SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
OCA’s mission is to provide quality, specialized, practical and cost effective solutions to address our client’s architectural and engineering design needs. Our objective is to provide maximum value to our clients by utilizing our team’s expertise in the area of project planning, development of contract documents and construction administration. Our perspective and approach to our craft is that we are business people first and architects second or business people who focus on the business of architecture. This is instrumental in our approach to architecture and ultimately the reason why we strive to create maximum value for our clients. Further, OCA seeks to create a diverse work force that will be equipped to compete both nationally and globally. We are committed to attracting the best people and providing them with an environment and structure that allows for and encourages limitless professional and personal growth opportunities as well as a share in the prosperity of the firm.
OCA’s mission is to provide quality, specialized, practical and cost effective solutions to address our client’s architectural and engineering design needs. Our objective is to provide maximum value to our clients by utilizing our team’s expertise in the area of project planning, development of contract documents and construction administration. Our perspective and approach to our craft is that we are business people first and architects second or business people who focus on the business of architecture. This is instrumental in our approach to architecture and ultimately the reason why we strive to create maximum value for our clients. Further, OCA seeks to create a diverse work force that will be equipped to compete both nationally and globally. We are committed to attracting the best people and providing them with an environment and structure that allows for and encourages limitless professional and personal growth opportunities as well as a share in the prosperity of the firm.
OCA’s mission is to provide quality, specialized, practical and cost effective solutions to address our client’s architectural and engineering design needs. Our objective is to provide maximum value to our clients by utilizing our team’s expertise in the area of project planning, development of contract documents and construction administration. Our perspective and approach to our craft is that we are business people first and architects second or business people who focus on the business of architecture. This is instrumental in our approach to architecture and ultimately the reason why we strive to create maximum value for our clients. Further, OCA seeks to create a diverse work force that will be equipped to compete both nationally and globally. We are committed to attracting the best people and providing them with an environment and structure that allows for and encourages limitless professional and personal growth opportunities as well as a share in the prosperity of the firm.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
SOUTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As part of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority's ongoing program of Design-Build delivery in the state's urban districts, OCA Architects provided design services for the new $36.5 million South Street Elementary School in Newark.
Working as Associate Architect, OCA Architects developed both pre and post-award design, educational specifications, interiors and furniture plans, construction documents and provided construction administration for this new 103,000 s.f. facility in the heart of the city. A replacement of an original District facility, the project consists of two sites-the building site located at the intersection of Johnson and Dawson Street and a parking lot at Hermon and Pennington Street.
The new school accommodates 597 students from Pre-K to Grade 8. Program components include a full service cafeteria, multi-purpose assembly, classrooms, science labs, gymnasium, and a media center. In response to the dense urban area in which it is located, the gymnasium was located on the second floor. This project has been awarded LEED Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
