Project Type: Educational

John Lewis Student Center and Stamps Commons at Georgia Tech

A ground-level view of an outdoor campus seating area next to a modern building. Students sit at tables under umbrellas or walk along a path bordered by a stone wall and young, green trees.

Georgia Tech’s John Lewis Student Center and Stamps Commons transformed an inward-facing student center and surrounding site into an accessible, transparent, outwardly oriented integration of architecture and landscape that encourages student engagement and creates a campus life environment where students can restore, reset, and refuel. Beginning as a design-build competition, multidisciplinary teams and construction managers […]

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall

Three students sit on a wide, tiered stone staircase under the wooden soffit of a large building cantilever. The facade above shows textured grey metal siding punctuated by white and orange window accents.

Adohi Hall, a 202,027-square-foot, 708-bed facility at the University of Arkansas, is the nation’s first large-scale mass timber residence hall project and living learning setting. A design collaborative led by Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Modus Studio, Mackey Mitchell Architects, and OLIN, created the project. Configured to create a dynamic environment that fosters student collaboration and interactive […]

Mary McLeod Bethune Schoolyard Improvements

An aerial view of a vibrant, newly renovated schoolyard featuring a colorful basketball court, a playground with woodchips, a small turf field, and paved walking paths winding through green garden beds.

OLIN worked with the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and the School District of Philadelphia to invigorate and elevate the Mary McLeod Bethune School landscape in North Philadelphia. This project presented an opportunity to transform a barren asphalt lot into an exciting place for play, learning, art, joy, and experiences with nature. Through a community […]

Alain Locke Schoolyard

A direct top-down aerial view of the recreational complex, showing the symmetrical layout of the blue track, green field, basketball court, and yellow playground situated between a school building and a residential row.

OLIN worked with the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and the School District of Philadelphia to redesign and stimulate the schoolyard of the Alain Locke School in West Philadelphia. The project served as an opportunity not only to enhance play, but also to convert an asphalt lot into green infrastructure, extend learning outdoors, and provide […]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ray and Maria Stata Center

An elevated view of a modern urban campus featuring the Stata Center, a small playground, and a stone-lined swale.

The Ray and Maria Stata Center, home to MIT’s Computer Information and Intelligence Science communities, was the first project realized as part of OLIN’s framework plan for the campus. The site design draws from local landscape character. The concept of a stylized New England glaciated landscape is articulated through drumlins, boulders, and plantings that are […]

University of Pennsylvania Weitzman Plaza

A ground-level perspective of the tiered wooden seating area filled with students eating and talking. The scene is framed by leafy green trees and the ornate red brick and terra cotta architecture of the campus.

The new Stuart Weitzman Plaza, home to the school’s graduation ceremony and other events, reinvigorates the setting of the School of Design to play a unique role in the life of the school and campus. Reshaping space at this key nexus of campus pedestrian circulation brings together the Fisher Fine Arts Library, the Graduate Fine […]

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 […]

Carnegie Mellon University Scaife Hall

A sunset view of an outdoor terrace with people sitting at tables and in colorful chairs, with the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning in the distance.

Carnegie Mellon University is nestled within the Pittsburgh Low Plateau, a truly unique place where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers converge in the center of the city of Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. The Western Allegheny Plateau Ecoregion gives a broad, ecological context to draw upon, for both its plant palette and its stone […]

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 […]