kent Washington
    Mailbox shelters as community gathering places


  • Pacific Rim Park, Yantai, China
    Linking nations through artistic collaboration


  • Lazear Elementary School, Oakland, California
    Turning blacktop into learning environments


  • Terrace Hill, Redmond, Washington
    Liberating parking spaces for children


  • Kelkari, Issaquah, Washington
    Providing a venue for celebrations, performances and play


  • Esperanza, Mattawa, Washington
    Adding outdoor amenities to a migrant farmworkers’ village


  • Pearl of the Pacific, San Diego, California
    Celebrating unity among the diverse cultures of the Pacific Rim


  • Ashland Circle, Issaquah, Washington
    Making a park as a neighborhood focal point


  • Children’s Gateway, Issaquah, Washington
    Turning a wall that separates into a gateway that connects


  • Salishan, Tacoma, Washington
    Using art to create a unifying space in a diverse community


  • Pickering Place Park
    Crafting a public plaza, amphitheater and connecting bridge


  • Pearl Amphitheater, Vladivostock, Russia
    Celebrating friendship around the Pacific Rim


  • Kuchumaa Passage, Tecate, Mexico
    Making a gateway to a sacred mountain


  • International “Soil and Soul” Projects
    Pioneering a participatory design-build process

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