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Category: Design as Lived Experience

Notes on architecture, product development and brand work from the studio.

Ceiling fan in a bright tropical Phnom Penh apartment with air conditioning, part of a hybrid cooling strategy
Design as Lived Experience 1 Oct 2026 · 6 min

Ceiling Fans and the Tropical Comfort Band

A ceiling fan draws about 30 watts. A one-ton air conditioner draws closer to 1,000, and the fan can still make the room feel two to three degrees cooler. In a...
Wet kitchen behind a glass partition in a Phnom Penh apartment, with the dry kitchen open to the living room beyond
Design as Lived Experience 18 Sep 2026 · 6 min

Wet Kitchen Design for the Way Cambodians Actually Cook

A wok burner draws two to three times the heat of the hob most open-plan kitchens are drawn around. In a sealed, air-conditioned apartment, that difference...
Bathroom natural ventilation in a tropical mid-rise, showing an operable opening and shaft path in a Phnom Penh apartment.
Design as Lived Experience 8 Sep 2026 · 5 min

Why Bathroom Ventilation Fails in the Tropics

A residential bathroom exhaust fan is rated to move about fifty cubic feet of air per minute, roughly twenty-five liters per second. On paper that clears the...
A resident walking a shaded outdoor path toward a mid-rise pool deck in Phnom Penh, illustrating amenity proximity by foot.
Design as Lived Experience 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min

Why Thirty Meters to the Pool Can Feel Like a Hundred

On a floor plan, amenity proximity is a measurement. A resident does not live in meters. The walk to the pool is thirty meters or ninety, and what decides how...