Architects Patterson

Pattersons are committed to giving people an appurtuant quality of place, Appurtuancy denotes the quality of naturally belonging.

For example, we believe that the human species is as indigenous to planet Earth as the landscape (or any other natural thing), and that our structures should reflect this. This philosophy differs from current protectionist attitudes that discourage the introduction of built forms on our landscapes or cityscapes. This philosophy also counters modernist insensitivity towards local settings altogether.

Our type of architecture is generated through the logical response to site, climate, sun, resources, budget and other physical constraints, then applying this as 3 dimensional form. But it is also informed by people, time and culture. Thus, our buildings are generated to fit both materially and spiritually.

At Pattersons, we believe that if a building logically and emotionally ‘belongs’ in a place, in its landscape, its time, its culture or community, its streetscape, then its occupants cannot but feel like they ‘belong’ too.