Design Principles
Located on the piers of the old 11th Street Bridge, this venue will be a space for healthy recreation, environmental education, and the arts.
Washington D.C.’s first elevated public park will be perched over the Anacostia River.
Co-creating a path for a bright future
Working with community to build pathways with opportunities that ENHANCE AGENCY.
Design Principles
The design principles and list of facilities for the 11th Street Bridge Park were gathered through community meetings with nearby residents, church leaders, business owners and city government representatives. Working collaboratively with hundreds of residents and stakeholders, the DNA for the future 11th Street Bridge Park was created and reviewed by our Design Oversight Committee representing stakeholders from across Washington DC.
Meet The Design Team
Jason Long joined OMA in 2003 and has been based in OMA New York since 2007. After acting as a key member of OMA’s Rotterdam–based think tank, AMO he served as project architect and project manager for many of OMA’s cultural projects in the Americas including the Quebec National Beaux-Arts Museum, the Faena Arts Center in Miami Beach and the Marina Abramovic Institute in Hudson, New York. He has longstanding experience with public space planning, from his early involvement in AMO strategic masterplans for Beijing Preservation and Shanghai Planning to the recent winning competition scheme for the Miami Beach Convention Center District. In addition, Long has overseen a number of residential projects in the US, including the Transbay 8 tower in San Francisco. Jason was also an Associate Editor of Content (Taschen 2004) and a Visiting Critic at Cornell University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Vassar College, and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
A Partner since 2009, Hallie Boyce has seventeen years of experience in the field of landscape architecture and urban design. Her focus is the design of places in the public realm that promote community building and public health through the engagement of urban ecologies and natural systems. Her expertise in cultural landscapes includes the design of the new U.S. Embassy and Cubitt Square at King’s Cross Station in London, a vision plan for Franklin Park in Washington DC and the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. In 2012 she led the design of the winning entry for the Washington Monument Grounds at the Sylvan Theater. Recently realized projects include the Spirit of Women Park and Nationwide Children’s Hospital Children’s Garden in Columbus, Ohio and the landscape for the University of California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California. Hallie has also worked on the design of private estates in Virginia, Wyoming and France.
Hallie is currently an adjunct studio critic for the graduate Urban Lands studio at Temple University. Previously she co-led Studio Slavonice for three years at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design which explored the idea of catalytic landscapes that sustainably transform rural towns along the Czech-Austrian border. She has also been a visiting critic at the University of Virginia and a guest critic at Morgan State University. Hallie holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Art in Art History from Bucknell University
