We are a registered architectural practice in Melbourne, Ballarat, Horsham and Macedon Ranges. We create sustainable architecture through participatory design and placemaking, events and research. We are affordable architects with a social conscience. Our team of professionals care about project delivery.
We aim to be the affordable, go-to residential architects in Ballarat, Melbourne and regional Victoria. We are commercial architects for cafs, offices and social spaces. We develop aspirational community architecture and public spaces drawing on strategic thinking, local assets and diverse experiences from abroad.We are up-to-date with academic teaching and research. Our events have been strong modes of practice for learning, participatory design and placemaking.
We aim to be the affordable, go-to residential architects in Ballarat, Melbourne and regional Victoria. We are commercial architects for cafs, offices and social spaces. We develop aspirational community architecture and public spaces drawing on strategic thinking, local assets and diverse experiences from abroad.We are up-to-date with academic teaching and research. Our events have been strong modes of practice for learning, participatory design and placemaking.
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Here Studio is a team of professional architects in Melbourne, Horsham and Ballarat with a history of innovative and social practices, focussing on delivering architecture for everyone through participatory design and collaboration. We began 10 years ago as a development of Urban Village Melbourne, a non-profit association using art, architecture, events, participation and activism for multi-disciplinary projects.
We have a committed team of artists and architects across Melbourne and regional Victoria, and we are passionate about what we do. We want to contribute our skills to the real world starting with local, everyday people. Our team comes from different backgrounds and our recruitment process emphasises both soft and hard skills - diverse talents and complementary personalities.
Our residential architects know that a well designed home brings huge benefits to people's lives, and therefore believe that architecture should be available to everyone. In many of our residential projects we work with clients who wouldn't typically use an architect, bringing not only architectural design, but an understanding of costs, regulations, authority requirements and project planning.
Here Studio work with local councils, State organisations and community groups, on a range of community projects, including schools, public buildings, community engagement, masterplanning, and reporting. We successfully integrate public architecture, urban design, and stakeholder engagement, and emphasise developing a process together as a way to strengthen connections around a project.
It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of conversation ("chit chat"), it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds.
