#63 Lessons in Leadership with Lauren Schmidt, Principal at KPF

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lauren Schmidt is a Principal at</span> <a href="https://www.kpf.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">KPF</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in New York City.  The youngest woman in KPF’s history to be named Principal, Lauren is invaluable to projects of all types, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, consultants and design teams, and overseeing projects through all phases.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lauren has served as designer and manager for some of KPF’s most notable and complex New York City projects. She collaborated to develop the design for</span> <a href= "https://www.kpf.com/projects/one-jackson-square"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">One Jackson Square</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a national AIA award-winning residential building situated over several active subway lines. Lauren managed</span> <a href= "https://www.kpf.com/projects/55-hudson-yards"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">55 Hudson Yards</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a large-scale, transit-oriented office building that features a unique, finely-crafted wall system. The building’s irregular structure incorporates a ventilation building for the subway station below, requiring detailed coordination with the MTA and city stakeholders.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Much of Lauren’s work focuses on maximizing the potential of underutilized or outdated buildings through repositioning. She has contributed management expertise to adaptive reuse projects such as</span> <a href= "https://www.kpf.com/projects/hudson-commons"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hudson Commons</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, which adds 17 stories above a former warehouse creating state-of-the-art office space;</span> <a href= "https://www.kpf.com/projects/175-park-avenue"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">175 Park</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a reimagining of a traditional suburban office building in New Jersey; and