About

We do not decide on an answer from the beginning.
Should we build something new?
Should we keep what is already there?
Should we change the way it is used?
Before making that decision,
we ask ourselves what is truly needed.

Buildings that are no longer in use.
Towns where fewer people live.
Landscapes we have become accustomed to.
Perhaps there are values there
that have yet to be noticed.

We look to the traces of time and memories
held within buildings,
and to the everyday lives and activities
that have taken place there.
From these clues,
we search for an answer
that belongs to that particular place.

New construction and renovation
are simply different ways of building.

What we want to create
is not architecture alone.

We want to create a change
in the relationship between people and places,
and, from there,
let a new landscape emerge.

From small places,
we think about future landscapes.