The design process encompasses philosophy to emotions, economy to engineering, and environmental impact to social responsibility. Analyses of the given and syntheses of ideas generate rich layers of meanings. The design of a building can be and should be excellent so that the building is imbued with the Power of Architecture, as well as the clarity of rationality and the sublimity of poetics.

 

Because it is custom made and there is never the same solution twice, the process of designing is important. Creativity results from rigorous, unreserved, yet constructive dialogues within the design team including Client. It is never a creation of a genius, but a collaborative process with a due leadership.

 

Design Values

a) Contextualism - Relationship building to the surroundings

b) Abstraction - sculptural presence and composition

c) Tectonic clarity - economy in construction

d) Rationality - reasons for every move

 

Architectural design may be evaluated against an infinite number of sets of criteria. However, we choose to put emphasis on the few aspects of design listed above as guiding principles or Design Values to be the spine of our design evaluation.