FORM, MATERIAL, DETAIL
As a studio, we believe creativity is born out of adaptation. It is through an organic, problem solving method that we approach all our work. In process we celebrate diversity, textural richness and materiality with a heightened attention to detail. Building the fabric and routine of our daily lives, our ethos is open, adaptive and resourceful as we seek timeless atmospheres, rich in qualities and spatial experience.
Taking inspiration from our surroundings, we start our projects by first understanding and revealing what is already there. We thrive in the re-use of existing materials and spaces, whether salvaged breadboards, a fragment of furniture or disused building structure. We embrace what others may find difficult, limiting or no longer useful. It is through this open, resourceful approach that we appropriate and transform organically and imaginatively.
The rich environments we create are the result of a lively negotiation between parameters and their perceived constraints set against the new requirements, needs and ambitions of our clients. Beyond our practical and environmental commitments, we strive to craft an architecture that is timeless - mixing the contemporary with historic and traditional. The results are layered, diverse and atmospheric, with the aura of space in time.
Our experience in private residential work has afforded us the deepest understanding of complex architectural projects. With its innumerable details, ambitions and practical requirements, the design of a good home is perhaps one of the most challenging design problems for a designer or architect to undertake. We believe our developed sensitivity and extensive experience with this type of work has given us a leading advantage to creatively manage the myriad of design, technical and functional realms that go beyond private-residential into commercial, educational, public and cultural projects.
The unifying quality of our work is based on an approach and ethos that thrives on design through complex conditions, often found in conflict or opposition to each other. It is this playful yet rigorous resourcefulness that sets us apart as a practice. For us, creative conflict is an inspiration and opportunity, not a limitation or compromise.
We take a collaborative and organic approach to each project, embracing design as a unique problem-solving tool. Underpinned by over 15 years of teaching and a lifetime spent exploring the experiential qualities of space, Charles Tashima Architecture is committed to the continuous search for inventive solutions. Always in collaboration with our clients, fellow consultants and contractors, we strive for a positive, holistic and creatively fulfilling experience. A balance of intuitive and systematic responses informs our approach, arriving at results that reveal new and unexpected solutions and surprising outcomes. Our portfolio is evidence of the richness and diversity of work this approach engenders.
