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 power of the NYC architect is continuously reduced to the surface of things as buildings are dominated by numerous rules and regulations. Consequently, architecture becomes less about the fundamental qualities of living and more about the iconic expression. At ODA we always strive to rearrange these priorities and put people first. We strive to crack the surface and explode the content allowing more interaction and more surprises.

Jane Jacobs’ dream of life on the intimate scale of Greenwich Village’s streets is fading as population density increases and forces us to build vertically. ODA is in search of the best practices to develop a new paradigm that infects vertical living with the human and social qualities of the low scale housing formulas. We believe that our quality of life need not be compromised for the privilege of being in NYC.

ODA-

ODA is a New York based

architecture and design firm. In the

nine years since our inception,

we’ve designed 45 buildings in

NYC, encompassing a broad range

of scales and typologies.

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The future is now, and is expected to be influenced by primal truths. The extensive study and decoding of the human body brought the revolution against the industrialized and a desire to return to nature through technology. Our designs are meditating this condition envisioning spaces that satisfy 3 human needs: the desire to observe wide perspectives and reach beyond boundaries, the need for protection and intimacy and the beauty of transition between in and out.

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 perimeter wall per sf than the average and spaces are not shy to look at each other. We call it “unboxing NYC”.

We work within the system to exploit the system. We utilize its nuisances to create value which by its nature can be replicated again in another form. We believe in the synergy between architect and client and the inclusion of as many parameters as possible. Our studio is a horizontal plane, we all share the same space and all opinions are heard. We design from the inside out developing form driven by the relationships between people and their activities. Our buildings look different because they each function differently.

18th St

10 Montieth St

Merchant’s Wharf*

809 Broadway

123 Melrose St 22-12 Jackson Ave

436 Albee Sq W

Gowanus Canal Study

10 Driggs Ave 10 Renwick St 15 Union Square West

1299 Half St SW

275 4th Ave

The James New York

Bushwick Abattoir

2520 Peachtree St*

Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Monad Terrace*

42-20 27th St

71 White St305 East 44th St

100 Norfolk St

42-20 27th St

Hunter’s Point

Bauhaus Museum Dessau*

22-20 Jackson Ave

693 Peachtree St*

5 Franklin Place

134 Vanderbilt Ave

75 Nassau St

416-420 Kent Ave

625 Fulton St National Library of Israel*

Copley Place apr

Nassau St jun

140 Vanderbilt jun

303-305 East 44th St sep

71 White St oct

Copley Place Mall apr

510 Driggs Ave may

420 Kent Ave sep

173-175 Chrystie St jul

Bushwick Block 3141 sep

251 West 14th St apr

Albee Square mar

decaugjulChu Residence

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

oct - The office moves to 250 Park Ave South

aug - ODA is founded in an UWS townhouse by: Eran Chen, Christian Bailey and Ryoko Okada

oct - ODA moves to the 3rd floor of 494 Broadway, Soho

jun - Dongyoung flies to Oslo to deliver the submission for the Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

nov - ODA teams up with TFCornerstone and wins Hunters Point Parcel C RFP. It is the biggest affordable project in NYC in the last 40 years.

may - ODA receives an Honorable Mention for the National Library of Israel

oct - Sandy leaves the south of Manhattan without power. The office closes for a week

nov - First flying dormer gets approved by DOB

2222 Jackson dec sep jun

1444 3rd Ave dec jan

51 Jay mar mar

New South 1st Stdec may

East 23rd Stjan jan

275 4th Ave jun may

10 Hubert junnov nov

316 Bergen augapr jul

junjul aug555 6th Avedecsepaug15 USW

janoctaugJames Hotel

novmarjan Bread Box Cafe

augmarmay 55 Mercer

oct juljan241 5th Ave

dec novnov93 Worth

nov junjan15 Renwick

AYM Bushwick feb

42-20 27th St mar

West Half St jul

570 Fulton St jul

2520 Peachtree jul

693 Peachtree jul

1550 Bedford Ave jul

apr jan100 Norfolk

julaprW 18th St

165 Chrystie Stjun

10 Jaymar jan

505 West 43rd St apr oct

608 Franklin Avefeb nov

Hunter’s Point Parcel Cjan

371 Broadway jul dec jun

may - ODA gets a 3D printer

may - ODA gets a laser cutter

Pier 6 Brooklyn Bridge Park jul

Eden Fine Art NY jul

aug - Pier 6 competition won

212 W 93rd St aug

project started

construction start

construction completed

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jun - Apple releases the iPhone

nov - NYT Building completed

jun - High Line phase I opens

sep - Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy

nov - Barack Obama elected as president

nov - Michael Bloomberg’s 3rd Mayor reelection

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oct - World population reaches 7 billion people

sep - Occupy Wall St

jan - Bill de Blasio becomes Mayor

nov - One World Trade Center opens

mar - the Oculus opens

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Project Project Barcode

55 Mercer 14,150 sf

Merchant’s Wharf 262,000 sf

18th St 79,500 sf

15 Renwick 70,100 sf

100 Norfolk 49,950 sf

371 Broadway 113,100 sf

22-22 Jackson 167,900 sf

51 Jay St 146,600 sf

190 South First 44,930 sf

Chrystie St 35,500 sf

275 4th Ave 80,620 sf

East 23rd St 94,660 sf

251 West 14th St 23,100 sf

Albee Square 159,500 sf

Dean St 133,540 sf

Driggs 72,000 sf

134 Vanderbilt 63,700 sf

Nassau 307,000 sf

10 Montieth 473,000 sf

416-420 Kent Ave 800,800 sf

East 44th St 116,700 sf

71 White 62,500 sf

42-20 27th St 192,680 sf

AYM Bushwick 970,000 sf

2520 Peachtree 205,700 sf

693 Peachtree 209,120 sf

10 Jay 179,900 sf

Hunter’s Pt Parcel C 1,150,000 sf

Bushwick Abattoir 300,000 sf

10 MontiethAYM Bushwick

Bushwick Abattoir

1550 Bedford

275 4th AveGowanus

Bergen St

Completed

Under Construction

In Progress

Concept

Pier 6

625 FultonAlbee Square

51 Jay10 Jay

371 Broadway 100 Norfolk

809 Broadway

15USW

271 5th Ave

West 43rdTimes Square Theatre

1444 3rd Ave

1800 Park Ave

W 82nd St

W 93rd St2461 Broadway

305 East 44th

Private Residence

18th St

East 23rd

55 MercerJames Hotel

15 Renwick

93 Worth

Nassau Kent Ave

South 1st

Driggs

Hunter’s Point Parcel C22-22 Jackson Ave

22-12 Jackson Ave

71 White St

1040 Dean St

10 Nevins St

140 Vanderbilt

169 Graham Ave