The principals are simple enough; engage Nature as your design Partner.5 billion years of evolution can teach us many valuable lessons; Nature should be interpreted as a problem solver.The fundamentals go far beyond the use and arrangement of the structure fabric, and lead us to question why we strive to create certain spaces. Nature wastes nothing. Every molecule has evolved to produce strength to weight principles which Man has yet to emulate.

For instance, the shell of the moon snail has been tested to withstand an incredible 2000 times its own weight. Whereas a typical house cannot even bear a fraction of its own weight.

Nature should be considered not just as our Design Partner but our Teacher.

We aim to conceive and design structures that are not only efficient in terms of design but encompass the whole spectrum of their environment and thereby impact upon it.

This includes minimising the footprint, ultimate orientation to enhance the benefits of the environment, and the negative effects of the structures presence.

Natural products including certified and reclaimed timber are our palette.

The structure is not considered as an object to be accommodated by the site, rather as germinated seed grown as a response to our requirements.

With this simple philosophy and reference to the many great organic Architects of our time, we are striving to understand and apply these principles within our own sphere of Design.

Shapes in Nature are determined by the forces that act upon them. Everything in Nature is determined by arcs and curves; from the movement of our planet around the sun, to the growth ring of a tree.

We are not seeking to emulate Nature literally, rather use it to explore design problems and solutions. In other words, seeking answers to “How would nature solve this problem?”

Our process of design begins with an intimate knowledge of the site, environment and local available resources.

This is coupled by the client’s requirements in terms of required spaces and their relationships with each other, including ambience, function, durability and preferences for colour and materials.

There is no preconceived notion of what the structure will be in terms of appearance and style. For instance the plan of the structure will influence the shape of the roof and not vise versa.

Man like Nature does not move about in 90 degree turns and therefore our structures are generally curved in terms of the flow from one space to another and the fabric of the structure that surrounds these spaces.

Ultimately as in nature we eliminate what is not needed thereby “Doing more with Less”.