Oana StănescuDesign Studio
Work+ POOL Swimming Pool, NY USA 2010 Ongoing // Breathing, 2018 Ongoing // Storefront Souvenirs, NY Icons, 2017 Completed // Nike Tom Sachs, NY USA 2017 Built // Alexander Wang Osaka, JP 2017 Built // Alexander Wang Tokyo, JP 2017 Built // Nike Air Max New York, USA 2017 Built // Off-White™ New York, USA 2017 Built // Off-White™ Shanghai, 2017 Built // Off-White™ Hong Kong 2, HK 2017 Built // Galilee Resort, Collaboration HQ Architects, IL 2017 Masterplan // GVR, Virtual 2017 // Off-White™, CA 2016 Built // Sydhaven Church, DK 2016 Competition // Fool’s Gold Brooklyn, NY USA 2016 Built // MoMA Pop Rally, NY USA 2015 Completed // Off-White™ Singapore, SG 2016 Built // Workspace, NY 2016 Built // Need Supply Richmond, USA 2016 Built // Off White Shinsegae, KR 2016 Built // Off-White™ Harvey Nichols, UK 2016 Built // Off White Tokyo, JP 2016 Built // Off-White™ Bergdorf Goodman NY, USA 2016 Built // Off-White™ Maxfield, LA USA 2016 Built // Eilat Public Plaza, Collaboration HQ Architects, IL 2016 Under Construction // Off-White™ Milan Showroon, IT 2016 Built // Off-White™ Paris Showroon, FR 2016 Built // KTS Residence, HK 2015 // Adidas Office, LA 2016 Built // Bauhaus, DE 2015 Competition // Off-White™ Selfridges, UK 2015 Built // Off-White™ Beijing, CN 2015 Built // Off-White™ Shanghai, CN 2015 Built // National Retailer Global Re Design Strategy, USA 2015 Strategy // International Perfume Launch Strategy, 2014 // Off-White™ Hong Kong, CN 2014 Built // LA Residence 2017, USA Built // Moscow Brandshop, Collab 2x4, 2014 Built // Southhampton House, LA, USA 2014 Built // Yeezus Stage, Traveling 2013 Built // Thank God for Paris, FR 2013 Proposal // No Shame, NY USA 2013 Built //Sugar Trail, NY USA 2013 Proposal // Flower Field, NY USA 2013 Proposal // Badel Block, Zagreb, HR 2012 // Gosta Art Museum, Mantaa, FI 2011 // Worms, NY, USA 2011 Built // UGM Contemporary Art Museum, Maribor, SI 2010 Competition // Central Bridge, Maribor, SI, 2010 Competition // Dora Island and the Woodblock HouseTrondheim, NO 2010 Competition // Dallas Peaks Housing Block, Dallas, USA, 2009 Competition // Northshore Housing, Stockton-On-Tees, UK, 2009 Competition // Nordhavnen Masterplan, Copenhagen, DK, 2009 Competition //Open Block, Copenhagen DK 2009 Competition // Grand Ring, Brooklyn, NY, USA Competition 2009 Competition // Sunshine Tower, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2009 Proposal
TalksFuck It! – Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI USA 2018 // An Excuse to Make a Difference – SCIARC, LA USA 2017 // A Conversation with David Eskenazi – SCIARC, LA USA 2017 // On Doing – UB, School of Architecture and Planning, Buffalo NY, USA 2017 // Building Legacy Panel - Organized by: United Nations and Design Miami, Miami, USA 2016 // On Family - Keynote Speaker Neocon, Chicago USA 2016 //On Family - Organized by: School of Architecture University of Arizona, Tucson 2016 // Doing Things – Women in Design, Denver, CO USA 2016 // On Making Better Things – USF School of Architecture & Community Design, Tampa, FL USA - USA 2016 // On Productive Architecture - AIA Memphis, The University of Memphis, Memphis, USA 2015 // On Family - Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL 2015
Teaching GSD Harvard University, Cambridge USA – Non Professional Practice Spring 2018, Studio Core III, Fall 2017 // Cooper Union, NY USA – Studio Core II Spring 2018 // INDA Bangkok THA - Design Experimentation Workshop, January 2018 // GSAPP Columbia University, NY USA – Advanced Studio Spring 2017, Other Design co-taught with Michael Rock of 2x4, Fall 2013 - Spring 2015 // MIT, Cambridge USA – Studio Core I, Fall 2016
OtherThe Incidents “Insert Complicated Title Here” // I ♥ NY // Domus 933 The Ahmed Baba Centre in Timbuktu // Mark Letter From Maputo // Abitare Mandela's Yard
ContactPortfolio Upon RequestInquiries and commissions: work@oanas.netOther: contact@oanas.net
PressThe Urban Developer - Profile // New York Times - When Architecture Meets Pop Culture // Forbes - Why This Architect is Spending 10 Years Building a Swimming Pool // New York Magazine - 9 Top Architects Share Their Dream Projects to Improve (or Save) NYC // PIN UP - New Power Generation // Complex - Family's Dong-Ping Wong and Oana Stanescu have been changing the definition of what it means to be an architect for years // Madame Le Figaro - Oana Stanescu And Dong-Ping Wong, The Architects Who Will Make Us Swim In The East River // Vogue - Keeping Up with Kimye // W Magazine - The Transformer // Hypebeast – Meet the Creatives behind Kanye’s and Off-White’s go-to Architecture Firm // Curbed - Family New York // LA Times - Swim in New York's East River? A floating pool plan envisions a safe way // Cultured - The New Vanguard // Architect Magazine - Next Progressives // New York Magazine - Soon You Might Be Able to Swim Safely in Your City’s Polluted Harbor or River // The Economist - Civic Crowd funding: Breaking Ground // Huffington Post - This is What New York City Could Look Like in 2033 // New York Times - The Pop-Up Activists of the Lower East Side // New York Times - Venturing Beyond Art to Give Ideas Their Space // Architizer - Plus Pool, Kickstarter, And Why NYC Needs To Take A Chance On Young Architects // Fast Company - How A Giant Plus-Shaped Pool Could Make New York's East River Safe For Swimmers // Time - 25 Best Inventions of 2013 // USA Today - Crowdfunding Gives Rise to Projects Truly in the Public Domain // Wired - Built by the crowd: the changing world of public infrastructure // Fast Co. - Kickstarter at Its Craziest