An Infrastructure for Restorative Justice
A design studio founded by ARExA principals Darrick Borowski and Rik Ekström in collaboration with the School of Visual Arts.
Read more →Our practice spans adaptive reuse, brand experience, education, food and energy systems, workplace and residential — each project begins with the building's own logic and the community's own voice.
New life for existing structures — merging preservation and reinvention to unlock latent value.
03 projectsRetail, hospitality and flagship spaces translating brand intent into spatial narrative.
09 projectsLearning environments — from biomimetic classrooms to student learning centers.
02 projectsResilient infrastructure connecting urban life to the systems that sustain it.
04 projectsWorkplaces built for collaboration, focus and the changing rhythms of modern practice.
04 projectsHomes and multifamily housing — from private retreats to new models for shared living.
07 projectsA design studio founded by ARExA principals Darrick Borowski and Rik Ekström in collaboration with the School of Visual Arts.
Read more →Perspectives on better integrating public health and air quality into how we plan and design the built environment.
Read more →Touring projects and sharing meals with colleagues from Stockholm and NYC, discussing the housing question in both cities.
Read more →We bring a research-based, process-driven approach to current social and environmental challenges — leveraging space as a mechanism for dialogue and change.
Our experience includes instigating communities and collaboration via new models for live/work, re-envisioning food and energy systems towards resilient cities, and responsive environments. We push each project beyond established solutions, promoting new modes of engagement with the built environment.
Founding member of the Woods Bagot New York Studio, where he led Education and Research projects including the feasibility study for Rutgers' Institute for Food, Nutrition & Health and design of Cornell's Marriott Student Learning Center.
Worked on architecture, design and branding worldwide from offices in New York, London, Seattle and Chicago. As Creative Director at JPDA he led projects for Apple, American Apparel, Harley Davidson and O2. Teaches design at SVA.
Architectural projects ranging from corporate campuses, international retail rollouts and city-block scale multi-unit housing. Interest in adaptive techniques and pre-design research and survey processes.