ATELIER NOMA

03 · Services

One project, four connected disciplines.

We shape architecture, interiors, landscape, and research as a continuous process, adjusting the scope to what each commission truly needs.

Clay, lime plaster, timber, stone, and woven fiber samples arranged on a studio table
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Architecture

Buildings shaped by climate, use, and the long life of their materials.

We work from the scale of a room to the scale of a public institution, connecting spatial character to environmental performance from the first sketch. Each commission begins with a close reading of its site, brief, budget, and future patterns of occupation.

Our role can continue from feasibility and concept design through approvals, construction documentation, site review, and completion. We coordinate specialist collaborators early so structure, comfort, water, landscape, and craft become part of one architectural idea.

Typical process

  1. 01Listen

    Define needs, ambitions, constraints, and measures of success.

  2. 02Read

    Map climate, movement, ecology, regulation, and existing fabric.

  3. 03Form

    Test spatial, structural, and environmental options through models and drawings.

  4. 04Realize

    Develop the selected scheme with consultants, makers, and contractors.

Typical projects

Private homes · Small cultural buildings · Retreats and lodges · Adaptive reuse

Related case studies

Coastal ResidenceNoma Cultural CenterMountain Retreat
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Interior Architecture

Interiors where atmosphere, utility, furniture, and touch are conceived together.

Interior architecture is not applied after the building. It is the intimate register of the same project: the weight of a handle, the quiet of a bedroom, the distance between a table and a window, the temperature of a floor at dawn.

We develop plans, lighting, joinery, fixed furniture, loose furniture, finishes, and material specifications as a coherent family. Mockups and one-to-one prototypes allow clients and makers to evaluate comfort, patina, and detail before decisions are multiplied across a project.

Typical process

  1. 01Observe

    Study rituals, belongings, adjacencies, and desired degrees of privacy.

  2. 02Compose

    Set the sequence of rooms, views, thresholds, lighting, and storage.

  3. 03Prototype

    Test key details, furniture, finishes, and tactile transitions at full scale.

  4. 04Refine

    Coordinate fabrication and installation through careful site review.

Typical projects

Residential interiors · Hospitality interiors · Gallery and cultural fit-outs · Bespoke furniture

Related case studies

Coastal ResidenceCourtyard HouseMountain Retreat
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Landscape

Ground, water, shade, and planting treated as inhabited architecture.

Our landscape work starts with what the ground already does. We trace rainfall, soil, shade, habitat, cultivation, and local maintenance knowledge before introducing new paths, terraces, gardens, or water systems.

Architecture and landscape are developed in parallel. This lets a roof feed a pond, a courtyard temper a room, or a planted edge become both habitat and privacy. Planting palettes favor resilient regional species and legible seasonal change over ornamental abundance.

Typical process

  1. 01Survey

    Record soil, water, vegetation, topography, habitat, and patterns of care.

  2. 02Steward

    Protect valuable ecologies and define regenerative site strategies.

  3. 03Connect

    Shape routes, thresholds, gardens, drainage, and outdoor rooms.

  4. 04Establish

    Plan planting, procurement, installation, and long-term maintenance.

Typical projects

Residential gardens · Cultural landscapes · Hospitality grounds · Water-sensitive masterplans

Related case studies

Courtyard HouseNoma Cultural CenterMountain Retreat
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Research & Strategy

Focused inquiry that makes difficult design choices visible and actionable.

Some projects need a question clarified before they need a building. We create concise research programs around climate resilience, material sourcing, reuse, cultural briefs, hospitality models, and the productive life of existing sites.

The output is designed to be used, not shelved. Depending on the commission, it may take the form of a spatial brief, scenario atlas, feasibility study, material protocol, environmental roadmap, or a set of prototypes that can inform future procurement and design teams.

Typical process

  1. 01Frame

    Turn broad ambitions into specific questions, boundaries, and decisions.

  2. 02Gather

    Combine field observation, interviews, precedent, mapping, and analysis.

  3. 03Test

    Compare scenarios through drawings, models, prototypes, and performance criteria.

  4. 04Translate

    Deliver a clear brief, strategy, and next actions for the client team.

Typical projects

Early feasibility · Cultural programming · Material and circularity studies · Climate adaptation strategies

Related case studies

Noma Cultural CenterMountain Retreat

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