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NY Exhibit Traces Shift in Architectural Technology

The show will delineate the evolution of the firm’s work.

Meaghan O'Neill -- Interior Design, 4/5/2007 12:00:00 AM

Investigating the “profound shift that has transformed architecture” over the past 15 years, Boston-based architecture and design firm Office dA is presenting “Transliterations,” an exhibit of its own work at the Tilton Gallery in New York through May 5. The show explores how the tools of architecture have transitioned from precise handmade geometries to even more exacting digital assemblies via the firm’s own drawings, models, and digital mockups.

Office dA takes the stance that digital technology has irrevocably impacted both construction techniques and aesthetics and the exhibit will serve to show how the firm has incorporated technological advances into their work, using detailing, materials, and technology to create a unique and inventive design process.

Led by principal partners Monica Ponce de Leon and Nader Tehrani, Office dA’s work ranges from furniture to urban design to infrastructure. Their global projects combine elements of local craft and tradition with global and contemporary architectural techniques. Recent projects include the main library for the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, the Helior House Gas Station in Los Angeles, and the first phase of the Tongxian Art Center in Beijing. The firm also designed the Macallen building, the first LEED-certified, environmentally sensitive, multi-housing building in Boston. Other accolades include an Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as nine Progressive Architecture Awards.