Rik Orts-Hansen Design Limited

OUR AIM: We are an Architectural Design practice based in South West London. We produce crafted, sustainable and considered buildings.
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To create sustainable, innovative, considered and crafted architectural products that are respectful of their context.

OUR APPROACH:

We translate our Client Biographies into physical space. The chosen site suggests a story of its own. We weave these threads into one unique and bespoke narrative.
To begin this narrative we first develop a strong collaborative concept with our clients using 3D modelling, sketches and physical models.
The brief is developed as opportunities unfold. Site and budget constraints are not seen as negative but as tangible frameworks around which the concept can be woven.
We approach the creation of space from a minimalist perspective. We respond best to simple pragmatic concepts so we can make the best possible context for things that matter in life. We like to pare back the accumulation of surfaces and behaviours to what is essential.
The objective is to create wonderful spaces for our clients to fill with their own individual life “tags”. We work with Autodesk Revit a 3D building design software, which involves using an intelligent 3D model to inform and communicate project decisions.
The software allows design, visualisation, simulation and collaboration to be one seamless process that enables greater clarity for the entire project team. We carefully select our collaborators, the consultant teams, the main contractors, sub-contractors and the specialist manufacturers that make bespoke components for our buildings.