in-house prototyping

Proximity matters. The right tools in the right place make design less about waiting and more about responding. When fabrication sits within arm’s reach, ideas can move before they stall — rhythm replaces hesitation.

In-house prototyping isn’t a step in the process; it’s an environment that cultivates it. Materials can be tested, discarded, or refined without ceremony. Foam becomes wood, becomes something closer to final, each transition revealing what’s essential and what isn’t.

Below: a handrail developed through successive prototypes. Geometry and finish requirements guided each iteration, tuning both form and workability as the project found its physical language.

handrail geometry v1: edgy facetted surface

handrail geometry v1: edgy facetted surface

handrail geometry v2: blended surface and smooth transitions

handrail geometry v2: blended surface and smooth transitions

handrail geometry v2: blended surface and smooth transitions

handrail geometry v2: 1:1 material study v1

handrail geometry v2: 1:1 material study v2

various full scale pattern and system prototyping

texture study

notch and key based assembly method: early study for the FLUX: EXHIBITION