We are interested in designing buildings that enrich the lives of people who use them and their experience of the city.

In the context of climate crisis, social inequality and poor housing, we want to be useful.

We focus on high-density homes and shared gardens, allowing us to engage with scales ranging from a bedroom to a city. At the start of the year, a collective live-build for social housing residents helped us to develop empathy, for those who would live in our designs and those who would build them.

Designing something simple is difficult. Our projects provide an opportunity to develop this ability while balancing the demands of housing design; carefully choosing materials to minimise carbon while meeting fire-safety standards and making homes that are comfortable both today and in a hotter future.

We designed buildings and gardens using no more than needed; creating places with care that accommodate people’s daily lives and allow for meaningful long-term flexibility. We worked with an economy of means to propose architectural strategies that are thoughtful, nuanced, quietly helpful, and maybe beautiful.

Top image: ©Fredrik Frendin