ABOUT
Studio Sutura is a Los Angeles–based architecture practice that develops architecture by working within the systems that shape what can be buit.
The name Sutura refers to a joint: a deliberate act of joining separate systems into a working whole. This idea frames how we approach architecture—not as isolated form-making, but as a process of alignment across regulation, construction, and use.
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Cooking and Smoking Architecture2023
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Kuka Wabi-Sabi
Architecture & Fabrication
2023
P003Temple StudiosArchitecture2021
P004Robotic Timber JointFabrication2023
P0052.5D
Research
2023
P006Deliberation and Detail Research2023
P007Small Lots, Big Impacts
Research
2023
P002 Kuka Wabi-Sabi
Location: Burbank, CA
Program: Pavilion
Status: Built
Design Team:
Jorge Cerdo, Eloy Sanchez, Chris Chiu, Kruschen Evangelista, & Anthony Raymundo
Project Team:
Jorge Cerdo, Chris Chiu, Armen Karapetyan, Kruschen Karl, Joly Mikhaiel, Anthony Raymundo, Sarah Rey, Oscar Reyes, Matthew Silva, Garbis Sumayan, Eloy Sanchez, & Eric Tergalstian
Consultant Team: Nous Engineering
Year: 2023
This project brings to life a winning proposal that I collaboratively developed with classmates Jorge Cerdo, Eloy Sanchez, Chris Chiu, and Kruschen Evangelista during our studio course. Working with the studio, we built and constructed the pavilion. Our course challenged three groups to design and explore the concept of a "primitive hut," using a maximum of 100 pieces of 4” x 4” Douglas fir timbers and fifty 1”-diameter by 70” dowels.
Kuka Wabi Sabi focuses on examining the role of computational labor in contemporary architecture. We began by studying traditional Japanese joinery techniques, inspiring us to create a distinct design intended for a 7-axis mill. The final design incorporated three types of joints: the lap joint, mortise and tenon, and slip joint. These joints were applied to various faces of 3 x 3 timbers, which came in lengths of 2.5 feet, 5 feet, 7.5 feet, and 10 feet. These particular lengths were chosen to make optimal use of standard 2 x 4 x 10 lumber. This configuration allowed us to assemble the core elements of a primitive hut: the column, roof, and pediment.
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