Every land is a page. Every client, a story. Every project, a sentence: a concept that has never existed and will never exist twice.
Designing this way always begins with listening. The client's story first: how they live, what they need, what they have not yet found the words for. Then the land: its light, its slope, its trees, its constraint. From this listening a vision is born, and a singular project.
There is construction: useful, necessary, everywhere. And there is architecture: the kind that listens, that searches, that signs an intention. Our work is to deserve the second.
Indonesia lets us practise architecture as it should be practised: guided by values and imagination. Each terrain, each client calls for a unique, atypical concept, imagined, then created, each time different. From Bali, the studio designs across Indonesia and Asia.
Matter is the heart of the work. We work the Indonesian earth: recycled ironwood, volcanic stone, travertine, brass, linen. Every material is chosen by hand, sample by sample, for a single project. We build alongside teams whose trust never says no to new forms or reinvented matter. Out of the box is our method, not our slogan.
From masterplan to the last piece of furniture, everything is designed, sourced and supervised by the practice, a millimetre-precise accompaniment, rare here, and precious.
Site-specific, one-of-a-kind architecture, concept, creative direction, masterplanning and permitting, engineered for Indonesian climate and regulation.
Interior architecture, custom furniture and lighting, textiles and material research, crafted with Indonesian artisans, down to the smallest detail.
On-the-ground direction of contractors, artisans and consultants, from first stake to final styling, in three languages.
« You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land. »
« Architecture is really about well-being. People want to feel good in a space. »
« We always try to make our projects unique, made specifically for a given place, a given time, a given budget. »