The Global Technology Campus is a complete rebuild of an original 72-acre Redmond campus. The new campus has been re-conceived as a true pedestrian environment, built upon physical and cultural inclusivity. The project is also focused on resilient and sustainable design considerations including certification as a Zero Waste Certified campus powered by carbon-free power sources and a landscape designed to be Salmon Safe. The project has been designed in a multidisciplinary environment with five architects, four contractors, and two landscape architecture practices, all working in tandem to knit together a 21st century technology campus which reflects the organization’s community and environmental values.
OLIN, in collaboration with Seattle based Berger Landscape Architects have developed a holistic development plan for the entire campus, focusing on material identity and creating a living environment that is both beautiful and highly contextual, contributing to the biodiversity of the Puget Sound region and the Lake Sammamish watershed. OLIN is currently designing the heart of the technology campus with an expansive central plaza, a campus promenade, recreational fields, and a revitalized Lake Bill, named in homage to Mr. Gates. The campus is knitted together by a forested pedestrian avenue known as the Forest Thread, with a palette composed of Evergreen Douglas Firs and distinctive white birches, all designed over a 19-acre deck structure, making it of the largest green roofs in the world.
