Services and expertise
We have the team, tools, and technology to make anything possible.
Studio NYL is vast and diverse in our areas of specialization, expertise, and services. Our ability to solve creative problems helps us gain new skills—building an ever-expanding knowledge base.
Specializations
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Structures and facades
When buildings are approached in a holistic manner, multiple challenges can be solved with simple solutions, resulting in more cost-effective and successful designs.
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Structures
The Structures Group is a division of Studio NYL that provides artful structural systems that achieve and elevate design intent. We specialize in conventional, advanced, and special structures.
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Facades
The Skins Group is a division of Studio NYL that specializes in full-service facade design including thermal meddling, moisture/condensation analysis, in-depth detailing and more.
Expertise
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Materials
Our team is adept using a wide variety of structural and facade materials including the conventional, less conventional, and a multitude of finish and performative materials within our enclosures. Our team maintains a library of materials useful for evaluation on future projects.
Materials of specialization include:
Steel
Concrete
Masonry
Timber
Carbon fiber
Fiberglass
Structural glass
Rammed earth
Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC)
Stone
Terracotta
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Systems
We have experience with a wide range of systems to maximize efficiency, unlock the geometric potential of projects, and achieve the vision of our team’s projects. By blending form with material strengths we help design teams ‘bend the rules’ with the systems we recommend and implement.
Systems of specialization include:
Historic preservation
Foundation systems
Reinforced concrete
Site and park structures
Tensile structures
Facade structures
Long-span structures
Dynamic and moving structures
Straw bale construction
Rainscreen
Panelization
Reclads
Impact resistant (hurricane, bomb blast, flood, and avalanche)
Structural silicon glazed systems
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Computational design
Studio NYL’s computational design capabilities were born from the need to promote efficiency in our designs AND our design process. Our ability to merge form with analytics and export to graphic representations is an important aspect to our workflow and has enabled some of our most successful projects. We use advanced software including Rhino/Grasshopper and REVIT/Dynamo.
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Digital fabrication
Studio NYL has honed its digital fabrication skills by collaborating with world-renowned fabricators like Zahner and Branch Technologies. We understand how machine time, tooling, and costs can be optimized for a variety of materials including metals, structural steel, mass timber, GFRC, GFRG, Concrete form work, terra cotta, fiber reinforced polymers, and additive 3D Printed FRP-GFRC Composite Structures.
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Panelization and modular construction
Modular construction has grown in popularity thanks to its lower cost, ease of construction, and rapid timeline. Studio NYL has been practicing with Modular Construction for the last decade. Our team has helped design mega-panel construction projects such as MIT’s Site 4 tower as well as a 3-D modular hotel in Los Angeles.
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Advanced analytics
Our team conducts THERM, WUFI, Daylighting, and Finite Element Analysis to develop better data—and therefore better decisions—on performance within structures and facades to elevate interrelated comfort and climate goals.
Services
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Schematic design
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Conceptual design
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Parametric design
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Constructability analysis
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Finite element analysis
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Thermal analysis
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Hydrothermal and waterproofing
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Construction administration
Bringing it all together
Regardless of the project, services utilized, or expertise brought to bear—Studio NYL’s unique approach enables us to combine these capabilities in an efficient manner to serve our partners. Learn more about our approach.