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S T U D I O S Mission Statement

We’re a socially engaged architect as developer firm. As architect-developers, we leverage power to the community by
not only designing structures, but systems. By designing economic, social, and environmental systems with our physical
interventions or “habitats” we provide agency to communities. We are true community developers.
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The 5 Boroughs + Greater New York

To make an impact and maintain geniune connections with communities, we want to give agency
to those who have the least. Some of those communities are within municipalities, more specifiallly
the city of New York . We plan to tackle issues like food deserts, affordable housing, community
centers, and programmatic inefficiencies in communites like culture centers and museums.

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ETHOS

D E S I G N

Rooted in Communities
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‘Our name comes from the manner in which we practice professionally. We focus on designing
and constructing ethical community systems. We plan to intervene and be deeply rooted within
their systems’
- Matthew Morgan, CFO

B U I L D E R S

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LEGAL STRUCTURE

Companies

We have three incorporated companies.

The first is our umbrella company, STUDIOS, which focuses on financial
planning, property management, and marketing.
The second is for the architectural arm, DESIGN, which is a
professional corporation focusing on design at different phases and scales.
The third is the construction arm, BUILDERS, which facilitates the
actualization of a project with in-house specialist or connecting with
appropriate contractors.

Stockholders
The four of us are the only stockholders in all three corporations, but set
up individual LLCs for each development project we build to raise capital
for that project. The development arm sells a stake up to 49% until project
completion. We then sell the majority stake.

Licensure
We are licensed to practice in the New York tri-state area. New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut.

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BUSINESS MODEL PROCESS

D E V E L O P M E N T A R C H I T E C T U R E

Community Assessment Financial Analysis

Schematic Design
Opportunity Analysis Financial Projections
Construction Document
Market Research Capital Raising

Construction Administation Financial Analysis

Property Management
Construction Management Financial Projections
Post Occupancy Analysis
Self-Performance Capital Raising

C O N S T R U C T I O N D E V E L O P M E N T

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PARTNERS

Matthew Morgan Mahdi Alkaifi Steven Kaminski Mohammed “Momo” Gueye

CFO, Partner, Designer Project Manager, Partner, Designer Construction Manager, Partner, Designer Lead Designer, Partner

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STAFF ORGANIZATION

D E V E L O P M E N T A R C H I T E C T U R E C O N S T R U C T I O N

CFO (1) Matthew Morgan Lead Designers Mohammed Project Manager (1) Mahdi Alkaifi
Marketing (3) Partner Designers Mahdi, Matthew, & Steven Construction Manager (1) Steven Kaminski
Research (2) Associate Designers (4) Foremen / Specialist / Contractors (4)
Property Mgmt. (2) Junior Architects (4) Carpenters, Welders, Lighting,Craftsman

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

The Gangway

This intervention seeks to mitigate the segregation between the homeless and UWS residents
by creating a HABITAT where the homeless and housed can practice art with stability as
opposed to the instability of performers and their spaces within the subway.

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Jefferson Rural Development

We’ve been partnering with the rural community of Jefferson,New York. We seek to provide
fresh food, education and prompt medical services. All of the previous entities lacking in the
community.

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THE NATIONAL AUDOBON SOCIETY

Rooted in Communities

We relate to the mission of providing education about

environmental protection and believe in the distribution
of those services throughout the communities we work.
Like The Audubon Society, we are deeply rooted in
this community. We will leverage this overlap to form
productive partnerships.

We welcome a “hands on” client.

Twenty -three state programs, 42 Audobon naturre centers, and nearly 500 local chapters.
All working together as One Audobon.

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THE PROPOSAL

Optimize building footprint Reduced Construction costs

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square footage of programming building time

Our plan is to distribute the function of education into not only in the
proposed building, but throughout the community. By reallocating some square
footage into a means of alternate education and binding both the aviary
and education elements, we can accomodate the needed program and offer
a means of marketing that’s deeply tied into the community.

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MARKETING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

We offer design services beyond those simply focused on building

construction, and plan to assist in creating a marketing package
that can be used both to increase awareness and support for the
project, as well as attract potential donors to the project.

RFP Programing Outline
Offices - 20,000sf
Education Center - 30,000sf
Cafe - 10,000sf
Interactive Aviary - 20,000sf
$$$$
PROGRAMMING PROPOSAL SAVINGS
Offices - 20,000sf IN CONSTRUCTION
Education Center - 15,000sf
Cafe - 10,000sf COST
EXISTING 90 MURALS USED FOR
Interactive Aviary - 20,000sf EDUCATIONAL ACCESS

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MARKETING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

With the savings on this side of the building costs, we will develop
an educational tool using QR codes that can be accessed from the
murals to learn about the birds depicted, as well as the Audubon
Society’s goals and needs.

This will serve to create community awareness, involvement, and

can help raise funds for the Audubon Society.

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PHASING SCHEDULE & BUDGET

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• Site visit • Quality Assurance Review • Issue addenda if required
• Development of conceptual material • Cost estimate • Award sub and specialist contracts
• Cost estimate • Reconciliation meeting with pre-construction team
• Approval to proceed to Construction Documents
• Develop plans, sections, elevations, and details Phase 5 Construction, Administration
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• Present to owner • Owner review period • Hold weekly project meetings and site inspections
• Owner decision on option to pursue • 90% Review issue • Review submittals and change orders
• Complete schematic design • Quality Assurance Review • Prepare punchlists
• Quality Assurance Review • Approval to proceed • Receive temporary Certificate of Occupancy
• Cost estimate
• Checklisting
• Meeting with pre-construction team
• Receive final Certificate of Occupancy
(Mahdi & Steven)
• Approval to proceed to Design Devel-
opment phase

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PHASING SCHEDULE & BUDGET

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Rooted is confident we will develop
this project for less than the approx- Investigative Research
imate budget $312/SF for 80,000 Site Visit
SF of program. Using our construction Design Schematic
management ability to reduce ineffi- Design Dev. / DoB Sets
ciency in the design and construction Construction Documents
process, we believe both services Procurment Filing Permits
can be packaged for $275/SF. Hiring Specialists
Consturctuion Site Prep/ Premobilization
In addition to less cost per SF, we Construction
propose to redistribute the program Closing Close-out
to reduce the total SF project size by
15,000 SF. At our estimated cost Matthew Morgan, CFO
of $312/SF, this presents an
Momo Gueye, Design
additional savings of $4.25M.
Associate Architect
Junior Architect
Mahdi Alkaifi, PM
Assistant PM
Steven Kaminski, CM
Assistant CM

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C L I E N T

STUDIOS
D E V E L O P M E N T

BUILDERS
DESIGN
A R C H I T E C T U R E C O N S T R U C T I O N

cFo, Partner Lead designer, Partner construction manager, Partner

matt morgan mohammed gueye steven KaminsKi

research and anaLysis design Partners Project director, Partner

(2 Person team) (coordination) mahdi aLKaiFi

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(2 Person team) associate designers site suPerintendents
(4 Person team) (2 Person team)
ProPerty management
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associate designers site Foremen

(4 Person team) (4 Person team)

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Thank You !

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