Unique sense of balance for Architectural Individuation
OURSTUDIO pursues Architectural Individuation by establishing a unique balance between various values within the parameters of each project and exercising intuitive understanding that encompasses the whole. Concepts such as meaningfulness and nothingness, parts and whole, clarity and ambiguity, substance and perception, light and shadow, moderation and excess, polished and raw, interior and exterior, efficiency and leisure, complexity and simplicity, appear contradictory but inherently contain one another. Through collaborative examination and discourse on these diverse aspects, a unique equilibrium specific to each project is discovered.
Architectural Individuation occurs within a holistic framework where there is no singular correct approach, involving the synthesis of significant details like traces, memories, relationships, and narratives of individuals and collectives. It’s a systematic and rational process necessitating a delicate balance between analytical thinking and emotionally-drive, value-oriented judgments. Each project is imbued with a comprehensive intention that permeates both its whole and parts. Drawing upon our problem-solving acumen, we endeavor to instill an environment characterized by a unique sense of balance and pragmatic design strategies.
SUBTLE STATEMENT
OURSTUDIO is not only interested in architectural design encompassing interior and exterior, but also explores various other disciplines such as furniture design, branding, urban design, landscape architecture, and exhibition/stage design. These disciplines create environments and stories that add new value to our lives and, and consequently, improve the quality of our daily lives. Though not grandiose, we pursue results that have the potential to recognize the environment surrounding us and expand our consciousness through small changes and subtle differences, thus creating variations and providing room for new interpretation and recreation.
The results we create together
Architecture is the result of collective creatin, and like an orchestra conductor, an architectural designer coordinates the conflicting values of participants for a common intention and purpose. OURSTUDIO members work on projects with a keen sense of balance and an attitude of moderation between conflict and collaboration, stubbornness and listening, leadership and cooperation, seriousness and lightness, etc., in the process of creating unique results with a special sense of balance. We enjoy an organic process of identifying, exploring, and solving problems ‘together’ with those participating in the project, such as the client, contractors, and consultants.