Portland State University has selected Bionic to participate in the next phase of the Place Matters Design Competition, which seeks innovative placemaking concepts for the PSU campus. The Bionic team includes Portland-based architecture firm Office 52, placemaking experts RSM Design, public art studio Futureforms, civil engineer Humber Design Group, and a group of local Portland advisors.

The two other teams advancing to the final stage of the competition are BIG + PLACE, a Danish design firm working in collaboration with a Portland-based landscape architecture firm; and Walker Macy Collaborative, a Portland-based landscape architect teaming with Henneberry Eddy Architects and other local organizations.

The teams will submit their final designs in May 2024.

The project breathes new life into Sunnyvale’s downtown core with streetscapes, plazas, shared streets, and a signature public park designed around a historic redwood grove.

The new 10-acre life science campus overlooks the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. The design provides a variety of outdoor amenity spaces set within a landscape of native chaparral plantings. With multiple acres built over structure, the project combines construction and horticultural technology to create a large-scale immersive landscape.

Chiron Plaza lies at the heart of Emery Yards, a new life sciences campus in downtown Emeryville.

The 13-acre park is centrally located at the confluence of the San Lorenzo River and Branciforte Creek in downtown Santa Cruz. Bionic will embark on an extensive public engagement process to help forge a new vision for this iconic public space.