Manifesto

At Atelier Azara, design is the subject for inquiry and exploration. We endeavor to expand the repertoire of imagined outcomes through investigative material research, inventive application of emergent technologies, and keen observations of both our natural habitat and built environment. We aim to expand and coalesce a multidisciplinary approach to creating heuristic design solutions that affect positive change in a dynamic world.

Taking cues from culturally diverse traditional design processes, Atelier Azara enjoys animating debate with dogma forged by intense rigor, infectious curiosity and a healthy dose of both premeditated optimism and pragmatic skepticism. Our expectations must be high - maintaining the viability of life require as much. We look forward to developing design projects and strategies that encompass a singular aesthetic attitude imbued with technical assurance and far reaching applicability.

By challenging conventions, rejecting at times while transcending in others, we hope to create alternative possibilities not yet devised or deployed. Our scope of interest embraces a wide range of building types, planning scales and design disciplines such as interiors, furniture, products, branding and material investigations. We intend to offer ourselves as incubators of catalytic change and purveyors of holistic solutions. Drawing from the rich architectural legacy of Chicago, our aim will focus on local projects but manifest in activities and discoveries towards maximizing global impact.

Atelier Azara, design advocates and solution analysis – a Think Tank for exceptional design.

Copyright © 2009, Atelier Azara. All rights reserved.

2.03.2011

Haiti TB-Haus Competition

Concept
There are a number of equally important conceptual goals of this project. One was to find a thoroughly modern language that speaks to deeply rooted Haitian urban and social traditions. It was also important to learn from past mistakes made by the building trades in Haiti while bringing new building traditions to the people of Haiti.

Another goal was to meld active and passive approaches to sustainability into one flexible, scalable and recyclable solution that is both ecologically sound and economically viable.










11.20.2010

Multilingual Chicago








7.19.2010

ECO DECO Residence




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Current Projects: ATELIER AZARA 2010 - Present







Past Projects: PROFESSIONAL [1989 - 2009]