scenario architecture

Scenario Architecture: Another dimension

Scenario Architecture is a young and ambitious architectural practice that is bringing a 3D consultation service to the forefront of their design service, picking up the pace for future designs.

Maya Carni and Ran

Ankory are the co-owners of Scenario Architecture. Scenario Architecture is a full-service architectural consultants, encompassing design and project man- agement as well as a new 3D Consultation service for clients.

As an architectural practice, Scenario Architecture is a full-service architectural con- sultants, encompassing design and project management. Sig- nificant to Scenario’s methods is its special attention to pat- terns - or scenarios - of everyday life and how these can be utilised as generative forces for design. The practice invests a lot of time into research and is specifically in- terested in human simulations in relation to environment and space. Scenario identified a lack of digital analytic tools for visualising, simulating and evaluating the way people live and move around a space, which led the studio to em- bark on a 3-year ongoing research project tackling this very subject. The results were quite staggering and resulted in a complete software sys- tem analysis, which enables integration of habitants’ movements into the architec-

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tural design process to create ‘living models’ of proposed schemes. Scenario is working towards turning the analysis into a new architectural programme - and thus a new way to approach architectural design. Scenario believe the ability to experience and eval- uate space virtually, alongside clients, by simulating every- day use of the building, enhanced with new technolo- gies such as stereoscopic 3D modelling will open entirely new possibilities in architec- ture. Maya Carni and Ran Ankory live with their young son in a Victorian terrace house they have transformed to include two of their key pieces, Focal Shift, and Lightrail - a fireplace and balustrade respectively. The overall effect they have ac- complished is airy, light and open, in what might be a typically spatially restricted house.

What is Scenario’s philosophy for design?

Scenario’s architectural approach is honest, simple and functional. We see ourselves as spatial prob- lem solvers, and typically create simulations of ‘habitation scenar- ios’, looking carefully at dwelling patterns and interactions habi- tants have with their space and surroundings. In our design process, we try to let go of all conventions and preconceptions in order to allow the essence of human and environmental forces to generate the architecture they really call for. Working from the inside out, we believe that appear- ances and beauty really do come from within. A performing space is a beautiful one. We find inspiration in the sim- ple daily routine of clients, in their waking up and coffee-drinking habits in building regulations, space, budget and technical limi- tations. Facing rather than avoiding the ordinary Scenario tries to surpass it and find ways Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36