Conceptual

R8XX New Contextual Zoning

Following the 2016 rezoning of East New York, in which Contextual Zoning districts were superimposed on the existing neighborhoods, OPerA Studio performed this exploration of […]

Brooklyn Collage

As part of OPerA Studio’s 2018 exhibition “OPerAtive Representation,” we created a set of collages to further examine an increasingly common project type among new […]

Atlantic Yards

The Atlantic Yards site represents a unique opportunity to create an innovative large scale, high density development in the heart of Brownstone Brooklyn. In 2006 […]

Chicago Kiosk

The kiosk, who we have named Tiffany, began as a thought, a conversation about geometric principles; the current state of our country’s educational system and […]

Tia Cibani Shops

The design for the Tia Cibani Womens Fashion stores is inspired by themes, textures, patterns and lighting conditions derived from the northern African heritage of […]

Showroom Display

OPerA-Studio is currently designing the showroom and headquarters for Tia Cibani Inc. The showroom will include a variety of custom fabricated display elements including this […]

Guggenheim Helsinki

The new Helsinki Guggenheim Museum provides an interface between the space for the display of art and the public space of the city. The architectural […]

Taichung Tower

Harvest Tower was proposed for the new Taichung Tower competition in 2011. The brief asked for a 350m tall observation tower with a museum of […]

Folded Frame House

The Folded Frame house is composed of a continuous surface that bends and folds to create the walls, floors, and roofs of the house. These […]

OPerA House

OPerA House (Operative house) is a concept for creating prefabricated dwellings that break the typical shipping container sized box of the prefab unit. The unit […]

Inside Out House

The Inside-Out house takes the simple vernacular form of a gabled, shed-roofed, shingle clad structure and inserts within it the figural volume of the primary […]

Light Cottage

The Light Cottage is conceived as a simple one story country retreat with an open living area and single bedroom. Its basic form is a […]

Hotel Centro

The concept for Hotel Centro, Guadalajara, began with the creation of a structural core and facade, each developed from a triangulated frame that serves as […]

Ponte Academia

A unit system combines a series of variable parts in a multitude of possible connections to create a continuous and flexible structure. The system mimics […]