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Okuda & Vale

StudioRefshalevej 163A, 1432 København K

A studio of 34, on the harbour.

We work from a former ship-fitting hall on Refshaleøen. There's a model workshop on the ground floor, the drawing rooms are upstairs, and lunch is at one long table at 12:00 every day.

Former ship-fitting hall, 1921Model workshop highlighted

How we work

  1. 01

    Fewer, better rooms

    We measure a plan by how many rooms you could furnish two ways, not by how many square metres it has.

  2. 02

    Keep what stands

    Our first proposal on any site with a building on it is to keep the building.

  3. 03

    Publish the numbers

    Embodied carbon, cost per square metre and daylight for every project go on this site, good or bad.

  4. 04

    Draw by hand first

    The first plan of every project is drawn with a pencil, at 1:200, by a partner.

People

  • Haruki OkudaFounding partnerSince 2011
  • Signe ValeFounding partnerSince 2011
  • Mette LundAssociate, housingSince 2014
  • Jonas BrixAssociate, technical leadSince 2015
  • Ayaan KapoorProject architectSince 2018
  • Ida RasmussenProject architect, reuseSince 2019
  • Oskar ThieleLandscape architectSince 2020
  • Freja HolmArchitect & model-makerSince 2021

+ 26 architects, landscape architects and students

We're hiring

  • Project architect, housingFull-time · Copenhagen
  • Student assistant, model workshopPart-time · 15 h/week

We don't use recruiters. Send a short letter and ten pages of work you made yourself.

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