2024-05-02T11:33:06-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150024663/material-misuse-a-small-studio-snapshot-of-nyc-based-coda Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-08-28T10:18:00-04:00 >2017-08-28T18:04:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yl/ylimmb8ts78hdx4x.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Since 2008, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/65696926/coda" target="_blank">CODA</a> has become known for their highly experimental projects that play with everyday materials. For instance, their URCHIN installation for Cornell's CCA Biennial is made up of 500 borrowed plastic chairs and some may remember their 2013 <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/13791/moma-ps1" target="_blank">MoMA PS1</a> Pavilion,&nbsp;<em><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/65695507/coda-wins-2013-moma-ps1-young-architects-program" target="_blank">Party Wall</a></em>, made of skateboard offcuts.&nbsp;</p> <p>The founder and sole principal Caroline O'Donnell, who also teaches at <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/1544387/cornell-university" target="_blank">Cornell</a>, talks with us about her practice, background in bioclimatics, and <em>material misuse</em>&mdash;the term given to reusing ordinary objects for their built works. &nbsp;</p>