WHAT IS PRIVATE ENVIRONMENT ARCHITECTURE?

Private Environment Architecture is a multidisciplinary approach developed by ONFRM.

It considers the interior environment as a whole - bringing together spatial planning, materiality, lighting, furniture, detailing and the practical realities of everyday life under one considered direction.

ONFRM provides a complete design and delivery service, from initial vision through to physical completion.

Whether creating a new home, renovating an existing property or rethinking how a space is used, we develop the environment around the people who live within it -their routines, priorities, preferences and way of life.

OUR ROLE

ONFRM leads the private environment from concept through to completion.

We develop the design, coordinate the required disciplines and oversee the physical delivery of the environment - ensuring the approved vision is translated accurately into reality.

Our approach is intended to remove fragmentation from the process, carrying one considered direction through spatial planning, finishes, furniture, lighting, detailing and implementation.

BEYOND COMPLETION

A home continues to reveal how it is used long after completion.

Where appropriate, ONFRM can continue to work with you after delivery to review how the environment is supporting everyday life and identify where adjustments may improve its function, comfort or experience.

Because a considered home should continue to work for the people living within it as life evolves.

the onfrm METHOD

A considered environment requires more than good design.

Our structured approach takes a private environment from initial vision through to physical delivery and, where appropriate, continued evolution.

  • Establish the vision, requirements and priorities for the environment.

    We consider how you live, how the space is used, what currently works, what does not, and what you want the environment to become.

    This stage establishes the practical, spatial and experiential direction before design begins.

  • Translate the brief into the design, specifications and physical direction for the environment.

    Spatial planning, materiality, lighting, furniture, finishes and detailing are developed as one cohesive environment rather than a collection of independent decisions.

  • Coordinate the required disciplines, procurement and implementation to bring the approved environment into reality.

    This is where the defined vision becomes physical - with ONFRM overseeing continuity between design intent and execution.

  • Where appropriate, we review the completed environment and support its evolution as your needs, routines or life change.