Last May, the last of
Seattle's new community centers was opened to the public. Miller Community Center, located
at 330 19th Avenue East in Capitol Hill, features site-integrated artworks by Archetype,
the Seattle artist-team of Lydia Aldredge and Kate Wade.
Art welcomes visitors at both entrances to the center. At the 19th
Street pedestrian entrance, the artists created the Gateway Lantern, two column
structures made of brick, glass block, aluminum, cedar and concrete. Skyline Canopies,
three layers of cutout colored aluminum plate depicting a "neighborhood" of
Capitol Hill buildings in silhouette, adorn both entrances. House Finial, a
kinetic weathervane consisting of brightly-colored house forms, tops Center's cupola.
The artists state, "We chose architectural images because this
neighborhood has significant historical resources including Victorian houses, Arts and
Crafts-style bungalows, terra-cotta ornamental apartments, neoclassic storefronts, and
landmark ecclesiastical structures. The architecture... becomes a basic measure of the
relationship between the community and the individual."
Miller Community Center was designed by Methuen Architects. |
 Miller Community Center.
Photo by Lydia Aldredge
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