Star of the Sea Parish Improvements

Art Anderson Associates worked with the Archdiocese of Seattle and Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Bremerton to develop a master plan and provide engineering services for the campus, which includes both a parish and school. The three-phase plan included a comprehensive survey of existing conditions, development of conceptual and final master plans and definition of recommended alternative. The result was a clear strategy for meeting the needs of the parish's various ministries for the next twenty years.

Art Anderson Associates personnel worked very closely with the parish's Long Range Planning Committee and the various users of parish facilities, participating in many meetings and design charettes to develop understanding of the parish's facility needs over the next twenty years. Our approach involved breaking out each of the parish's various ministries, identifying their long-term requirements and synthesizing the results into a prioritized improvement program.

We coordinated efforts with the various governmental agencies that have a stake in the process. We assisted the client in identifying adjacent properties for acquisition and helped negotiate with the City of Bremerton to close a city street that bisects the campus, turning it into a plaza with a vehicle turnaround. We developed planning concepts that included 2D and 3D visualizations of the future campus and identified various phasing options for implementation.

Our team worked with the Archdiocese and Parish on the capital campaign that funded Parish improvements in the vestibule, choir loft, nave, sanctuary, sacristy, parish center and church exterior. Finally, we provided comprehensive engineering design and construction management services for the plan's near-term facility improvements.