We design “As of Right” buildings. We are not looking to create monuments but to divert the perspective of dwelling and over time influence the city. Our immediate context has a powerful impact on our wellbeing and we have the power to shape that context. We design our city while our city designs us back. As Steven Johnson said “our thoughts shape the spaces that we inhabit and our spaces return the favor”. The future is now, and is expected to be The power of the NYC architect influenced by primal truths. The extensive is continuously reduced to the surface study and decoding of the human body of things as buildings are dominated by brought the revolution against the numerous rules and regulations. industrialized and a desire to return to Consequently, architecture becomes less nature through technology. Our designs about the fundamental qualities of living are meditating this condition envisioning and more about the iconic expression. spaces that satisfy 3 human needs: the At ODA we always strive to rearrange desire to observe wide perspectives and these priorities and put people first. We reach beyond boundaries, the need for strive to crack the surface and explode protection and intimacy and the beauty the content allowing more interaction of transition between in and out. and more surprises. At ODA we cater for these ideas through a transitional territory we call “the vertical village”. By exploding the traditional NYC block, we find voids, gaps and open spaces that are shared by their communities and create accessible private and public spaces where social life is generated and the relationship with nature reinstated. Most of our buildings have greater usable outdoor space than the building’s footprint, apartments have more Jane Jacobs’ dream of life on perimeter wall per sf than the average and the intimate scale of Greenwich Village’s spaces are not shy to look at each other. streets is fading as population density We call it “unboxing NYC”. increases and forces us to build vertically. We work within the system to ODA ODA is in search of the best practices exploit the system. We utilize its nuisances - to develop a new paradigm that infects to create value which by its nature can be vertical living with the human and social replicated again in another form. We ODA is a New York based qualities of the low scale housing formulas. believe in the synergy between architect architecture and design firm. In the We believe that our quality of life need and client and the inclusion of as many parameters as possible. Our studio is nine years since our inception, not be compromised for the privilege of being in NYC. a horizontal plane, we all share the same we’ve designed 45 buildings in space and all opinions are heard. We design NYC, encompassing a broad range from the inside out developing form driven by the relationships between people and of scales and typologies. their activities. Our buildings look different - because they each function differently. 18th St 123 Melrose St 22-12 Jackson Ave The James New York Monad Terrace* 625 Fulton St National Library of Israel*

134 Vanderbilt Ave

10 Montieth St 10 Driggs Ave 10 Renwick St 15 Union Square West Bushwick Abattoir 42-20 27th St 42-20 27th St 22-20 Jackson Ave

Merchant’s Wharf* 436 Albee Sq W 1299 Half St SW 2520 Peachtree St* 305 East 44th St 71 White St Hunter’s Point 693 Peachtree St* 75 Nassau St

809 Gowanus Canal Study 275 4th Ave Pier 6, 100 Norfolk St Bauhaus Museum Dessau* 5 Franklin Place 416-420 Kent Ave 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

15 USW aug sep dec jan mar Bread Box Cafe nov 555 6th Ave jul jun aug dec New South 1st St may

James Hotel aug oct jan may 55 Mercer mar aug mar 51 Jay mar

Chu Residence jul aug dec jun 165 Chrystie St

241 5th Ave oct jan jul jan East 23rd St jan

93 Worth nov dec nov jan Hunter’s Point Parcel C

15 Renwick nov jan jun

10 Hubert nov jun nov feb 608 Franklin Ave nov

316 Bergen apr aug jul mar 10 Jay jan

W 18th St apr jul

100 Norfolk apr jan

371 Broadway jul dec may - ODA gets a laser cutter jun

2222 Jackson dec sep may - ODA gets a 3D printer jun

1444 3rd Ave dec jan

275 4th Ave jun oct - The office moves may to 250 Park Ave South Albee Square mar aug - Pier 6 competition won

251 West 14th St apr

505 West 43rd St apr oct

Copley Place apr jun - Dongyoung flies to Oslo to deliver the submission for Copley Place Mall apr the Museum of Art, Architecture and Design 510 Driggs Ave may

140 Vanderbilt jun

Nassau St jun

aug - ODA is founded in an may - ODA receives an 173-175 Chrystie St jul UWS townhouse by: Eran Chen, Honorable Mention for the Christian Bailey and Ryoko Okada National Library of Israel Bushwick Block 3141 sep

420 Kent Ave sep

303-305 East 44th St sep

71 White St oct

AYM Bushwick feb oct - ODA moves to the 3rd floor oct - Sandy leaves the south of 494 Broadway, Soho of without power. 42-20 27th St mar The office closes for a week

West Half St jul

570 Fulton St jul nov - First flying dormer gets approved by DOB 2520 Peachtree jul

693 Peachtree jul nov - ODA teams up with project started 1550 Bedford Ave jul TFCornerstone construction start and wins Hunters Point Pier 6 jul construction completed Parcel C RFP. It is the biggest Eden Fine Art NY jul office news affordable project in NYC in the last 212 W 93rd St aug accomplishments 40 years. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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women staff count jan - Bill de Blasio becomes Mayor

nov - One World mar - the Oculus opens Trade Center opens

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jun - Apple releases the iPhone

sep - Occupy Wall St 43

jun - phase I opens

oct - World population reaches 7 nov - Michael Bloomberg’s billion people 3rd Mayor reelection 36 16,000 35 34 sep - Lehman Brothers declares 33 bankruptcy 32

nov - NYT Building completed 33 28 14,000 31 31 nov - Barack Obama elected as president 26 30 25 29 28

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Hunter’s Pt Parcel C Hunter’s Bushwick Abattoir 416-420 Kent Ave 416-420 Merchant’s Wharf 251 West 14th St The James Hotel 2520 Peachtree 190 South First AYM Bushwick 693 Peachtree 22-22 Jackson 134 Vanderbilt 371 Broadway Albee Square 42-20 27th St East 23rd St East 44th St 10 Montieth 275 4th Ave 275 15 Renwick 100 Norfolk Chrystie St 1,150,000 sf 55 Mercer 51 Jay St 71 White 262,000 sf 209,120 sf 205,700 sf 970,000 sf 192,680 sf 800,800 sf 473,000 sf 307,000 sf 300,000 sf 133,540 sf 159,500 sf 179,900 sf 146,600 sf 167,900 sf 116,700 sf 113,100 sf Dean St Project 62,500 sf 63,700 sf 72,000 sf 23,100 sf 94,660 sf 80,620 sf 35,500 sf 44,930 sf 49,950 sf 70,100 sf 79,500 sf 14,150 sf 65,000 sf Nassau 18th St Driggs 10 Jay

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trees ≤10 Concept In Progress Under Construction Completed 15 Renwick Nassau 93 Worth James Hotel 371 Broadway Pier 6 55 Mercer 18th St 809 Broadway West 43rd 15USW Bergen St Gowanus TimesSquare Theatre 100 Norfolk 271 5th Ave 271 10 Jay 51 Jay 10 Nevins St 275 4th Ave 275 East 23rd 625 Fulton Albee Square W 82nd St 2461 Broadway W 93rd St 305 East 44th 140 Vanderbilt Kent Ave Private Residence Hunter’s Point Parcel C Hunter’s South 1st 1550 Bedford 1040 Dean St Driggs 1444 3rd Ave 1444 22-12 Jackson Ave 22-12 169 Graham Ave 169 22-22 Jackson Ave 22-22 71 White St 1800 Park Ave 1800 10 Montieth Bushwick Abattoir AYM Bushwick