Projects Info

Archery

Barge Hotel

Beyond Place Studio

Dumpster Pools

Found Object Skate Park

Glassphemy!

Headquarters

Ice Walls

Kreuzberg Student Housing

Lagoons

Mobile Pools

New Lab

North Philly Factory

Pioneer Works

Religion Redux

St. Ann’s Warehouse

Strip Mall

Founded in 2008 by David Belt, Macro Sea exists as a series of collaborations between experts in a wide variety of disciplines. We work with artists, architects, designers, scientists, lawyers, city governments, financiers, arts organizations, and others.

Macro Sea has executed projects in the built environment and conceptual realms, in New York City and around the world. Our work has been featured in MoMA and the Venice Biennale.

Our mission is to do projects that we find interesting, working with people we love:
Elise DeChard
Nicko Elliott
Jocko Weyland

c/o New Lab
19 Morris Ave
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Building 128
Brooklyn, NY 11205
info@macro-sea.com

Strip Mall

Concept, 2009
The suburbs

Our focus on reimagining places for culture and community started here. On a trip back to his family home in the suburbs of Philadelphia, David saw the impact of the 2008-9 financial crisis in a changing landscape. Strip malls were shuttered, and these junk spaces felt like a legacy. The best and highest purpose of any work in adaptive reuse is to serve the needs of the community that surrounds it. This thinking birthed Macro Sea as it exists today. 

CONCEPT, DESIGN, DIRECTION
David Belt

COLLABORATION + CONSULTING
Jocko Weyland

VISUALIZATION + DESIGN COLLABORATION
Vamos Architects

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Andrew Alexander