We’re excited to be featured in a recent Portland Monthly article about the future of Tom McCall Waterfront Park and Portland’s relationship to the riverfront.
The article highlights our Central City Waterfront Urban Design Study which explores ways the waterfront district can evolve into a more active, inclusive and connected part of our city. Mayer/Reed Principal Shannon Simms, who led the study, continues to be a driving force for change, facilitating workshops with the local design community, city officials and interested citizens. Read the full article in Portland Monthly.
At the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Oregon, massive granite boulders emerge from the landscape, artfully carved by master masons and precisely placed to help tell a powerful story of Indigenous voices. As landscape architect on the new universally accessible main entry and plaza, Mayer/Reed’s work began long before a single stone was craned into place.
Mayer/Reed’s vision for the entry plaza integrates a series of boulders that intentionally interrupt the formal design elements of the landscape, carved in close collaboration with artist and linguist Dr. Phillip Cash Cash. Guided by our preliminary sketches, we traveled to the source to hand-select each boulder. At the quarry, we used LiDAR technology to create photorealistic 3D scans, which we then incorporated into our working design model.
Boulders have unique “personalities.” The digital scans captured the exact dimensions and character of each boulder and allowed us to accurately communicate these intricacies to our collaborators — from the stone masons to the crane operators. The vision came to life through thoughtful design, technical precision and hands-on collaboration.
Vista Pavilion, at Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Marquam Hill campus, opened its doors in April. Dedicated to the treatment of cancer, the addition marks OHSU’s first major in-patient expansion since 2006. Mayer/Reed’s landscape architecture for the 14-story building (architecture by NBBJ) echoes the lush, forested hills that surround campus and includes a fourth-floor green roof that opens up to sweeping views of Portland. A new ADA-accessible path connects neighboring Elk’s Children’s Eye Clinic to Vista Pavilion, providing a crucial connection for those continuing on to the existing OHSU Hospital and Kohler Pavilion.
On April 7, the City of Hillsboro (and baseball fans from all over the region) celebrated the season-opening game at the brand-new Hops Ballpark. Mayer/Reed’s site design for the cutting-edge minor league baseball stadium contributes to the fun with a variety of open spaces for taking in a game. In addition to hosting Hops baseball, the stadium will provide a 7,000-person capacity venue for year-round concerts, festivals and events. Architecture by CannonDesign and Populous.
