ABOUT US
Scalar Architecture is an acclaimed international design firm headquartered in New York City. True to its name, Scalar Architecture operates across various scales, engaging in collaborative ventures with expert partners. These collaborations yield comprehensive projects celebrated for their transformative designs and commitment to environmental sustainability. Notable achievements include winning the International First Prize for the development of Hamar, Norway, as well as receiving the Architectural League’s Award. Scalar Architecture seamlessly integrates architecture and environments, prioritizing sensory experiences, harmonizing scales and systems, enhancing performance and engagement, and driving collaborative efforts forward. Recent highlights include projects featured in the two foremost architectural journals and recognition for social justice advocacy, with appointments by the Van Alen Center and the Urban Design Forum to address challenges in underserved communities.
Institutionally, Scalar has delivered projects such as the new headquarters for the AJ Muste Center for Peace in Manhattan, a pre-schhol in Battery Park for Brookfield properties, a Reggio Method School, and a 100,000 square foot medical building in New York. Scalar’s residential portfolio spans Spain, New Hampshire, Maine, and New York, alongside sustainable developments in Guatemala and Costa Rica. Demonstrating expertise in hospitality and commercial ventures, Scalar has contributed to hotel projects in Nicaragua and Honduras, as well as US-based restaurants Recess and Flurt.
WEST HiLLS REGGIO CENTER, Huntington, New York, 2015
Scalar Architecture maintains collaborative relationships with international partners, including Regional, a joint venture in Central America. Urban and landscape projects encompass the redevelopment of Hamar, the Camel Village in KSA, selections for Build a Better Burb and Elemental Chile competitions, and the creation of a large cross-programmed sustainable park in Madrid, Spain.
The firm has been showcased in esteemed venues such as the Farnsworth Art Museum and the New York Architectural League, and featured on television networks PBS, CBS, and NY1. Its work has been extensively published in prestigious journals worldwide, including Architect, Domus, Detail, Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Interior Design, Princeton Architectural Press, House Beautiful, Architektur, Arquitectura Viva, and Bauwelt, among others, reaching audiences in the US, Canada, Germany, Norway, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, Korea, Japan, and China.
Scalar Architecture’s Principal is Julio Salcedo, Licensed Arch. US / EU, LEED AP. Born in Madrid, Salcedo holds a B.A. in architecture and sculpture from Rice University, and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University. He has taught at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, Cornell University, and currently at City College as the Chair of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Sustainability. Salcedo’s advocacy work has been featured on the media: PBS and NY1. In addition to the book Generic Specific Continuum, Salcedo has written numerous articles about the work of scalar Architecture.
Prior to launching his own office, Julio Salcedo worked for Pritzker prize winner Rafael Moneo. He also worked at SOM in New York as Senior Designer for the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, and for Rick Cook of COOKFOX. He has been a juror for international and national competitions, including AIA awards and the Kay e Sante nan Ayiti Housing Competition in Haiti.
“Working with Scalar Architecture has been a wonderful experience. We have now worked with Scalar Architecture in two projects that were rather different: an urban loft and a secluded home in a pristine natural setting. In both projects, our family needs and priorities were carefully considered and beautifully articulated in their settings. Scalar’s designs produced so much more than we expected.”
“Julio Salcedo and Scalar Architecture bring a refreshing avant-garde approach to design that is simultaneously breathtaking and functional. We have worked with Scalar on projects from large ground up commercial developments, through health care to small interior residential design and as development project managers and real estate advisors have been consistently impressed with their concepts, work ethic, integrity, thru-put and delivery. We wholeheartedly and enthusiastically recommend Julio and his team.”