Project Type: Transportation

16th Street Transitway Mall Revitalization

High-angle view of a wide pedestrian mall lined with trees, outdoor seating, and modern buildings, featuring a distinctive gray and white diamond-patterned stone pavement.

Over 40 years after helping shape Denver’s beloved 16th Street Mall, OLIN returned to breathe new life into the city’s mile-long pedestrian and transit corridor. As part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, we led a two-year design and research effort to reimagine this historic spine for the next generation. The redesign brings bold, forward-looking updates […]

ARC Wildlife Crossing Competition

Aerial rendering of a wide, forested wildlife overpass spanning a multi-lane highway, seamlessly connecting two mountain slopes.

The beauty of landscape is in its extreme scales—it can be seen as a larger whole or a mosaic of smaller components that comprise a greater whole. OLIN’s proposal for a modular, adaptable wildlife crossing–which can be implemented by transportation departments across the nation–is informed by a computer model of a toroid, a ring-shaped, gridded […]

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 […]

Syracuse Connective Corridor

A low-angle shot of a park path lined with vibrant red flowers in the foreground. In the blurred background, a small child walks toward red curved benches where a woman stands nearby under autumn trees.

For decades, the city of Syracuse has been divided both physically and culturally. The large overpass of Interstate 81 bisected neighborhoods and impeded a cohesive urban identity. The design of the Connective Corridor is inspired by a renewed vision for Syracuse that will connect and enliven a central artery of the city in need of […]

Target Field Station

A sunlit view from beneath a white louvered pergola looking out onto a green lawn where children play and people sit on benches near a transit entrance.

Located next to Target Field, the station serves as a central, multi-modal transportation hub and community gathering space in downtown Minneapolis. A catalyst for neighborhood redevelopment, the $79 million design-build project provided 300 new jobs during its construction, and created new community park space for the North Loop neighborhood and historic Warehouse District. The station […]

Logan Circle

Aerial view of a large urban traffic circle park with a central fountain and surrounding green space.

OLIN, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), the Pew Charitable Trusts, Center City District and The Fairmount Park Commission, revitalized this historic Philadelphia landmark and restored it to its rightful place among the city’s celebrated open spaces. The subtle alterations to the grading, lawn and seating create a more secure and welcoming environment, […]

11th Street Bridge Park

Aerial view of a proposed multi-level pedestrian park bridge spanning a wide river next to an existing highway bridge in an urban setting.

OMA+OLIN’s winning design for the 11th Street Bridge Park Competition connects two historically disparate sides of the Anacostia River with a series of rooms and active zones, including two sloped ramps that elevate visitors to maximized look-out points to landmarks in either direction. Each ramp terminates in a waterfall that visually reconnects the ramps to […]