Sediment

Reflecting on notions of sediment and stratification, we practice architecture as an evolving dialogue—an accumulation of narratives, spaces, and textures that emerge over time from use. Nothing is born from a void.

DROO’s approach embraces the layered complexities of history, materiality, and built form, with every intervention shaped by what was, what is, and how each place can project itself forward. Our works exist within a layered continuum, treating cultural accumulation as an active participant in the design process.

Materials hold memory, spaces carry traces of former lives, and each new layer becomes part of an ongoing conversation. This approach engages, builds upon, adapts, and reimagines. But sediment, for DROO, is not only a physical condition—it is also a conceptual and methodological principle. Our design process itself is an act of layering by iteration, where each project is shaped through the sedimentation of cultural considerations, past and future experiences, and emotional undercurrents.

Our projects become imprints of time, shaped by the interplay between what is inherited and what is newly imagined, allowing us to create spaces that are deeply embedded in their natural, urban, or historical context yet entirely contemporary. Each design decision is an act of both acknowledgment and transformation.

Through this layering, we do not simply build—we compose, allowing architecture to dynamically evolve with the landscape it inhabits.