Restroom Upgrades

The Port has remodeled 60 public restrooms at Sea-Tac Airport. Five artists were hired to provide art in the most publicly accessible restrooms. All of the artists are from the Northwest, and were hired through a competitive process.

Artists Peter Goetzinger and Glenn Hirlihy of New Volute created a cast resin and aluminum sculptural treatment for the interior and exterior of the South Satellite and North Satellite restrooms. The sculptures depict water and sea creatures flowing through aluminum piping.

New Volute was also selected to provide artwork for two restrooms in the Main Terminal. On Concourse D, the artists created crown moldings out of cast concrete and anodized bronze that depict rain and clouds. The other restroom, located at the north end of the Main Terminal, and features mirror surrounds made of cast concrete clouds with cast resin and glass mountains.

Artist Norman Courtney created glass tiles for two of the Baggage Claim area restrooms. One of the restrooms features bright blue, cast glass tiles with images of flowing water and sea life. In the other restroom, the artist created clear cast glass tiles with airplane and airwave imagery.

Artist Jim Buckham provided the interior and exterior treatment for the south esplanade, main terminal restroom. The artist created enamel tiles in a variety of warm brown tones for the interior of the restroom, and enhanced the exterior doorways with a treatment of natural limestone.

Artist Steve Gardner created a series of hand-sculpted tiles for two Baggage Claim level restrooms. The artist had long desired to create a series of tiles reminiscent of children's alphabet books, and this project provided the perfect platform. Large tiles, with images representing A, B, and C, are on the exterior wall of the restroom; while the letters D through Z are depicted in smaller tiles inside.