Every project begins with a question.
We ask not only what can be built but what can be liberated, transformed, and sustained.
Our practice works across the full span of a project. From the earliest stage of inception, we collaborate with clients to test possibilities, refine briefs, and assemble teams of local and international expertise. At the Fair Trade Zone, this meant three years of site scoping, participatory workshops, and strategic planning before the first design proposal was drawn.
Design is approached with both flexibility and precision. We combine digital tools and parametric modelling with an understanding that often the simplest solutions are the most effective. At Nubuke Extended, this meant pairing advanced design methods with straightforward, context-specific strategies; a balance that reflects our experience in West Africa, where resourcefulness and resilience are essential, and increasingly relevant worldwide as climate pressures intensify.
During construction, we maintain a close relationship to craft and detail, preferring bespoke solutions over off-the-shelf products, and working wherever possible with local suppliers and supply chains. At dot.ateliers | Ogbodjo, this meant working directly with artisans to develop tailored construction details and components that could not be sourced commercially. Our engagement continues after handover. At Surf Ghana Collective, we are addressing erosion along a vulnerable oceanfront with budget-conscious measures, while at Gallery G99 we remain involved in programming and spatial adjustments as exhibitions and workshops unfold.
This continuity — from inception to long-term use — allows us to create architecture that is deeply contextual, resilient, and capable of evolving with those who inhabit it.
What We Do
Architecture — cultural, civic, residential, and community-driven projects.
Advisory & Consultancy — early-stage scoping, spatial strategy, sustainable materials, and participatory frameworks.
Research & Exhibitions — expanding architecture into public discourse through installations, publications, and academic collaborations.
How We Work
Collaborative — long-term partnerships with communities, institutions, and artists.
Contextual — grounded in place, histories, and future needs.
Adaptive — responsive to complexity, change, and resourcefulness.
Enduring — we design for projects to evolve across stages: planning, building, inhabiting, and maintaining. Architecture is not finished at completion, but carried forward by those who use and transform it.
Who We Work With
We collaborate best with clients and partners who:
Value design as a tool for transformation.
Welcome experimentation and critical joy.
Seek sustainable, socially grounded solutions.
Believe architecture is more than form: it is process, dialogue, and action.
Process
Our process is open, iterative, and shaped with each collaborator. Typically it unfolds in three stages:
Listening & Framing — mapping needs, contexts, and potentials.
Designing & Testing — working across drawings, models, and conversations to evolve ideas.
Building & Continuing — materialising projects while leaving space for adaptation, feedback, and long-term stewardship.