The chief aim of alchemy - a pseudo-science practiced in the Middle Ages - was to turn base metals into gold. As modern-day architects/alchemists, we embrace the ordinary programs, left-over sites and modest construction budgets of our practice and seek to extract extraordinary and memorable results. Choreography involves planning arranged movement through space.
We arrange paths of movement through sequential or serial space to enhance the experience of occupation. We favor mystery over expediency, preferring discovery through visual contrast, tactility, sound, and temperature. We find that buildings that respond to climate are both an environmental benefit and a more uplifting place to inhabit. We employ simple, time-honored techniques that reduce energy consumption and connect people to the natural phenomena of their place.
We strive to create buildings and public spaces that transcend program to provide comfortable places to live ones life. Ideally, our buildings anticipate and accommodate change, reuse, and adaptation.
We arrange paths of movement through sequential or serial space to enhance the experience of occupation. We favor mystery over expediency, preferring discovery through visual contrast, tactility, sound, and temperature. We find that buildings that respond to climate are both an environmental benefit and a more uplifting place to inhabit. We employ simple, time-honored techniques that reduce energy consumption and connect people to the natural phenomena of their place.
We strive to create buildings and public spaces that transcend program to provide comfortable places to live ones life. Ideally, our buildings anticipate and accommodate change, reuse, and adaptation.
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Studio E Architects is an seventeen-person collaborative led by principals, Eric Naslund, John Sheehan, Mathilda Bialk and Maxine Ward.
Based in San Diego, California, the firm works throughout the Southwestern United States and has built a varied body of work ranging from private residences to affordable housing, mixed-use, civic, and urban planning projects.
The firm has received numerous design awards, including three National American Institute of Architects Honor Awards.
The California Council of the American Institute of Architects named Studio E one of California's Emerging Talents in 1999.
Based in San Diego, California, the firm works throughout the Southwestern United States and has built a varied body of work ranging from private residences to affordable housing, mixed-use, civic, and urban planning projects.
The firm has received numerous design awards, including three National American Institute of Architects Honor Awards.
The California Council of the American Institute of Architects named Studio E one of California's Emerging Talents in 1999.
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