

Unified Volumes
The studio recently did a design session to generate different ideas for a new project that will explore greater density in infill...
mbaran7
Jul 7, 20146 min read
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Looking for the Axes of [(Non)-Centrality]
Among a few themes we’ve already mentioned that we are exploring here at the studio (adaptability, improvisation, kinetics) is the role...
hello26970
May 29, 201413 min read
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Kinetic Aperture 1: Hyper-screen
Picking up on the studio’s recent experimental design sessions, last Friday Matt presented a sketch for what began in our discussions as...
hello26970
May 14, 20143 min read
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Repetition In Design
We have been working on a series of multi-unit projects in the office, and this post will be the first of several discussions on the...
mbaran7
May 9, 20142 min read
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Processing Adaptability
One of the defining aspects of the studio is the notion of ‘adaptability.’ It’s been mentioned before, but it’s a theme we’ll often...
hello26970
Apr 24, 20144 min read
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AIA East Bay Design Awards
We received an AIA East Bay Design Award for our Bordertown project on Thursday. More info here: http://lnkd.in/b4tmzrS and photos on our...
hello26970
Sep 24, 20131 min read
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Project Patterns
New Construction and Renovation. Built and Planned:
mbaran7
May 18, 20131 min read
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And I Quote
From a nice little book titled ‘the architect says’: “I believe context is an incredibly overestimated word and an alibi for a lot of...
mbaran7
May 16, 20131 min read
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On Ideas
“What style is your architecture?” I seem to get this question a lot when I confess to being an architect. And the question is only...
mbaran7
Apr 1, 20132 min read
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The Studio Story
Growing up working class in Detroit, I learned to do whatever it took to get by. ‘Bootstrapping’ became second nature, and I had worked...
mbaran7
Jan 1, 20132 min read
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Design Review
On May 17 we received our go ahead from the Berkeley Design Review Committee on our Fairview project! We are on to our next steps. This...
mbaran7
May 25, 20122 min read
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Zen and the Art of Constructing Buildings
Our design process involves the analysis of existing contexts and programmatic requirements in order to extend these elements into one...
mbaran7
May 20, 20121 min read
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