drooopi is an architecture office rethinking where and how we live.
drooopi offers architectural services for projects of all types, scales, and budgets: houses and housing; restaurant, retail, and brand experiences; arts centers; installations; and more. Our approach is grounded in finding dogmatically rational solutions that challenge presumptions, expressed with a refined and playful aesthetic sensibility.
drooopi is technically a cheeky acronym for “Davis Richardson Office of Objects, Projects, and Images,” meaning we design and make drawings of architecture and related things. drooopi as a name implies the reconsideration of preconceived notions: a building that droops is typically considered to be failing. What opportunities are there for defying conventional wisdom that could produce better buildings, more interesting spaces?
drooopi is led by Davis Richardson, a licensed architect in New York and Texas.
Contact us for potential projects or media inquiries:
daviswrichardson@gmail.com
Monuments to Maximalism is a counterproposal to Corporate Marketecture which ponders an anticapitalist environment of monuments or totems which serve no function; where last year’s proposal was critical in the midst of a dark and uncertain near future, this is an optimistic projection about the world we could have moving forward post-COVID. The objects exist at the 1:1 tabletop scale as discrete elements and also as a scaled down architectural model for large monuments that simply and leisurely exist. Their forms are reminiscent of activities and structures of leisure, play, and relaxation: inflatable pools, roller coasters, and donut shops. They reflect a recent interest in “maximalism,” which stands against minimalism and its associations with elegance and luxury in late capitalism. There is no need for productivity, efficiency, or program; the architecture serves no purpose but to be there, to disrupt space, and to have some fun doing it. They wonder about a world where things can be their expressive selves without the need for performative justification.
Monuments to Maximalism is a counterproposal to Corporate Marketecture which ponders an anticapitalist environment of monuments or totems which serve no function; where last year’s proposal was critical in the midst of a dark and uncertain near future, this is an optimistic projection about the world we could have moving forward post-COVID. The objects exist at the 1:1 tabletop scale as discrete elements and also as a scaled down architectural model for large monuments that simply and leisurely exist. Their forms are reminiscent of activities and structures of leisure, play, and relaxation: inflatable pools, roller coasters, and donut shops. They reflect a recent interest in “maximalism,” which stands against minimalism and its associations with elegance and luxury in late capitalism. There is no need for productivity, efficiency, or program; the architecture serves no purpose but to be there, to disrupt space, and to have some fun doing it. They wonder about a world where things can be their expressive selves without the need for performative justification.
