WHO WE ARE
OPOV is a collaboration-centered practice focused on complex initiatives that support the transition towards more functional, livable and regenerative societies.
Through initiative building, systemic design and cultural infrastructure, we develop and evaluate the frameworks, processes and environments through which complex initiatives become coherent, implementable and durable across stakeholders and timescales.
The work is not sector-specific. It is scale and complexity-specific. We work with public and private institutions and cross-industry coalitions, where large-scale change often encounters friction across mandates, incentives and perspectives.
Our clients have ambitions that exceed what any single mandate or framework can hold, and where coordination and legitimacy are as consequential as execution.
FOUNDER
Mae has an international background as a systemic designer and urbanist. She builds the initiative architecture, governance structures, cultural infrastructure and public engagement systems that allow complex, multi-stakeholder transitions to move from concept to implementation. She received her Masters of Science in Design and Urban Ecologies at Parsons NYC.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
“Capping the Antwerp Ring”, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (2023)
“Artificial Terra”, Lisbon Architecture Triennale (2023)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Can the Urban Poor Afford Sustainable Construction? (Cities Alliance/UNOPS, 2023)
Transforming the Cross-Bronx Expressway (CSU Global, 2022)
Project-Specific TeamsWith each initiative OPOV brings together a unique constellation of specialists from our trusted network to complement the project profile, bringing the disciplinary range and institutional knowledge required to advance advance shared agendas and move multi-stakeholder initiatives forward.
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