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WHO ARE WE? WAU is an interdisciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York City. The firm was established in response to the widening gap that exists between great design firms and great executive firms with a view to spanning both areas of practice. With prior experience working with some of the world’s most established offices in both spheres, WAU has experience in providing innovative design solutions whilst meeting budget constraints and rigorous construction schedules.

WAU’s design approach is driven by a curiosity for new organizational typologies and aesthetic experiences that offer new ways of living, working, and interacting with one another.

WAU’s interests are not defined by a particular project typology, but by the potential to create environments with cultural resonance. Frequently expanding the role of the architect, WAU’s approach spans between strategic thinking and material experimentation from the city to the

IAN WATCHORN AIA | RIBA | RIAI

Ian Watchorn is a Licensed Architect in both the US & Europe with over 10 years of experience working at internationally renowned offices. Educated in Ireland he has worked with two separate Pritzker Prize winning architects in OMA and Grafton Architects and has experience spanning Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, and for the past 7 years; New York. Ian’s experience is one that recognizes the distinct skills required to both design and execute architectural projects. With this in mind, Ian spent his formative years working on high profile competitions, most notably with OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) where he developed a critical approach to design. Post OMA, Ian then refined this design thinking leading a number of design commissions in the years that followed.

With a desire to see projects through to completion Ian then completed his educational arc by joining Cooper Robertson, working extensively on the later phases of project development, documentation and delivery. With experience in leading all stages of architectural projects at the highest level Ian founded WAU (Watchorn Architecture & Urbanism) in 2020.

Professional Experience 2020 2016 2016 2014 2013 2012 2012 2011

WAU Watchorn Architecture & Urbanism Cooper Robertson HWKN Hollwich Kushner Studio Link-Arc Grafton Architects OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture OG Arkitekter VMX Architects

Education 2011

Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Master of Architecture

JAKE ROSENWALD

Jake Rosenwald is an architectural designer with 3 years of experience from Baltimore, Maryland.

He graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Government and Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning in 2019 with a Masters of Architecture.

Prior to joining WAU, Jake worked at a Brooklyn architecture and urbanism research practice called LeCavalier R+D, focusing on urban and infrastructure solutions for New York City and the surrounding areas. He has also worked on large institutional infrastructure projects at KPF in New York.

Professional Experience 2021 2019 2018

WAU Watchorn Architecture & Urbanism LeCavalier R+D Kohn, Pederson, Fox

Education 2019 2015

Columbia GSAPP Master of Architecture Dartmouth College

NEW MUSEUM EXPANSION Client New Museum Date of Completion Est. 2022 Program Museum / Office / Education Project Size + Location 61,700 sf | New York, USA Firm OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture + Cooper Robertson

The New Muesum Expansion will occupy a seven story, 60,000 square foot building and include three floors of galleries, doubling the Museum’s exhibition space. The form is designed to complement and respect the integrity of the adjoining SANAAdesigned flagship building, while asserting its own distinct identity.

Along with additional space for the Museum’s many community and education programs, the expansion will provide a permanent home and office space for NEW INC, as well as increased public amenities and improved vertical circulation.

New Museum expansion

The new building will improve vertical circulation with the addition of an atrium stair, which will offer views over the surrounding neighborhood. The stair and new entry align to the terminus of Prince Street, opening up the museum to the city. The building will also provide additional public spaces and services, including an expanded lobby and bookstore, an upper level forum connecting to the existing Sky-room, and a new 80-seat restaurant.

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ALBRIGHT KNOX 360 Client Albright Knox Museum Date of Completion Est. 2022 Program Museum Project Size + Location 80,000 sf | New York, USA Firm OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture + Cooper Robertson

North building addition

The AK360 project – an ambitious campus development project for the Albright Knox Gallery – will double the number of masterworks the museum can display and will also provide stateof-the-art space for presenting special exhibitions. The project will enhance the visitor experience at the museum, creating more space for education, dining, and social activities, while better integrating the campus to the landscape of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Delaware Park.

Under the plan developed by OMA in partership with Cooper Robertson as the executive architect, the new building will add 29,000 sf of space for displaying special exhibitions and the museum’s world-renowned art collection. The new building will also incorporate several visitor amenities and is envisioned to have a wraparound promenade that visually and aesthetically connects the interior of the building with the existing campus and landscape.

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CHINA RESOURCES ARCHIVE LIBRARY Client China Resources Group Date of Completion 2018 Program Library, Office, Education Project Size + Location 97,000 sf | Shenzhen, China Firm Studio Link-Arc

Located on the campus of Xiaojingwan University, a private educational institution in Shenzhen, the CRLand Archive Library has a dual program. The building’s primary function is to serve as an archive for the client, holding all of its physical and digital records in a subterranean vault built into the hillside that serves as the project site. Atop the archive, the project functions as a gallery space and lecture hall that serves the adjacent campus, adding a civic and cultural dimension to the project.

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Exterior terraces

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Exhibition Hall

MoMA 15TH FLOOR OFFICES Client Museum of Modern Art Date of Completion 2019 Program Office Project Size + Location 6,200 sf | New York, USA Firm Cooper Robertson

As part of an overall $450 million expansion and renovation of MoMA, Cooper Robertson were tasked with the renovation of the 15th floor of the MoMA office tower. The task was to provide a new home for MoMA’s in-house graphic design team which works alongside the curatorial, marketing and PR teams within the museum.

Key features of the design include a central open plan communal workspace, surrounded by perimeter meeting rooms, private office spaces and various breakout spaces for collaboration.

Note - Project images were taken post client move in.

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THE EDIBLE ACADEMY

Client New York Botanical Garden Date of Completion 2016 Program Education, Office Project Size + Location 5,300 sf | New York, USA

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To meet a growing interest in urban edible gardening, particularly 20 21 for New York City’s young learners, we24were commissioned to design an expansion to The New York Botanical Garden’s Ruth 1 Rea Howell 20 Family Garden.21 The new facility, called The Edible Academy, will expand 24 programs for children as well as teachers, 22 2 families, and adults into a year-round teaching center focusing 1 on the fundamental relationships between plants, gardening, 21 sustainability, nutrition, and health. 19 24

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The Edible Academy includes a new 5,300 square foot classroom 18 19 building and propagation greenhouse as well3 as expanded 2 17 garden areas to serve up to 100,000 program participants 1 10 annually. It is sited to highlight its magnificent setting with views 16 18 12 11 down a steep23wooded slope to the 3 Bronx River. A terraced lawn 2 15 17 two outdoor pavilions amphitheater and will 13provide flexible 9 10 and outdoor events. spaces for activities, cooking demonstrations,

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PARK PARK GROVE GROVE Client Terra Group & Related Companies Client Terra Group & Related Companies Date of completion 2020 Date of Completion 2020 Program Residential Program Residential Project Size + Location 600,000 Miami, Florida, USA Project Sizesf+ |Location 600,000 sf | Miami, Florida, USA Firm OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture Firm

OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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Located at the nexus of the Miami’s urban grid and the bay’s edge, at thethe site has of thetheunique potential to be a seamless Located nexus Miami’s urban grid and the bay’s connection between the city and coast. edge, the site has the unique potential to be a seamless connection

between the city and coast.

OMA’s design inverts the local trend of high-density massing and establishes a new approach to vertical living OMA’s design inverts the local trend of high-density massing and more attuned to Coconut Grove. The site’s porosity was establishes a new approach to vertical living more attuned to preserved by distributing 1 million square feet of living Coconut Grove. The site’s porosity was preserved by distributing between three towers across a five acre lot. Residents 1 million square feet of living between three towers across a five maintain a connection to Coconut Grove’s lush natural acre lot. Residents maintain a connection to Coconut Grove’s lush setting as they arrive at the landscaped plinth and ascend natural setting as they arrive at the landscaped plinth and ascend to units that enjoy views of Biscayne Bay. to units that enjoy views of Biscayne Bay.

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