Architecture through craft, community, and storytelling
Hayatsu Architects’ work is characterised by crafted, thoughtful, sensitive, and playful approaches tailored to unique situations and the needs of users. We believe that well-considered, well-made buildings can have a positive impact on individual lives and the wider community.
Today’s construction industry is often seen as a harmful human activity for the planet. Our mission is to create a better world in which humans and nature coexist harmoniously, through careful consideration of materials, construction, conservation, and community.
The practice’s sensitivity stems from an in-depth knowledge of working with historic buildings. Through these projects, Hayatsu Architects have developed a unique insight into creating innovative and characterful spaces that integrate seamlessly with their historic context, achieved through carefully crafted material interventions and the adoption of hands-on construction methods.
Our current portfolio includes houses for private clients, exhibitions and installations for arts institutions, and civic buildings and public spaces for local authorities.
Testimonials
I’ve worked with Takeshi on a variety projects at the South London Gallery over the past decade, ranging from our award-winning extension designed by 6a which opened to the public in 2010, through to modifications to existing spaces to create meeting and reception rooms and, most recently, designing the renovation of the grade II listed former Fire Station on Peckham Road to create an annexe to our main site.
He has a great facility for collaborative working, contributing strong ideas but also being willing to listen to practical and other concerns. He has a great attention to detail and is an absolute pleasure to work with. I couldn’t recommend him more highly.
Margot Heller OBE, Director of South London Gallery
The Blue had been the heart of local community for over a century. The closure of the local docks and factories in the 1970’s, brought decades of economic decline, negatively affecting the area and the Blue Market, which had dwindled to a handful of stalls.
In 2019 a community campaign led by Blue Bermondsey BID secured GLA funding for regeneration, with the focus on the Market Place. Hayatsu Architects developed an innate understanding of requirements by working ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with the community partners to create a unique and inviting hub, that is the foundation for the Blue’s revival.
Russell Dryden, Fish Monger & Blue Bermondsey BID Manager
Contact
Hayatsu Architects
Building Workshop
23-29 De Beauvoir Rd
London N1 5SF
takeshi@hayatsuarchitects.com
+44 (0) 7766 332 206
Registered in the UK No 10518203
VAT No 259656651
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