Architecture can elevate the human experience—whether improving people’s productivity or deepening their connection to a landscape or neighborhood. To engender these feelings in an end user, Kripper Studio’s designs are guided by several core values. Both our overarching vision and guiding principles are validated by repeat clients, who have chosen to grow alongside the studio.
We aim for maximum results with a minimum of conceptual and material means. We also believe that real-world limitations like site conditions, budgets, schedules, and regulatory frameworks foster innovative solutions, rather than impede them.
People cannot feel gratified by the built environment without first having awareness of it. We believe that delight—a surprising aesthetic choice, defied convention, or unexpected additional function—creates that spark of awareness.
Every project is located within a rich historic fabric, and our operating in greater Boston and New England has encouraged us to exercise great respect for context. Our pursuit of delight, moreover, is predicated on understanding of the past.
We believe that the best design is the clearest, most efficient architectural expression of a project’s goals. The vocabulary of modernist architecture has served as a consistent reference to this end.
Kripper Studio’s success is founded on its balance of innovation with architectural craft, construction systems, and material performance. Our designs are informed by the availability of materials and labor, and they combine new technologies with traditional building techniques.
Sustainability starts in fundamental design issues such as building orientation, internal organization, and systems selection. We consider ecological strategies in light of added value relative to investment.
How we achieve our vision for the built environment is as important as the vision itself. The tightly knit staff of Kripper Studio approaches commissions according to the following concepts.
Architecture is more than the product of any single person’s vision. Our projects are the consequence of collaboration between the client, consultants, future occupants, and local stakeholders.
Consensus on good design is reached through evaluation of multiple alternatives, which are based on the rigorous exploration of precedent.
Buildings and spaces are all part of the public realm. Interacting with local populations through formal meeting and community service informs our designs and maximizes their public benefits.
