Clarity Before
Complexity
Strulen is a contemporary architecture studio shaped by clarity, structure and purposeful design. We create considered spaces through clear planning, refined proportion and a disciplined understanding of how people use them.
Three things a project is judged on.
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People
Spaces shaped by how they are lived in.
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Place
Architecture that responds to its setting.
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Function
Planning that works before it impresses.
Six principles, in the order
they get used.
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Purpose
Every decision answers a reason.
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Proportion
Balance gives space its confidence.
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03
Structure
An order the idea can stand on.
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Function
Space that serves how it is used.
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05
Material
Surfaces chosen for atmosphere and age.
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06
Experience
Space felt as clearly as it is seen.
How a project runs.
Six stages, measured out the way a drawing is dimensioned. Each one ends with something the next can be built on.
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Discovery
Goals, context and constraints.
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02
Research
Site, precedent and program.
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03
Concept
Ideas shaped into direction.
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04
Design development
Detail, material and coordination.
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Documentation
Drawings built for clarity.
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Delivery
Intent held through execution.