Project Type: Park

Columbus Circle

A high-angle view of a curved tiered fountain with multiple water jets, bordered by lush green grass, trees, and a bed of pink flowers.

OLIN’s redesign of Columbus Circle is based on concentric rings of movement and light, transforming what was once an inhospitable traffic circle into a refuge where people stop, meet and relax in the hub of a swirl of traffic late into the evening. The fountain is formed by a series of ledges with cascading water […]

Bryant Park

A high-angle view of Bryant Park's green lawn and the New York Public Library, framed by dense green trees and a backdrop of various Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers.

One of the highest profile and most cherished public spaces in the world, Bryant Park has become a model for environmental, social and economic sustainability. Many visitors to the park are unaware that the site is a large-scale green roof above an annex housing more than three million volumes of the adjacent New York Public […]

Currie Park Redesign

A birdseye rendering of a waterfront park featuring lush green lawns, walking paths, a tidal amphitheater, and sailboats on the water.

OLIN is collaborating with Chen Moore Associates and a multi-disciplinary team of experts on a community-based, ecological vision for Currie Park, a key place of exchange between the city of West Palm Beach and its urban estuary on the shores of the Intracoastal Waterway. The master planning effort for the 13.6-acre site, led by the […]

Fountain Square

A crowd of people partner dancing in a city square at night, with a glowing fountain and illuminated blue building in the background.

Fountain Square, located in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, has created a true sense of place while making a more attractive, cohesive and vibrant center for pedestrians to gather, interact and enjoy the downtown. Integral to the revitalization of Fountain Square is the social programming of the space—it has become the downtown’s center for social […]

Freedom Monument Sculpture Park

A collection of tall, stylized clay or stone sculptures of human figures with beaded necklaces standing in a sunny, wooded park.

The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park is a profound and moving experience realized by the creative design vision of Bryan Stevenson and the organization he founded, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). OLIN served as EJI’s Landscape Architect to help realize this soulful truth-telling of Black enslavement in the American South. The project begins with a ferry […]

Independence National Historical Park

A birdseye view of Independence Mall showing the historic hall, the long green park, and the surrounding city skyline under a blue sky.

OLIN led a multi-disciplinary design team to develop a master plan, design guidelines and detailed site plans for this World Heritage site. The design integrates the contemporary and historic context of Philadelphia into a successful ensemble of vehicular and pedestrian traffic patterns, open spaces and buildings—including the National Constitution Center Visitor Center and pavilion for […]

Lock 3

Aerial view of a completed urban park with a large green lawn, curved concrete paths, and a modern performance stage.

Centrally located in the core of downtown, Lock 3 is the primary gathering space for Akron and its environs. Prior to the re-imagining of Lock 3, this ad-hoc space served as the City of Akron’s main public venue and functioned entirely as an event space whose primary mission is to bring people to the downtown. […]

Mill River Park and Greenway

An elevated view of a winding river in a park during autumn, featuring walking paths and colorful fall foliage.

For decades, Mill River in Stamford, Connecticut was dammed and channelized, choked with pollution and silt buildup, leading to greater flood risk for the surrounding downtown. When the Army Corps of Engineers called for the removal of the dam and channel walls, OLIN was brought in to create a master plan for the newly naturalized […]

Origin Park

Aerial rendering of a sprawling green riverfront park integrated into a city grid, featuring winding paths, lakes, and a bridge crossing the water.

OLIN has been commissioned to develop a design for a new 400-plus acre park in Southern Indiana, along the northern shore of the Ohio River. The project will rehabilitate and transform an expanse of waterfront lands, which for decades have been occupied with landfills and industrial facilities, into a rich cultural and civic asset for […]

ResilienCity Park

Wide aerial shot of a city park with a skyline in the background, showing a baseball field, basketball court, and circular central building.

ResilienCity Park is Hoboken’s largest park, providing recreation and public space while serving as landscape infrastructure that manages almost two million gallons of stormwater in a low lying, flood-prone city. The park transforms an asphalt covered, former industrial site into a vegetated public space filled with amenities for the Hoboken community. Through a robust engagement […]