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The Studio E Team Share Our Principles
Each New Year, Studio E, like many offices, undertakes an office retreat. This year things were a little different. Yes, we still had the end of year report and the look ahead report, but we focused...
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Reclaiming
“The accommodation of the automobile at the expense of almost all else characterizes most contemporary planning. Our site plans insist that cars be convenient, but contained balancing their impacts...
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Studio E’s Shared Principles…Value of: Connection, Everyday Life,...
For our retreat I chose to expand on the values behind Studio E’s principles rather than choose an existing principle to define and re-examine. These values provide the fabric for our work: the Value...
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Bjarke Ingles & Architectural Alchemy – Studio E Shared Principles
ALCHEMY – as defined by Studio E The chief aim of alchemy – a pseudo-science practiced in the Middle Ages – was to turn base metals into gold. As modern-day architects/alchemists, we embrace the...
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Shared Principles: Choreography
One of our seven shared principles is CHOREOGRAPHY. As stated on our web site (under the “Ideas” tab): Choreography involves planning arranged movement through space. We arrange paths of movement...
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Specificity in Architecture – Shared Principles
All of our work seeks to be idea driven – meaning we hope to bring something beyond program, budget, schedule and site constraints to each design challenge. Our website includes a tab that describes 7...
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The Sundial as a Marker of Time and Place
Much has already been written, by us and others, about the UC Davis West Village project’s connection to the sun – from the photovoltaic panels that provide the power to make it the nation’s largest...
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Cheap Ingredients: Weighty Results –“How To…” Series
Welcome to Part I in our “How To…” series! Over the next several weeks we will be posting on making the most of a modest budget—or how to achieve better results using off-the-shelf building components....
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How to Park a Cake (and Eat it Too) – “How To…” Series
Today, in the continuing adventures in architectural alchemy at Studio E … It’s Part II in our “How To…” series! Previously in this series, John Sheehan touched on our desire to find design...
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