Laboratory for Environments, Architecture & Design incorporated

Info

http://www.leadinc.no/

Historie

The Laboratory for Environments, Architecture and Design is a group of architects and educators who engage in the research, conceptualization and realization of environments, architectural projects, as well as design of ordinary objects. A major qualification for value in design of built environment is its suitability for human habitation; to this end, we pursue a common place for both physical and psychological well-being. Concerned with both body and psyche, our preoccupation is to marry the measurable with the immeasurable.

LEADinc was incorporated in 2000, to provide a full range of design services. Our professional practice is founded on the belief that responsible design must enjoin the realities of any project with creative vision. We approach our projects through a collaborative process and perspective, discovering and addressing our clients’ needs, desires, and aspirations by asking and responding to pertinent and potent questions. The beauty of questions lies in unexpected outcomes that are not predetermined; predetermined answers are the death of learning and creativity. We hold ourselves and all others involved in the design and building process, responsible for the quality of the built environment and its ongoing effects on our natural surroundings. Responsible design persistently looks for ways to reduce cost and ecological footprint while optimizing quality and value.

Vår oppgave

Through the work of LEADinc, we expect to contribute significant value to the built environment, while reducing cost and ecological footprint.

We engage in a variety of project types, ranging from the temporary installations to permanent built structures. We have developed expertise and gained experience in various building types – residential, multi-family housing, commercial, retail and office structures, institutional, libraries and laboratories, educational and public art and performance pieces. Through a winning competition entry, we have redefined the banality of the typical pedestrian bridge across the freeway as a living part of an ecological system. We have rephrased the nature of “temporary structure” through an international competition entry and questioned the traditional materiality of building elements through the design of walls as light transmitters.

Our explorations have created unique and prototypical design solutions that can have wider relevance due to their flexibility and adaptability in more than one situation. Crossbreeding of materials, methods and technologies from one building type to another have proven to be more beneficial and productive than the inbreeding of a mono-culture expertise on experience gained from one building type.

Etikett

Creative architectural design for inspired living environments.