Tag / Design

This project proposes a disparate trajectory of architecture: a dissension from current design practice, a design practice that is no longer confined to or constrained by a building code and standardization which inevitably lends itself to apathetic and conditioned users. Rather, this thesis probes a trajectory of architecture that capitalizes on an urban and architectural [...]

White House Redux Competition, 2008 The President of the United States is the symbolic figurehead of an entire nation. The building in which he/she lives should be as inclusive as the principles on which this country was founded. Just as a sponge absorbs its environs and filters ineffectual material, the new White House should engage [...]

Off / Grid House Albuquerque, NM : 2012 Design by OTA+ (Kory Bieg and Alexa Getting)   For our Off/Grid House project in New Mexico, our office worked cooperatively to produce an extensive catalog of formal versions; each offering different spatial opportunities. Like the Surrealist game, everyone in the office took turns building and/or modifying [...]

Flux Exhibition and Installation San Francisco, CCA Nave: 2009 Design: Kory Bieg, Andre Caradec, Andrew Kudless Fabrication: Kory Bieg, Andre Caradec, CCA Flux Studio Exhibition Curation: Andrew Kudless, Marc Fornes, Ila Berman   The Flux Installation explores the possibilities of parametric modeling and digital fabrication at California College of the Arts (CCA). Produced using CCA’s [...]

Platelet Partition Installation : 2010 Design by OTA+ (Kory Bieg and Alexa Getting)   The Platelet Partition is one permutation of a multi-layered organizational system that uses material difference and scalar variability to create asymmetrical carapaces. Each carapace is supported by a small group of branching vertical tubes which are suspended between clusters of horizontal [...]

Selected student work from the seminar Digitally Generated Morphology Adjunct Professor Kory Bieg

Chen Loft Client: Albert and Stephanie Chen Potrero Hill,  San Francisco, CA : 2007 Design by OTA+ The project is a renovation to an existing loft in potrero hill. The client asked K Bieg Design to divide the lower level of their loft into a master bedroom and office. Dividing the room in two would [...]

Intercontinental Hotel and Business Center Yerevan, Armenia : 2010 Design by OTA+   The building design takes cues from the storied history of Armenia, the diverse and unique cultural heritage of the Armenian people, the dominant presence of the site, the multiplicity of program needs and opportunities, and the beauty of the surrounding and distant [...]

Design by OTA+ (Kory Bieg and Alexa Getting) The Omphalos Pavilion proposes to capitalize on the already successful flow, circulation, and social interaction within Trafalgar Square and utilizes this example to enhance and inform the programmatic and formal function of the proposed pavilion.  Formally, the pavilion is one continuous surface that has been folded, twisted, [...]

OTA+ is a full-service architecture and design firm. Kory Bieg is a licensed architect in the State of California. If your project is in a different State, we would be happy to seek licensure in your state or work with a local architect. We design buildings, additions, interiors, exteriors, furniture, lights, graphics, and much more. [...]

Selected student work from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco Graduate and Undergraduate Studios, Adjunct Professor Kory Bieg

Selected student work from the University of California, Berkeley 100B: Undergraduate Studio, Instructor Kory Bieg

Selected student work from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco ARH 609, Graduate Studio, Instructor Kory Bieg

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OTA+ is an architecture, design and research office specializing in the application of advanced digital technologies for the visualization and fabrication of projects of all types and scale. OTA+ treats every project as an opportunity to use current design software and CNC (computer numerical controlled) machine tools to both generate and construct conceptually rigorous and [...]