layered living.
It begins with understanding. We look and we listen: the story of a place, its setting, the people who live or work there – how they move through the space, their habits and needs. Once we have grasped the system, we begin the design process: materials, colour, woodwork, furniture, fabric, light. In the sum of these layers, an experience emerges.
homes
Studio Layers designs private homes in Berlin, Potsdam and the Uckermark, on Sylt, in Mallorca and in the Swiss Alps.
We design for the life that unfolds within a home – whether an everyday home or a retreat for time off, from a city apartment to a villa, from a barn conversion in Brandenburg to a chalet in the Alps, from new build to renovation. It always begins the same way: understanding the people we work for, and creating a place that meets their needs. We design every home with such care that it grows alongside the people who live in it.
public
Studio Layers designs public and commercial spaces such as hotels, restaurants, shops, practices and offices in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The same human attention we bring to private homes, we bring to public and commercial spaces. We create places that give people what they truly need, with care for context and detail. We build the frame in which people work, eat, play, learn and heal. And we guide every project from the first idea through to completion – including construction management on request.
strategy
Studio Layers helps businesses find their direction – whether a law firm, a hotel group or a practice: the studio works out what a company stands for and translates that into space first.
Strategy is our advisory role. Some companies don't need a finished space, but first clarity about what they stand for and where they want to go. We analyse the company, distil its essence, and give it a direction – a foundation that reaches far beyond the space itself. The space is the first visible application of that stance: the place where it becomes tangible. What follows from there –through to realisation – can come next, but here we stand beside the company first as advisors.