Joseph Ostafi

About Joseph Ostafi

The Ostafi Studio exists to transform the environments where the world\'s most important work happens. We believe great science deserves great space — and that the built environment is never just a building. It\'s an entire ecosystem. Science moves fast. Facilities must move faster. We specialize in the complex intersection of scientific vision and the built environment, translating the way researchers actually work into spaces that accelerate discovery, enable collaboration, and evolve with the science itself. We don\'t just design laboratories. We design the entire ecosystems that make breakthroughs possible. We\'re not a large firm with layers of management and competing priorities. We\'re a specialized practice built on decades of deep expertise, genuine relationships, and an obsessive commitment to getting it right. When you work with Ostafi Studio, you get rare expertise, visionary thinking, and something most firms cannot offer — a completely personal commitment to your mission on every single project. I see the whole scientific ecosystem when everyone else is only looking at the lab bench. I think like an engineer and design like artist. I strive to change how you think about your facility before we ever draw a single line.

Experience

1. Founder Senior Principal Planner

   Ostafi Studio Planning & Design

   Jul 2024 — Present · Bend, OR, US

Education

• University of Cincinnati

  BArch, Architecture, Art History, German Language

  1991 — 1997

Skills

• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Renewable Energy
• Sustainable Design
• Design Research
• Leed Ap
• Construction Management
• Green Building
• Project Management
• Proposal Writing
• Architectural Design
• Research
• Energy Efficiency
• Leed
• Sustainability
• Architecture
• Comprehensive Planning