Shoreline Community College was established in the 1960s. As many of its original buildings near the end of their lifespans and new construction reshapes the campus, an opportunity has arisen to define the college's next phase. As this occurs, the college continues to examine and re-establish its connection to the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest.

All of this informed a strategy to name the school’s new health sciences building, in both English and native Lushootseed, for the western redcedar, the “tree of life” to the indigenous peoples of this area. Interpretive displays illustrate connections to place, past and present, and wayfinding in the landscape outside the building begins a new, consistent program to remedy campus-wide signage that evolved organically over the past half-century.

Our scope of work at Shoreline began with the Cedar Building project, expanded to the current Bracken Building project, and has grown into a years-long effort, addressing campus-wide wayfinding, interpretive, and building signage.

My role has involved working directly with the client and architects, signage strategy and design, documents for current signage inventories and removal guidelines (for the broader campus-wide scope), and producing all technical drawings and plans for location, fabrication, and installation.