David Gianotten

David Gianotten is the Managing Partner – Architect of OMA. He oversees the overall organizational and financial management, business strategy, and growth of OMA in all markets, in addition to his own architectural portfolio.

David currently leads the design and construction of projects in different regions, including Museo Egizio 2024 in Turin; Amsterdam’s Bajes Kwartier – the conversion of a large 1960s prison complex into a new neighborhood; VDMA – the transformation of an unused site with industrial heritage in Eindhoven into a mixed-use urban hub; and the Metropolitan Village – a high-rise residential building in Taipei. David is responsible for the design and realization of Apollolaan 171 – a high-end office building in Amsterdam (2023); the Taipei Performing Arts Center (2022); Potato Head Studios (2020); WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth (2020); and Prince Plaza in Shenzhen (2020). He has co-curated the N*thing is Possible exhibition at the Singapore Design Centre in 2022.

David joined OMA in 2008, launched OMA’s Hong Kong office in 2009, and became partner in 2010. He led OMA’s portfolio in the Asia-Pacific region for seven years before returning to the Netherlands to oversee OMA globally.

Photography by Vincent van den Hoogen for OMA.

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