Bionic, in partnership with project prime Integral Consulting, has been selected to develop a coastal access and adaptation plan for Esplanade Park, the waterfront gathering place at the heart of Capitola Village.

The project adds to Bionic’s growing portfolio of waterfront and resilience planning and design work in Santa Barbara, Malibu, San Francisco, Redwood City, and Lahaina, Maui.

Working with the City of Capitola, the team will develop design alternatives that respond to coastal flooding and sea level rise while improving the park’s public spaces, accessibility, and connection to the beach. Community input will shape the concepts and a preferred plan to guide future funding and implementation.  The project is made possible with support from the California State Coastal Conservancy.

Bionic has been selected through a public RFP process by the City of Redwood City as prime consultant for the Waterfront Park master plan. The project will transform an undeveloped site along Redwood Creek into a new public destination and strengthen the city’s connection to its waterfront.

Bionic will lead park planning and design with a multidisciplinary team. Through community engagement, the team will explore opportunities for public access, recreation, ecology, and resilience, then develop a master plan to guide the park’s future.

The project adds to Bionic’s growing portfolio of waterfront and resilience planning and design work in Santa Barbara, Malibu, San Francisco, Capitola, Santa Cruz, and Lahaina, Maui.

We are thrilled to share that Bionic has been selected as a Special Mention in the 2026 Architizer A+ Awards for the Best Landscape Design Firm category!

With entries received from more than 70 countries, we are honored to be recognized by the A+ Awards jury alongside this year’s finalists and winners. This recognition reflects the creativity, care, and dedication of our entire team, and the incredible clients, collaborators, and partners who help bring our work to life.

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.

Bionic’s “Flying Colors” has been selected as a winning proposal in the 2025 Market Street Reimagined Competition hosted by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, ULI, and the Civic Joy Fund. The esteemed Jury including Jony Ive, Sir Norman Foster, Stanley Saitowitz, and Janette Sadik-Kahn selected 5 winners out of 170 entries from nine countries.

Our proposal introduces a luminous civic infrastructure along Market Street with a thread of stainless steel armatures and programmable LED mesh banners stretching from the Embarcadero to Civic Center. Designed to animate the street with light, motion, and meaning, Flying Colors is a flexible platform for public art, civic storytelling, and cultural celebration.

We’re proud to be part of this collective effort to reimagine Market Street as a place of connection, creativity, and civic pride.

We are proud to share that Bionic has been recognized with three awards by the American Society of Landscape Architects Northern California Chapter! Force Field received an Honor Award for General Design, while Emery Yards and the Plus Plan earned Merit Awards for Urban Design.

We are grateful to our collaborators, clients, and project partners whose vision, expertise, and commitment helped make these projects possible.

These awards highlight our focus on designing inventive landscapes that integrate ecology, infrastructure, and public life in meaningful ways. Each recognized project responds to complex site challenges with innovative solutions that strengthen the public realm, connect people and places, and advance the role of landscape in shaping inclusive, enduring environments.

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.