When designing architecture and public artworks we listen to and work closely with our clients through all phases of the project as needed; initial planning & programming, schematic design, design development, structural engineering coordination, energy analysis with mechanical, electrical and plumbing coordination, construction documentation, acquiring permits, bid & schedule estimating & negotiating and construction administration.

When building public art or art installations our process starts with hand drawings and developments through parallel digital and physical modeling. Our workshop is an idea laboratory where wood, metal, plastics, foam, clay and re-purposed materials are shaped into beginning sketches and gestures of an idea. From here we move our concepts from paper, digital and sketch models into fabrication of full scale artworks.

Our workshop supports our ability to create and fabricate in a range of scales. From architectural mock-ups & full-scale building components to the production of large scale sculptures and complex structures. The workshop is certified in steel and aluminum welding as well as equipped to assemble a wide array of materials as projects require. Our studio and workshop function in tandem to deliver innovative, efficient, tested and sustainable works of architecture and art.

Through collaborating and building we realized ideas could be rapidly expanded and assumptions tested, a working process that has sustained us to today. We continue to believe in the physicality of making as integral to idea generation and the design process; where decisions made, become decisions felt.

“No ideas but in things.”- William Carlos Williams.

Whether designing or building, rhiza A+D’s practice is rooted in a respect for craft and a dedication to site sensitive place-making through the creation of cultural and climate sensitive objects and spaces.