After a seven-month nationwide competition, the Oma + Olin design was unanimously selected by the competition jury for the 11th Street Bridge Park . The competition called for the transformation of a redundant freeway bridge into a new civic space over the river.
“The Oma + Olin concept is simply brilliant in the way they captured ideas we heard from residents on both sides of the river and from across the city,” said 11th Street Bridge Park director Scott Kratz. “These thoughtful designers – some of the best architects and landscape architects in the world – have taken community-driven ideas and created a compelling new space that will connect two historically divided parts of the city while adding a new shape to the capital’s iconic monuments.”
In addition to a unanimous jury selection, the design received the highest marks from the competition’s design oversight committee comprised of community stakeholders and the most votes in a public poll of over 1,100 participants.
Four shortlisted designs had been unveiled last month (link opens in new tab).
