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Ad Astra Architecture & Design

Revealing the potential of places, in dialogue with their history.

Observe what exists, reveal its qualities, transform with precision and make it last.

Photograph · Coming soon

Photograph — interior opening onto the landscape, natural light, material in the foreground — 5:4

  1. 01

    Existing

    What is already there: a structure, a light, a history.

  2. 02

    Observe

    Survey, measure, understand before drawing.

  3. 03

    Transform

    Intervene with precision, where the place calls for it.

  4. 04

    New uses

    Welcome the life of today without erasing that of yesterday.

  5. 05

    Durability

    Materials and details made to last.

What matters

  • Light
  • Materials
  • Proportions
  • Uses
  • Heritage
  • Craft
  • Durability
  • Bespoke design

Materials

Stone, wood, metal, natural renders. The colours come from the materials.

Material · Coming soon

Material — limestone, raking light — 4:5

Stone

Material · Coming soon

Material — lime render, trowel marks — 4:5

Render

Material · Coming soon

Material — brown oak, wood grain — 4:5

Wood

Material · Coming soon

Material — raw steel, visible weld — 4:5

Metal

The site is a material in itself.

See the site
Steel props under an opened floor.