Founded in 2018, DCSK is a London-based practice that is dedicated to designing buildings and spaces for the 21st Century city.
We bring experience in architecture and urbanism, and share a passion for making equitable and sustainable cities. Our strength is that we understand the inner life and needs of buildings, but also how buildings and spaces come together holistically to make a city. DCSK stands on four principles:
Public
Through our work, we aim to transform the status quo of urban development. As urban environments are increasingly being developed through private spaces and interests, design plays a critical role ensuring the public continues to have a voice in fabric of our cities.
Figures
We experiment with materials, structures and patterns to bring strong figures to the city. Figuration and patterns allow the public to engage with a place of building, our work blends tectonic and graphic exploration.
Collaboration
DCSK believes that design is a fundamentally inclusive and collaborative process. Creating vital places within the city isn’t a task for compartmentalized specialists, it is best achieved by cross-disciplinary teams that understand how to combine the social and cultural in a larger ecology.
To that end, we maintain ongoing network collaborative network artists, property developers and landscape architects.
Service
From the scale of the city to the small detail, we are committed to creating ecologically and socially sustainable projects. As part of our practice, we work with community groups and non-profits on a pro-bono basis to advocate - through design - for the expansion and improvement of public spaces in the city.