Each commission begins with its context.
The site, its orientation and climate, its constraints, and the particular life a client hopes to build on it — these come before form. What follows is a general overview of how an engagement with the studio typically progresses; every project adapts this sequence to its own conditions.
- 01
Introduction & Site
A first conversation and a visit to the site — its orientation, climate, constraints, and the life you hope to build on it.
- 02
Research & Context
Study of the plot, regulations, and cultural and environmental context, establishing the framework the design must answer to.
- 03
Concept
The first design proposition — massing, spatial organization, and material direction, tested against site and brief.
- 04
Design Development
The concept is refined through drawings and models. Computational tools are used where they sharpen precision, not for their own sake.
- 05
Documentation & Permitting
Technical drawings, engineering coordination, and submission through the Greek permitting process.
- 06
Construction
On-site presence through execution, protecting design intent down to formwork, joinery, and finish.
Research feeds the work.
Alongside its commissions, the studio maintains an active research practice — computational design, digital fabrication, robotic assembly, and material systems. These investigations are not separate from the buildings: they sharpen the precision of what gets drawn, priced, and built.
Ready to start the first conversation?
Share the site, the brief, and the way you hope the building will be used. The studio reviews every inquiry personally and will respond to discuss whether vastudio is the right fit for the work.