Sites of Learning in Tukwila -- Project Goals

Project Goals

The students' investigation during the programming process revealed overlapping interests among major sectors, as shown in this chart:

City	Schools	University	Parks
Encourage community involvement	Improve parental involvement	Engage in a sustainable partnership with the Tukwila School District
Encourage community pride through awareness of ecology, history, and culture	Promote Tukwila as a "good place for kids"	Develop students' capacities for interdisciplinary collaboration Develop students' community problem-solving and environmental reclamation skills Development student' abilities to identify and utilize community assets
Improve the landscape; enhance visual and physical linkages	Improve children's academic performance	Advance professional education in art, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and planning	Achieve certification as a wildlife habitat community

By weaving together the separate interests of various stakeholders, the following shared goals for the project were articulated:

Engage Tukwila children and their families as partners with university faculty and students to improve Tukwila's outdoor environment
Design outdoor spaces that promote children's development and make learning fun
Design outdoor spaces that help connect the city's physical and social fabric, while linking schools to their surrounding communities
Design outdoor spaces that help restore the city's ecology and make visible its history and culture
Create "big ideas" that require long-range planning, as well as "easy wins" that can be constructed in the near future by Tukwila's school community
Lay the foundation for an ongoing relationship with Tukwila.