In response to the growing College of Computer Science & Engineering, the Bill & Melinda Gates Center provides a critical expansion as well as an addition to the campus fabric connecting the upper Drumheller Fountain area to the university stadium district below by Union Bay. The site improves pedestrian connections across Stevens Way and embraces the adjacent Mechanical and Civil Engineering buildings on either side. The terraced landscape provides opportunities to navigate the steep terrain through the use of stairs and accessible ramps while creating signature Northwest exterior spaces with overlooks, nested lawns, and shared plazas.

Work completed at OLIN while Derek Hoetmer was employed as a landscape architect.

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LOCATION / Seattle, WA

CLIENT / University of Washington

DATE / 2018

TEAM / LMN Architects

PRESS

“Inside Look at The University of Washington’s New Computer Science Building,” Taylor Soper. GeekWire.com. 26 September 2018.

“2019 WAN Awards: University of Washington, Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering - LMN Architects,” Jessica Evans. WorldArchitectureNews.com. 7 June 2019.