Aaksen studio

Project Name: Karsa House Office Name: Aaksen Responsible Aarchitecture Office Website: aaksenstudio.com Social Media Accounts: @aaksenstudio Contact email: [email protected] Firm Location: Bandung, Indonesia Completion Year: 2022 Gross Built Area (m2/ ft2): 110/187 sqm Project Location: Bandung, Indonesia Program / Use / Building Function: Residential/ Private Houses Lead Architects: Yanuar Pratama Firdaus Design Team: Azzahra Dartaman, Bayu Herdiadi Lead Architects e-mail: [email protected] Photo Credits: Azzahra Dartaman, Aulia Rakha Materials : Mulia Glassblock, Bangkirai Decking, Roman Granite, Indorona Veneers, Stopsol Azzahra Dartaman, Aulia Rakha Located in a land site that is L-shaped, the challenge... More

Sitting amidst a newly open park in the heart of Bandung, Indonesia, McDonald’s Kiara Artha opens an unlimited boundary for people to experience the rare presence of open space in a bustling city. Merging with natural surroundings, the façade uses composite timber in a boxy shape where the bold geometry speaks as a standalone building, that shows direct functions of the buildings itself. Leonard Kawun Leonard Kawun The use of glass around the wall corner gives a depth of experience for the customer from inside-out, both inviting customers to come, while also gives a sightseeing for the customer inside the store where people do sports activities such as jogging, running, and biking around the street as it becomes the... More

This new store of Sliced Pizza in Terogong is Slice's Store that moved into a new place, new ambiance. Caption Located in the existing old-style building, the store is enhancing minimal intervention with additional values of functionality, simply as juxtaposing the existing building while keeping both in harmony. Caption Designed minimal space with clean lines that aim to emphasize dynamic colors brought by people, in creating a sense of place. Caption   More

Located amidst a complex of typical shophouses with different functions of each floor level, a modern pizzeria named Sliced Pizza PIK took place at the first level, having a shared entrance and stairs with other tenants at upper levels. At the beginning of the design phase, strategies to separate the flow subtly need to be incorporated while keeping the privacy of the main pizzeria area clear yet inviting for general visitors. Another challenge was to create a minimum intervention to the existing space as the construction process would be executed within a short time. Caption Caption The key strategies to merge the disconnected existing elements of the space into a unity are by creating continuous and repetitive elements, highlig... More