Models, models, models. Everyone who enters our office can’t help remarking about the abundance of models everywhere. These models help us inventively explore form to create architecture that responds to physical conditions, cultural identity, and social engagement.
This process allows us to both exploit and blur distinctions between architecture and its context. This may be a physical relationship between built form and landscape or a cultural relationship between site and the city. The results are bold yet simple sculptural volumes that meet our client’s needs while reflecting an awareness of the specific time and context.
As architects, we iterate and explore ideas through drawings and models. We are inspired by our clients’ vision and we work through a variety of media to bring that vision forth in a clear and compelling way. By using a combination of physical models, 3D renderings, diagrams, and quick sketches, we provide a variety of options to communicate design
goals.
Finally, we develop long term working relationships with contractors that allow us to get the best possible realization of our design. While we relish the creativity of the initial design process, we thrive on the collaboration of the execution.
Sidell Pakravan is a design intensive architecture studio. With a collaborative culture, we integrate expertise, unique ideas, and experience into exceptional design solutions. Every project team includes a principal and creative designers working together to craft a vision and deliver your project. As a group, our staff share a unyielding commitment to design. As individuals, each person brings unique abilities in detailing, visualizing three-dimensional space, and selecting materials.
The two principals, Kristen and Rudabeh, met during their graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Following graduation, they headed to locations as diverse as Paris, Denver, and Los Angeles where they worked on civic, commercial, and residential architecture. When they found themselves both back in the Bay Area and working in academia, they were excited to found a design oriented firm focused on critical thinking intrinsic to academia and real world building. Since 2014, Sidell Pakravan has continued to explore critical ideas in architecture through speculative projects and test these ideas in buildings across Northern California.
