Environments with intent inside a practice's projects
Architectural practices increasingly get briefs asking for character and an idea. Environment strategy, concept and artistic pieces are a separate discipline. ENTORA leads this layer inside the project, from idea to completion.
ENTORA'S ROLE
Meaning and the artistic environment, delivered with the practice
The practice leads the building's architecture. ENTORA holds the meaning, the concept and the artistic environment inside it. One site, one intent - the project comes together as a whole.
Meaning and concept
Spatial strategy and the central idea. They set how the environment reads and why people remember the place.
Artistic environment
Pieces, light, planting, visitor scenario. An artistic language that lives inside the architecture.
Fabrication and completion
Engineering, fabrication, completion. ENTORA takes the artistic environment through to handover.
PROJECT
Artistic-environment concept for a residential complex with Junco Arquitectura
Three environment scenarios for the communal areas of a complex on the Costa Blanca: pieces, light, reflection.
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Three collaboration formats
ENTORA's role and authorship are agreed at the start. The practice picks the format that fits the project and the client.
White-label
ENTORA designs and fabricates the artistic environment. The practice leads the project and hands it over to the client under its own name.
Co-authorship
Shared authorship of the environment. ENTORA's role is named in the project's publications and documentation.
Referral
The practice brings ENTORA onto a project where the brief reaches beyond architecture, and receives a referral fee.
WHAT THE PRACTICE GAINS
What the practice gains on the project
The practice's resource stays on architecture
ENTORA holds the artistic-environment layer. The practice's designers stay focused on their part of the project.
The project grows in scope
The artistic environment widens the project on the same site. The practice leads a larger contract; ENTORA owns the environment layer.
A project with artistic environment in the portfolio
A project with an artistic environment enters the practice's portfolio. It works for new commissions and draws clients for whom meaning in a space is part of the brief.
Frequently asked questions
Will you end up working with our client directly, bypassing the practice?
No. The practice's client remains the practice's client. Under white-label we have no direct contact with the client; under co-authorship we attend meetings with you. We set out the lines of communication in the contract at the start.
At what stage of the project is it best to bring you in?
The earlier, the cheaper. At design stage, fixings, services and loads are built into the structure from the outset. The concept takes a week, the design project about two weeks, the detailed design two to four weeks. The concept is free for the practice: it shows you how we have understood the site before you commit to anything.
How will your part go into our design documentation?
We hand over the full engineering package: loads, fixing joints, anchoring, the foundation and material specifications. The package is put together in the format your team accepts, and it enters the documentation before work starts. The calculations are signed off by a certified technical architect.
Who is responsible for fabrication, installation and the result on site?
We are, under a single contract. Fabrication in Valencia, installation throughout Spain. The practice does not coordinate manufacturers or installers and is not answerable to the client for our part of the work.
Will the artistic layer fit the client's budget?
The concept scales to budget and timeline and runs in phases, from the entrance to the communal areas. We offer several scenarios on one architectural foundation, and the client chooses the level of investment.
We will show how the artistic environment fits the practice's project
Tell us about a project where the space needs meaning and character. We will set out the format in which ENTORA joins the work.