New York University - UDAR

With Davis Brody Bond • New York, NY • LEED® Silver Certified

Spacesmith and Davis Brody Bond collaborated on the design of a new headquarters for NYU’s University Development and Alumni Relations division (UDAR). Comprised of five groups, UDAR had been working in outdated, ad hoc spaces dispersed across NYU’s urban campus that lacked areas to collaborate or hold events, both essential to the division’s work. Additionally, employees were housed in a variety of small, shared offices that did not support the work process. Our team was tasked with crafting a new workplace strategy and design that would provide the correct types of individual and focused spaces needed for UDAR’s staff, as well as the collaboration opportunities and amenities that allow them to be ambassadors for NYU alumni.

Photo credit: Paúl Rivera