Owner: University of Washington

University of Washington Tacoma 2025 Campus Master Plan

An elevated rendering of a bustling campus plaza filled with students. Modern brick buildings with large windows frame a view of the Tacoma Dome and a snow-capped Mount Rainier in the distance, with a large purple "W" statue in the foreground.

As Consulting Landscape Architects and Planners to BIG Architects, OLIN’s work furthered the University of Washington Tacoma’s mission to cultivate an inclusive, connected academic environment within a complex urban fabric. The proposal and its surrounding landscape integrate the site’s dramatic topography, mobility networks, and regional ecology to create a cohesive campus identity that honors its […]

University of Washington North Campus Housing

A view from an outdoor concrete staircase looking toward a lush, rock-lined garden bed with ferns, with modern wood-and-metal residential buildings in the background.

The northeast precinct of the University of Washington is a distinct campus landscape, possessing a natural character that rivals the built context that typically defines the environment of an academic campus. The precinct is distinguished by its associations with the iconic landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, defined by its forest-like canopy of trees and iconic […]