Gita Nandan

Managing Director @Thread Collective

Newburgh, NY, US

ADS Warehouse is a project of passion. Located in the heart of Newburgh’s Downtown East End Historic District, Jens Veneman and Gita Nandan are creating a spot where art, design, and spirits intermingle to create community, joy, and inspiration. Gita and Jens fell in love with Newburgh, its diversity, lively atmosphere, beautiful architecture and scenic Hudson waterfront. Jens Veneman, a sculptor and architectural fabricator, and Gita Nandan, an architect and principal at thread collective specializing in net-positive environments, are partners in life and adventures, and share a passion for built forms, detailing, pickling, and planted landscapes. The one-story manufacturing building, with it’s unique T-shape configuration, is now converted to house their personal workspaces, art studios, retail spaces, and a project gallery.Over the past years, we have watched Newburgh grow and transform in exciting ways, and we hope we can add to the vitality of this city and deepen the cultural landscape. We welcome you to stop by and say hello, join us throughout the year for our on-going events and exhibits. Bring your ideas to ADS to bring Newburgh to life!If you are interested in renting any of our spaces, or holding an event, please contact us below. The Ann Street Courtyard, art-studios, project gallery, gardens and grounds are available for a variety of pop-up commercial ventures, film-shoots, photography, readings, music, lectures, art-happenings, dance, and theater, and anything else you can dream up. We provide sliding scale rents and community-rates.

University of Michigan

Bachelor of Arts - BA, history of architecture

University of California, Berkeley

M.arch, Architecture