ODA

ODA works in architecture, interiors, landscape, and urban design through a practice seeking to improve relationships within the city. The relationship between program, layout, and context is central when considering services of this kind: spatial decisions need to respond to planned activities, site characteristics, and the needs of people using the facilities.

Its portfolio brings together new developments and transformations of existing properties, with projects such as OLA Palermo and 62 Reade Street. Connections between planting, habitable space, and collective experience provide a reference for reviewing its design approach. Reviewing references by program and context helps identify which aspects of the practice can respond to the priorities of a particular assignment and its intended users.

Reviewing the portfolio offers a starting point for connecting references with the needs of an assignment. Before establishing scope, it is useful to describe users, proposed spaces, and property constraints, distinguishing conceptual decisions from later stages of documentation and the technical coordination required for delivery.