Pine wood

“I welcomed the idea of building the two Case del Prato using the timber felled by the storm. The wounds produced by storm Vaia are still visible when you look around Zirmerhof and you see the empty patches of woodland. We still find it hard to believe how violent the wind of Vaia was, and how it could fell and carry away so many trees. Yet the message that Vaia left us is quite clear. It is a message that comes from a tale of climate change and that shows us how nature is rebelling against our inconsiderate actions, against those anthropogenic changes that are far from natural.” (Michele De Lucchi, june 2020) Le Case del Prato (which translates as “Homes in the Pastures”) are two small wooden architectures which ad... More

In the center of the city and the Eixample District, on the commercial axis of Paseo de Gracia, the new corporate headquarters of Carner Barcelona is designed. A local brand of exquisite, intense and innovative perfumes in Barcelona.    It is located in a building that preserves its original and typical construction elements of the Catalan architecture. The sobriety and authenticity of the designed spaces allow the values and philosophy of the brand to emerge. It is contextualized in the Mediterranean and local crafts. Likewise, the resulting homogeneous white color makes the product stand out. The strategies are focus in the search of a timeless project that links tradition with cosmopolitan contemporaneity, which tunes with th... More

Some 10 kms away from Shimla, the project Hill House is banked on one of the peripheral roads of a compounded residential area, AIRA Homes. The place holds decades of memories for the family, now visited by them only as a summer retreat. In 2018, the mother and the daughter unanimously took up the challenge to renovate, with the intent of modifying the interiors to serve their current lifestyle. The initial interventions solely by the local contractor couldn’t stand up to their vision, and that’s where we jumped into the picture, in collaboration with Kanika Kapoor and Aman Jalota. On receiving the already interfered project with a half built attic and haphazard proposals for the interiors, we then knew that this was going to b... More

Designed to escape from the rush of the city, villa Tonden forms the perfect holiday retreat. HofmanDujardin carefully shaped its characteristic appearance to perfectly fit into the open spot in the pine woods. This wood clad home is equipped with all amenities required to enjoy a laid-back time with family and friends. All rooms offer a stunning view of the surrounding nature.   Villa Tonden is composed of three archetypical house shaped volumes. They soften its presence in the surrounding landscape and create distinct places around the house. The façades embrace different terraces which overlook the encircling fields and the woods. While the individual volumes result in unique interior spaces with specific qualities, the use... More

A reform of color and matter Oriented Fibers is an interior office space for Mendotel, a technology services company in Guayaquil, Ecuador.   The main purpose of the project was to design a completely flexible space for the new requirements the client presented, which led to the study of its possible spatial occupation as a starting point. The work dynamics were analyzed, getting as a result an office and sales location with different levels of privacy. The project that shelters the new office consists of an open floor plan, ordered with the introduction of a reticulated shelf that distributes the office spaces: Services: Bathroom, cafeteria bar, showroom and Production area: Work and meetings.   With a reduced space, the ret... More

The Boreal house is located in a gated community in the north of Curitiba. The plot, seven meters wide and eighteen meters deep, has houses on the boundaries on both sides. The house was conceived for commercialization. The premise of the investors was to create a product with good external space and qualitative sunlight, in addition to fulfilling the basic program for a family of four. The identity of the project was inspired by the neighborhood and the history of its immigrants. Based on the iconic design of their old houses, we got to an elegant and at the same time cozy volume, with a gable roof and external wooden cladding. The plan is effectively distributed over three floors, and the total built area is 167.92m². On the grou... More

Vrnda Pharma is a pharmaceutical company which deals with clients and vendors all over the world. When the clients approached our studio, to design their newly bought office space, their brief was simple. They wanted a cool and quirky new space, which does not take itself too seriously. Their staff includes young people in the age bracket of 22 to 35 and they did not want the office to have a formal, more serious ambience. With this brief they gave us a free hand to design the space albeit within a tight budget. The idea behind the office here was to create a variety of spaces that will enable people to work in a way they want to work. As one enters the office, he is greeted with a small reception and waiting area, which is secluded from t... More

Kresala is a 70 square meters apartment located in the surroundings of the Old Town of Donostia, very close to La Zurriola beach. The building was constructed in 1.896, therefore it is more than a century old. When we first entered the space we found an old apartment (the shower was literally inside the kitchen and the floor presented an uneveness of over 20cm). Furthermore, everything was very compartmentalized and as a concecuence the contribution of natural light was very low. In fact, two of the rooms did not have any windows or ventilation, and therefore did not fullfill current regulations.   Despite everything, we immediately realized the potential it had, since it had a viewpoint facing south and this, added to the fact that... More

Although pandemic-related measures are slowly lifted, there are still millions working from home and dreaming about having an extra room designated as an office. The brand new, unique workstation designed by the creative architecture and design studio, Hello Wood (https://hellowood.eu/project/workstation-cabin) fulfils this dream without having to expand your home. The playful Workstation cabin is the ideal, private spot for work and meetings, but it can also function as a guest room or a playroom for the kids, and it is the perfect refuge should you need a tranquil place to relax or immerse yourself into creativity. When designing a compact house, the starting point is to create a complex, highly functional space; with the small size, eac... More

GanjeolgotHaving the earliest sunrise on the eastern coast of Korea, Ganjeolgot (literally meaning the Earnest Cape) is a tourist attraction that contains both sweet stories and the natural settings such as breaking waves, cool endless sea, the white lighthouse, mail box, and a space for rest. It is famous as a drive way between Ulsan and Busan, and the neighborhood lately sees the rapid increase of commercial facilities such as cafes and restaurants due to the rise of floating population.   The Flat Land with a Commonplace View on a Coastal Hill Surrounded by GreensThe project site is a trapezoid flat land with an area of 2,340 sq. m., which lies nearly 300 meters inland from the beach of Ganjeolgot. The area encircled with the unde... More

Baisha Old town in Yunnan province is a small village part of Lijiang well known for its Jade Dragon Snow Mountain range. It is still the most legit old town in Lijiang. The typical wood and mud brick houses welcome the visitor to discover the ancient life of the village. Our project site contains a typical courtyard structure from the past which unfortunately never reached its fate. This failure made us think in a different ways of developing the potential interest of tourism.   Our project searches the limit of the urban fabric. We think of an extension of the alleys through the town where the social life is allocated. We intend to create a little town within the town. Our interest to explore these imaginary lines between private a... More

The North face of the building holds the right balance of openings and colors to match the old-town style of Cabrera de Mar. It does so however with a composition that breathes new life into the neighborhood. This tone down contemporary language bursts out untethered towards the South side. Opened to the views and the sunlight, the concrete structure forms a grid that frames lodges and pergolas that stretch from the main building and protect the living spaces.   Each residence runs through from the wide hallway openings on the North face entrances and community areas, to the South face which is exposed in the form of patios, sun-decks and porches. Each home planned for a fluid transition between these two cardinal points by use of ci... More

Located in a development in the city of São Caetano do sul, this apartment was designed in partnership by the offices of KSAA + Sala Z Arquitetura.   The clients, who were young and just married, requested a project that would translate their dreams through inspiration in raw and simple materiality.   The main demand of customers was to provide a comfortable living space to receive friends and family, without reducing the couple's intimate life. For this, the living room was integrated to the balcony and a concrete island made it possible to articulate the program next to the kitchen. Rustic materials and coatings, with different colors and textures, were used to make up the project. The burnt cement used in the floor... More