We're creating tools – bad tools – that, despite their imperfections, are good because they allow us to analyze, inspect, evaluate, and generate architecture and design beyond the typical disciplinary boundaries of architects. Our first tool, Simple Loads, lets us determine how much energy a building uses in just minutes, without the need for costly consultants, and incorporate this information into early design decisions. It's fast, it's imperfect (±20% error), but it makes us better architects. Our goal is to produce a suite of simple tools that are just good enough to provide the approximate information we need to make intentional and informed decisions about the technical aspects of a project during early conceptual design.
presentations
Wood 3 Ways
CU Denver
9 17 2024
some WIPs
College of San Mateo
10 5 2023
about
Our work focuses on conceptually driven architecture through residential, commercial and other small scale projects.
We work on larger commercial, institutional, and cultural projects with ALTO where Alex is a founding partner.
Alex is a licensed architect in California, Michigan, and Texas having studied architecture at UC Berkeley. Before graduate school he studied physics, astronomy and math at Oberlin College. He has taught architectural studios at UC Berkeley and has been a guest critic at University of Michigan, UT Austin, UC Berkeley, and CCA.
We're based in Oakland CA and work on projects throughout the US.