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You have the right department…
We opt for a targeted studio of innovative thinkers rather than an army of practitioners. So we have a versatile team of creative professionals to exact the process that spans across project types or the perceived boundaries of the role of architects. It’s a process that will involve a variety of participants with different expertise in order to be done well, but our table has all the chairs needed for all of the departments involved.
Yes, we can coordinate that…
So much of architecture is fitting new ideas into old sites. The repurposing of space, materials, fixtures, finishes–it’s usually harder than the completely blank canvas that we rarely see.
In most urban spaces, new construction and old construction co-exist and evolve together. This is why the site is so critical–and why we can’t reasonably start drawing without learning all the site has to offer and the history that brought it to us. Whether it is updating an old space for its next iteration or providing a basis for adaptively reusing assets for completely new use, we are here to leverage the existing landscape for its handshake with new construction.
Our work is not bound to a single stylistic direction across projects because we are not designing our projects–we design our clients’ projects. The path from putting a pen to paper and handing over the keys to a space can be a complicated one. We are here to guide that process, but the end should be a space that exceeds your expectations, not just ours.
Architecture is about production…
Be it ideas, strategies, objects, or buildings; each production effort is a combination of knowing the best ways things have been done before us coupled with an exploration of how to make them better.
And that is a hands on process–so we like to be hands on from the beginning to the end because although we produce we are not here to drop a product in front of you. Though familiar, this path is unique every time and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Once we jump in, we aren’t done until you’re done.