Client | Role | Category | Industry |
Self-initiated | Design & Development | Website | Architecture |
Challenge
HALDEN is a concept Nordic architecture studio working between Copenhagen and Oslo on houses, cultural buildings, and adaptive reuse. Most studio websites default to generic portfolio templates that flatten the work into a grid of thumbnails. The challenge was to design a site that behaves like the buildings it presents: heavy, quiet, and deliberate, where typography and pacing carry the identity instead of decoration.
Approach
- Direction. Translated the studio's material language of concrete, daylight, and restraint into a visual system before any layout.
- Structure. Wireframed the site as an architecture monograph: manifesto, selected work, project in focus, philosophy, practice, recognition.
- Design system. Five colors and two typefaces, pairing heavy grotesque headlines with monospace-style technical annotations.
- Motion. Restrained, scroll-driven reveals that let mass and imagery lead.
- Build. Shipped as a live, responsive site to validate pacing in the browser.
Highlights
- 7 content sections designed and built, from manifesto to contact
- 1 dedicated project spotlight with full spatial narrative
- Fully responsive across desktop, tablet, and mobile
Result
Live at haldenarch.netlify.app as a self-initiated concept, built end to end from wireframe and design system to responsive front-end.
Made with Bullet