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Design as
Investigation
At DID, we approach every project as both a design exercise and an investigation. Our work is driven by a strong interest in how people experience space — emotionally, socially and physically.
We believe that understanding large-scale urban and territorial systems requires an equally strong understanding of detail, materiality and human scale. The city is experienced through detail.
A public square is understood through movement.
A building is understood through atmosphere.
A space is remembered through emotion.
- Human interaction with the built environment
- Contemporary urban living
- Public engagement and participation
- Movement and perception
- Material experience
- Light, atmosphere and sensory conditions
- The relationship between technology, culture and space
From Territory
to Object
Our practice moves fluidly between strategic urban thinking and detailed object design. Scale is not a limit — it is a perspective.
Architecture
Buildings understood through atmosphere. From house to civic infrastructure — form, material and inhabitation.
Urban Planning & Masterplanning
Territorial strategies from regional scale to neighbourhood. Systems thinking applied to the built city.
Landscape Strategy
Ground conditions, ecological corridors and the negotiation between the natural and the constructed.
Product & Furniture Design
Objects as spatial propositions. Material research applied to furniture, equipment and designed artefacts.
Art Installations
Spatial and experiential works that create dialogue, participation and new cultural narratives.
Spatial Research
Investigations into future living, urban transformation, identity and collective memory.
Architecture
Buildings understood through atmosphere. From house to civic infrastructure — form, material and inhabitation.
Urban Planning & Masterplanning
Territorial strategies from regional scale to neighbourhood. Systems thinking applied to the built city.
Landscape Strategy
Ground conditions, ecological corridors and the negotiation between the natural and the constructed.
Product & Furniture Design
Objects as spatial propositions. Material research applied to furniture, equipment and designed artefacts.
Art Installations
Spatial and experiential works that create dialogue, participation and new cultural narratives.
Spatial Research
Investigations into future living, urban transformation, identity and collective memory.
Let's begin
an investigation.
We are currently accepting new partnerships. Tell us about your project — its scale, ambition and context. We will respond.
Design as Research
Many of our projects emerge from broader investigations into future living conditions, urban transformation and new forms of interaction between people and cities.