My name is Ofer, I have launched KRISTAL. in 2019 after working on architecture projects in numerous countries and contexts.

 

I have started my architectural path studying at the Politecnico di Milano (Italy), and graduated with a B.Sc in 2011. After graduation I have returned to the Indian Himalayas to continue a research on the place's vernacular architecture and continued to Kathmandu, Nepal, where I have designed my first house. Later on I have continued to master studies at Aalborg Universitet (Denmark), and graduated in 2014, with the thesis project - 'Freeconstruction'. 

 

After concluding two 'humanitarian oriented' thesis I decided to join TribeLab, an architectural NGO based in Guatemala, where we designed and built houses, a community center, a clinic, a school, and more. The humanitarian approach, together with focusing on natural materials, local techniques, and direct communication with the end user were always a huge inspiration and passion for me, and taught me how to design with less, think globally and act locally.

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Upon finishing my time in Guatemala I have moved to Tokyo (2016) to join Sou Fujimoto Architects, where I had the opportunity to work on programatically, geometrically and spatially complex projects. Already in Tokyo I started working on 'Mille Arbres' project in Paris, where I helped set up office,  lived and worked exclusively on ‘Mille Arbres’, with an exception of  one competition - the headquarters for Médecins sans Frontières in Geneva, Switzerland. As part of my work on ‘Mille Arbres’, I was uniquely in charge of complex geometry and 3D design issues. For that matter I have developed a solid, tailor made, algorithmic platform which enables a rapid, parametrically informed design process accompanied by real time analytic feedback from the software.

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With this rich and various experience I have decided to start a practice in Northern Israel, where I was born. The practice aims at establishing itself locally as an experimental, innovative design studio.