Ever since Stacy Smedley signed on at KMD Architects four years ago, she has played a key role in the construction of gingerbread houses for the 19th Annual Gingerbread Village display that takes place every holiday season at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel downtown.
KMD has been a big supporter of the program, which transforms the hotel lobby into a holiday dreamscape. The program also raises awareness and donations for Juvenile Diabetes Research International, an organization working toward curing type 1 diabetes.
Every August, a team of architects at KMD gets together and brainstorms ideas around the appointed theme. One year it was holiday movies and so KMD, led by Smedley, recreated Snoopy?s doghouse replete with snowy roof, candied shingles and actual Christmas lights around the canine abode. With a little help from the Sheraton?s executive chef John Hart, Snoopy and Woodstock (made from fondant and modeling chocolate) adorned the top of the home, while inside the furnished living room, a miniature DVD player ran a continuous loop of the movie ?A Charlie Brown Christmas.?
?Coordinating with the chef is fun,? Smedley said. ?I?ll coordinate with him to make the gingerbread and he makes all these figures.?
This year?s theme is train stations around the world. So in August, the KMD team reassembled and considered ideas that would both be cool to look at and appeal to kids. The team came up with Kings Cross Station in London, which is where Harry Potter arrives to catch a train to his Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
As project leader, Smedley took pictures of the actual station, imported them into AutoCAD where the specifications of the station could be scaled down into gingerbread house size. Smedley and her co-workers treated the project as any other real-life project. They start the scale model using cardboard and non-edible pieces for a base. Then comes the gingerbread and candy and icing. This year students at Maple Elementary School in Beacon Hill will be making the map pins used for the massive Google map KMD will be making as a backdrop for the train station. The architect team will add double-decker buses, taxi-cabs, the classic London phone booths to add a real London feel to the project.
KMD?s gingerbread house joins the other gingerbread houses in the lobby of the hotel for the 19th Annual Gingerbread Village display. The houses will be on display from Nov. 22 through Jan. 1. Smedley will be on hand on opening day to answer questions and just admire the village, something she?s been doing since she was a kid.
?When I was 8 and in Portland, they had the same thing there,? Smedley recalled. ?I told my mom I wanted to be an architect so I could make gingerbread houses. I think that?s why I enjoy it so much.?
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Thanks, Stacy, for donating your time and talent to an annual project that accomplishes so much! ?The money raised for Juevenile Diabetes Research International has helped 3 children I know live healthier, longer lives. ?And so many families have enjoyed an enchanting holiday tradition because of the imagination and artistry of volunteers like you. ?I can’t wait to see your completed project!