STUDIO V Architecture is an award-winning architecture and urban design firm that seeks to reimagine the 21stcentury urban condition. We specialize in transit-oriented developments and waterfront urban design at all scales, and adaptive reuse projects that repurpose historic structures for public use.
We believe cities are the greatest artifacts of man, containers of collective myths and desires. STUDIO V explores and renews cities by creating contemporary architecture that incorporates and enriches history while expressing the ideals of our time.
Our designs combine old and new, integrate modern architecture with historic structures, and contrast craft and digital fabrication. Our research reveals historic layers of sites and structures while our architecture incorporates the radical recycling of industrial and historic artifacts including bridges, tanks, warehouses, buildings, former secret laboratories, and grain silos into surprising new uses and successful public spaces.
Our architecture addresses the forgotten spaces of cities, to support entrepreneurs, reconnect neighborhoods, and promote equity. Our expertise in resiliency, affordable housing, waterfront design, public parks, brownfield remediation, reinventing infrastructure, and cultural spaces is transforming former edges into the new centers of urban life.
Our architectural designs incorporate expressive lattice shells, cable-nets, state of the art sustainable materials, and innovative solutions to save endangered historic structures. Our innovative approaches to digital fabrication are transforming public spaces, from an award winning underground street in Japan, to the longest bar in North America, to a pedestrian passage on a bridge over Niagara Falls.
The most pressing issue changing the face and structure of the built environment is the need to build sustainably, the absolute necessity to create buildings that have very low or zero carbon offsets, and use energy- and water-efficient technologies. So experts in the industry are coming up with or reinventing building methods.
Over in Coney Island, N.Y., just steps away from the beach and Luna Park, 1515 Surf Avenue is taking shape. The mixed-use project broke ground in September 2021 in the midst of the health crisis, with completion slated for 2024.
"We are in the midst of a revolution to fight climate change at every level—from homes to buildings to cities. The architect, planner, developer, agencies, and officials have many tools at their disposal—from energy infrastructure to transit systems to building technologies. But green architecture and urbanism offer a particularly effective range of options, including urban trees, rain gardens, and green networks. The constructed landscape and artificial nature are tools in this fight."
In this episode of I Hear Design, Chief Content Director Robert Nieminen sits down with Jay Valgora, Principal and Founder of STUDIO V, and Jonce Walker, Global Director of Sustainability and Wellness at HLW, for a lively conversation in which they shared their passion for and perspectives on how to design for the new climate reality.
Construction is complete on The Green House, a 12-story residential building at 10-25 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by STUDIO V Architecture and developed by Charney Companies, the structure yields 46 rental apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts, ground-floor retail space, and 40 on-site parking spots.
STUDIO V met with the Buffalo community on Friday, December 16th and shared preliminary ideas for a ground-up mixed-use residential building. The firm is planning to design an ensemble of three-story buildings with 40 residential units and 12,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.