Philosophy

We look for the particular before proposing the new.

Architecture is never made from a blank page. Weather has already crossed the site. Materials have histories, skills have geographies, and clients bring routines that no diagram fully describes.

Our process moves between precise observation and open-ended testing. We draw what exists, build fragments at useful scales, and invite specialists into the work early. The result is not one visual signature, but a family of places shaped by the conditions that make each commission distinct.

Our approach

Four ways of reading a project.

  1. 01

    Place

    We begin outside the property line, reading weather, water, labor, cultivation, and the habits that have already made a place specific.

  2. 02

    Material

    We favor materials that disclose how they were made and can grow more legible through use, repair, salt, rain, and touch.

  3. 03

    Light

    Daylight is treated as a building material, given thickness by screens, courtyards, deep thresholds, and changing surfaces.

  4. 04

    Time

    A finished building is only a beginning. We design for seasonal change, maintenance, adaptation, and lives we cannot fully predict.

Sunlit architecture studio table with models, drawings, and material samples

People

A cross-disciplinary studio.

01

Mina Voss

Founding Architect

Architecture and creative direction

Da Nang

02

Elias Tran

Architect / Research

Climate, building systems, and research

Da Nang

03

Sora Nguyen

Interior Architect

Interiors, furniture, and material development

Singapore

04

Jonas Vale

Landscape Architect

Landscape, ecology, and water systems

Da Nang

05

An Leung

Project Architect

Cultural projects and adaptive reuse

Singapore

06

Ravi Ko

Design Technologist

Environmental analysis and fabrication

Da Nang

Work with the studio