Studio Nyandak is a New York City-based multidisciplinary design firm led by its founding principal Tenzin Nyandak, PE, RA. We work collaboratively with public agencies, cultural institutions, local community leaders, entrepreneurs, developers, builders, and private clients in New York City and around the world to create places that are deeply engaged with social, cultural, environmental and community concerns.

Upper Tibetan Children’s Village School Renovations, India

Studio Nyandak is providing pro-bono architectural and structural engineering services for the Upper TCV school in Dharamsala. This involves the renovation and repair of more than a dozen buildings, including staff living quarters, middle school classrooms, an art room, and a meditation center.

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Reinforced Masonry Vaulted Walkway, India

This vaulted masonry pavilion covers a popular thoroughfare for students and teachers at Upper TCV School. The design is derived from a reinforced masonry vault system that can be constructed using a formwork that could be reused for each section. The structure is isolated from the adjacent buildings and the individual vaults are supported by the reinforced concrete beams and flagpole columns. The geometry of the vault was developed using structural form finding and parametric design to minimize the self weight and to maintain optimal seismic behavior.

This project was realized in collaboration with structural engineer Paul Laroque, PE.

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California Pavilion with cable Bridge

Studio Nyandak collaborated with the structural engineer Paul Laroque, PE to design a structural system for a small wooden pavilion in the woods which is connected to the unpaved road by a steel cable bridge. The structural design uses of-the-shelf connection components to achieve simplicity in construction and procurement. The pavilion is located in town of Healdsburg in Northern California. The bridge was designed to provide a slight swaying and the structural system was designed to disappear in the surrounding environment. 

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