AIA Architecture Honor Award

Rigorous measurement, clarity of design, and a commitment to excellence form the foundation of our process before the actual building begins. Sketches, graphic renderings, and augmented reality will bring your project to life.

OPN has a research specialist on staff to monitor and track space utilization, and other relevant figures, etc., for our projects. While this research is a work-in-progress, it provides real-world benchmarking and data-driven insights to inform our design decisions. We recognize the need for balance among all aspects of operations and management, staffing, technology, community building, public support, facilities, and the rapidly changing global environment. Our process includes strategies for understanding design philosophies, prioritizing decisions, and allocating resources to those efforts most likely to yield the maximum design value.

Architects are confronting the fact that buildings are the largest single contributor to the production of greenhouse gases and almost half of the total annual production. In order to reach the goal of carbon-neutral buildings by 2030, there is a crucial need for design experts, like OPN, to apply their experience, innovations, and talents to current practices that will lead to significant reductions in the use of natural resources, non-renewable energy sources, and waste production.

Virtual reality is a tool used by architects and engineers to visualize the design in three dimensions. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a 3-D model is worth 1,000 pictures. This rapidly evolving technology has taken designers from the architectural sketches of a generation ago to three-dimensional immersive building models. The ability to visualize designs in a three-dimensional form from every angle inside and out is a powerful tool that shapes decisions and helps solve potential issues before they become real (and potentially costly) during construction.