Esther West Apartments is a mixed use project with parking  and commercial use on the

periphery of the streetscape and residential units on the top five floors. A muse (pedestrian area with vehicular access), upper courtyard and streetscape all play a part of this development in  downtown Vancouver (one block west of Esther Short Park).

 

LSW Architects (prime) design team  included  ZLA as the landscape architectural design disipline with involvement on the site design layout of   the alley way ‘muse’ , the design of the upper courtyard and streetscape. Landscape architectural site design features included arbors, pedestal deck pavers, muse lighting, benches, bollards, hardscape design, entry features, and plant selection.

 

The project has gone through   Architectural Design Review with the City of Vancouver, WA.  The next design phase is  awaiting  funding.