Themes

Smart typologies

Our designs are always based on a type. The type describes the principle functionality and coherence of a spatial setup. We like to discuss a project on this level, because before designing it, we think we should reach common ground with all stakeholders about the way a building should work and not about how it should look.

Once we establish this typological base, the project becomes resilient to major changes because of aesthetics.

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Sustainable future

We believe in innovation and we have an optimistic view on the future. We look forward, launch sky-reaching ideas and realize them with an astonishing simplicity.

Nevertheless our feet are solidly on the ground. We never surround our designs with academic smoke screens. The project and the client’s ambition always come first and the result must be sustainable in the broadest sense.

Therefore the buildings we design are constructed with durable materials. We believe that the sustainability of the building firstly should be found in the hardware: the structure and the façade. Those are the parts of a building that remain the longest.

We make integral designs for buildings to create inclusive places, that are affordable and that have the lowest possible impact on the climate.

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Tailor made design

The clients we like to work for are committed to the users of their buildings, and their well-being. We believe that a comfortable living and working environment can play an important role in this.
To ensure that the design fits the client's vision, we thoroughly immerse ourselves in the culture of a company, neighborhood or target group. Once we have understood this, that knowledge will enable us to make the best suited design for the building and the interior.

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Building is a craft

Our involvement in the projects we design doesn't stop until it is built. The construction principle, the choice of material, the aesthetics of the detail, they all play crucial roles in the development and execution of a design. We look for smart, feasible and affordable solutions that create honest beauty and give the architecture a self-explaining character.

We involve manufacturers of materials in an early stage in the design process to make the best use of the knowledge, innovation and possible features of the products. If needed we initiate the development of a project-specific product.

For the project Novaya Zvezda we designed a specific brick bond, for which a new brick was developed.