In response to the hillside excavation required for OHSU’s Vista Pavilion tower, the design team transformed a construction void into a thoughtfully integrated multimodal hub. In collaboration with architects and engineers, the design nests a covered bicycle parking structure for over 100 bikes with an upgraded bus stop into the slope, creating a safer, greener gateway to the hospital.

Board-formed concrete, weathering steel, green roofs, and layered plantings blend the facility into the forested slope. Retaining walls house large generator fuel tanks and stabilize the hillside, while restoring ecological continuity. The hub balances heavy infrastructure with human-scale placemaking—offering a technically complex, yet elegant solution that prioritizes sustainable mobility, safety, and environmental restoration on OHSU’s challenging Marquam Hill campus.

As a Senior Landscape Architect with Mayer/Reed, Tim Strand was concept design lead for this project.

Mayer/Reed Team: Carol Mayer/Reed, Tim Strand, Cami Culbertson, Michael O’Brien