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08/31/2026

Architecture is often understood through its physical form, but its greatest impact lies in the spaces in between. We see porosity as essential to creating meaningful urban environments. The intentional gaps between buildings, programs, and thresholds allow light, movement, and human interaction to emerge, transforming architecture from a static object into a catalyst for everyday life.

08/24/2026

Form should follow experience—form following function is no longer enough. In dense urban environments, it’s an architect’s responsibility to design around the human experience, not just the building, to create spaces that improve quality of life.

06/30/2026

We envision structures as an extension of the streetscape across all of our projects worldwide. From the outset, we take a collaborative approach with developers and planners to revitalize neighborhoods and bring new life to the heart of urban environments. This begins at the public ground, which we intentionally design to cultivate people, their interests, and everyday moments of joy. By engaging the streetscape as a continuous civic condition, we shape buildings that don’t stand apart from the city, but actively participate in it—creating more connected, experiential urban environments at every scale.

04/22/2026

“When we design space, we design behavior. When we design behavior, we design society. And maybe, if we design wisely, our cities can become a little more like a courtyard; A little more like a stoop: lively, connected, and human. ...even 500 feet in the air.” -

04/09/2026

Nino of joined ODA founder at to discuss how adaptive reuse can reshape a city, transforming a once-abandoned structure into a vibrant hub for community, connection, and everyday life in Buenos Aires. Thank you to Nino and for featuring this project.

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04/01/2026

At Malabar, layered glass, structure, and circulation create calibrated openness, making way for light and visual continuity without sacrificing function. The building resists rigidity, increasing permeability—physically and visually—and expands how space can be used and experienced. ODA uniquely configured each floor plate to accommodate diverse ways of living, pushing back on the homogeneity typical of residential towers. Porosity is not transparency alone, it is the deliberate relationship between openness and enclosure with human-experience as the driving force being the design.

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01/23/2026

At 126 East 57th Street, Malabar Residences embodies a new approach to vertical living—where layered terraces, light, and shared spaces transform height into experience. Learn more at the link in bio.

01/20/2026

Malabar Residences’ tetris-like façade is designed to stand out at 126 East 57th Street, instantly recognizable in the Midtown skyline. Each interlocking volume is not just a visual gesture, but a spatial one, carving out terraces, light, and openness that enhance life inside the building.

As ODA founder notes, the design brings “a human scale, playfulness, and visual interest” to the building, transforming a bold street presence into a vertical experience that balances high design with quality of life.

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