Omaha Transportation Center

Hosted by: CTBUH
​Location: Omaha, Nebraska

The design completion hosted by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat was an open ended proposal asking for exploration into sustainable tall buildings. The international competition was open to all students and received over 500 entries. 

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Design Team
Adam Wiese
Alex Moore 
​Andrew Chase

Project Date:  Summer 2015

The competition had a focus in sustainable tower ideas. We looked at the fact that Omaha had some of the highest wind speeds in the country as a design opportunity. The goal was to try to understand how a form could be manipulated to utilize the wind and even accelerate the wind.  

The main idea for the program came from the idea that a mix use transit hub can be an ultimate catalyst for a downtown. Omaha has constantly dealt with transportation issues from the west part of the city to downtown and we decided to look at a light rail system that would connect the city and all circulate out of this tower. One of the main precedents for the project was the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, IL. ​