SUSTAINABILITY

Designing sustainable buildings is in our DNA. From its founding the studio has designed buildings in recognition that sustainability is a social responsibility. Sustainability goes beyond the use of solar collectors, heat pumps and a green roof. Buildings should be carefully integrated into their urban context. Sustainability is also about lasting through time, identity, a rich morphology, materialization and how the space is experienced. The buildings must inspire their users to be socially and ecologically responsible. Sustainable buildings should be flexible enough to change with the times through integrated building design techniques. 

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

At the heart of all our work lies a commitment to social sustainability, shaping the built environment in the service of humanism, and our projects involve extensive collaboration with clients, users, contractors and other stakeholders. We are interested in exploring the places we use in daily life, such as homes, schools, workplaces and public space. We know that well-conceived design we can help things run more efficiently, improve people’s well-being and make life more enjoyable. Every project is a unique expression of the ethos of its users, climate, and context.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Recognizing the wide range of environments that the building industry impacts, we remains committed to careful analysis of the environmental and social effects of each phase of a project.

We actively seek technical solutions that provide the most economical and natural systems for minimizing the environmental impact of the buildings we design. When the design development process allows for technology and architecture to optimize for a minimal environmental impact, we create building-integrated solutions where the architectural design responds to the strategy for ventilation, heating, cooling, lighting, acoustics etc.

We focus on letting knowledge of local climate, energy resources and building materials and techniques to inform the design from the early stages of design development. A growing awareness of the environmental impact of our material palette and a stronger focus on the lifecycle perspective challenge each project to bring together the above- mentioned parameters to spark new concepts for the design of indoor and outdoor spaces.

We are currently engaged in the design of spaces for the education of children in which more than ever, it becomes important to the educational message of sustainability.