YUSUKE
OKABAYASHI
AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
I am a licensed architect in NY and NJ, as well as a LEED AP.
After graduating from Princeton University School of Architecture in 2004, I spent 15 years as an architect and eventual Project Manager/Senior Associate at Pei Cobb Freed and Partners (PCF). For the award-winning 1.7 million square foot project at Santa Clara Square in California, as the sole Project Manager from PCF, I was involved in all phases of production over several years, including architectural design, negotiations with the contractor Hathaway Dinwiddie, meetings with the owner, The Irvine Company, and multiple site visits for meetings and punch listing. I am comfortable collaborating with people among the different phases of a large project to successfully coordinate. I gained a lot of experience working closely with Harry Cobb FAIA, Michael Bischoff AIA and Jose Bruguera AIA tackling large site problems down to 3" details.
I balanced my large-scale commercial project experience from PCF with school, residential, and commercial projects working with Bob Hillier FAIA for four years at Studio Hillier. As the Design Phase Project Manager of a developer-owned 190,000 square foot public school in Newark, I juggled tenants’ needs along with those of the developer. We conducted weekly meetings with as many as two dozen participants, including building management and educators, as well as members of the Newark Board of Education and owners’ representatives. This required an attention to detail to school standards and specifications.
Education
2010 -
Licensed Architect, State of NJ
Licensed Architect, State of NY
LEED Accredited Professional
2001-2004
Master of Architecture
- Princeton University Fellow 2001 – 04
- International Exchange Scholar 2003 – 04
- Assistant Instructor 2002 – 2004
employment
2020-2024
Newark School for Architecture and Interior Design – Project Manager of Design for a 190,000 sq ft school addition to an existing abandoned hospital in the Ironbound disctrict of Newark, NJ.
Addition includes full gymnasium and a 600-seat theater. Currently under construction, completion targeted for the beginning of the 2025 school year.
- 70-74 Witherspoon St – Architect of Record duties for a high-end, mixed-use restaurant and multi-family building of 7,200 sq ft. After design revisions for code, the project is currently being approved for Building Permit. Construction 2024.
- NJCU Performing Arts Center – Mixed use project residential tower/ parking/ performing arts venue. Served as design lead for the sidewalk curving façade for a 52,305 sq ft. Dance and Theater academic building.
- Cintra Estate – Renovation of 1806 mansion and existing barn into apartments. Also developed two townhouse buildings and a 12-unit apartment building. Ongoing.
- Peddie School Graham Athletic Center – Renovations to add over 5,000 sq ft of fitness/cardio space to existing building. Responsibilities include elevator coordination and interiors.
- Project studies for developers: town code research and drawings including furnished apartment layouts and elevations for specific sites to schematic level, including senior centers for Islamic Society of Central Jersey (S Brunswick), and multi-family developments
for sites in Princeton, Morristown, and South Amboy, NJ among many.
2005-2020
Pei Cobb Freed and Partners
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2004
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A. - Rotterdam, NL)
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