The client asked us to replace the ladder to the loft with permanent stairs in order to improve the connection of the loft to the rest of the house, as he decided to start using it as a study. The main challenge was to design a staircase for the narrow space of 140 cm x 90 cm. We found it important to come up with a design solution that would help integrate the two differently designed floors without...
It is located about an hour northwest of Austin. The seat down on the peninsula which had been a fish camp, especially since the second half of the 20 century. After spending some time in an existing house on the land of our customers decided to create a new space supported this way of life evolving. Wind patterns and the tree canopy and the current resource persons critical impact on the design of...
The main aim of the project was to create a sense of unity between the back garden and the house, allowing nature to play a significant part in the daily activities of the family. The site of the project is a Victorian house located in a conservation area. Originally, the presence of the back garden in the house was minimal. The back garden was excavated and the basement floor extended into it, to...
The fact that a large portion of land lies three meters below street level and the typical conformation of this urban batch 10X40 meters enabled a large open space that is straightforward and transparent. This space is defined in one side by the north face structure. The design takes advantage from the difference between the street level and the lower level of the plot, by positioning the living room...
Feld72 has built a new kindergarten in Terenten, a mountain village in the Val Pusteria in South Tyrol in Italy. The child daycare centre has been designed as a unique and individual building which nevertheless merges smoothly with the surrounding built environment. The sloping terrain to the east of the primary school has been used to accommodate a lower ground floor. Thus, only half of the required...
This dividing wall is located in one of the new urban spaces of Barcelona. This space is the result of covering an urban highway. The wall turns into an spectator of exception of the day-to-day live of the neighbourhood and its untidy presence was not accompanying on the harmony of the zone, creating a necessity of designing something to integrate the wall into the urban environment. The aim of the...
Ame’s staff are dressed in Asian inspired uniforms which are the sleek fashion forward creations of Canadian designer Anne Hung. Ame’s transcendent space fuses the traditional and the contemporary to create a place that is warm, spacious and striking. As part of Ame’s transformation into the ultimate supper club, the dining and lounge area have been opened up to create a more social ambiance...
Millions of square feet of warehouse roofs exist in our cities. Most are occupied only by pigeons and mechanical units. In Seattle, many warehouses are near waterways and have territorial views of the beautiful Pacific Northwest. This project is one example of what is possible if we look at these forgotten landscapes as new opportunities. This single family residential / caretakers unit sits on the...
The client asked us to replace the ladder to the loft with permanent stairs in order to improve the connection of the loft to the rest of the house, as he decided to start using it as a study. The main challenge was to design a staircase for the narrow space of 140 cm x 90 cm. We found it important to come up with a design solution that would help integrate the two differently designed floors without...
Sparks attempts to freeze a fleeting moment and record it emotionally. The light appearance of a split second is compressed and duplicated volumetrically. Technically, it is a modular lighting system which consists of three different modules made of aluminium tubes. They can be arranged with a simple plug-in system in various configurations to form a three-dimensional structure. Every module can be...