DP+HS ARCHITECTS IS JAKARTA BASED ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANT WHICH EMERGED IN 2008 UNDER THE NAME OF ‘[2+P] ARCHITECTS’, BEFORE FINALLY ESTABLISHED AS ‘DP+HS ARCHITECTS’ IN 2013.

THE PRACTICE LED BY TWO YOUNG ARCHITECTS WHO SHARES COMMON DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, DON PIETO AND HENNY SUWARDI.

THEY BELIEVE ARCHITECTURE IS A CULMINATION OF ART WHICH MANIFESTED IN FORM THAT MEETS ITS FUNCTION, THEIR DESIGN APPROACH EMPHASIZED IN PUTTING TOGETHER SHAPE, LIGHT, MATERIAL, AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY, TO DEFINE ANY GIVEN SPACE, IN ORDER TO CREATE SPATIAL EXPERIENCES.

SINCE EACH OF EVERY PROJECT IS UNIQUE ON ITS OWN WAY, THEY ALWAYS TRY TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS EACH TIME THEY ASSIGNED TO A PROJECT, WHILE STILL MAINTAIN THEIR MODERN ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE.

BORN IN INDONESIA, HE GRADUATED FROM TARUMANAGARA UNIVERSITY WITH ‘DUKUH ATAS INTERMODAL STATION’ AS HIS FINAL STUDIO PROJECT, THE ONE THAT RECEIVED THE HONOUR AS THE BEST WORK IN 2006 FINAL STUDIO PROJECT.

AFTER GRADUATED, HE WORKED AT ONE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT BASED IN JAKARTA, BEFORE RESIGNED ON EARLY 2008. FROM THERE UNTIL THE END OF 2008 HE TRIED TO DIG UP HIS OWN ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE AND WENT AS FREELANCER. FINALLY AT THE END OF 2008, TOGETHER WITH HENNY SUWARDI, THEY SET UP THEIR OWN PRACTICE UNDER THE NAME OF [2+P] ARCHITECTS, WHICH MEANS ‘TWO PRINCIPAL’. IN 2013, THEY CHANGED THEIR OFFICE NAME AS DON PIETO + HENNY SUWARDI ARCHITECTS, WHICH THEN SIMPLIFIED AS DP+HS ARCHITECTS.

IN TERM OF DESIGN, HE OFTEN PUTS A LOT OF ATTENTION ON SPACE COMPOSING AND SPACE PROGRAMMING AT PRELIMINARY STAGE, HE ALSO INTERESTED ON HOW TO TREAT NATURAL LIGHT TO PLAY ROLE IN THE SPACE COMPOSITION. HE BELIEVES THAT CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THESE ELEMENTS COULD OPEN UP A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES IN GRASPING THE DESIGN ESSENCE.

BORN IN INDONESIA, SHE GRADUATED FROM TARUMANAGARA UNIVERSITY WITH ‘LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND’ AS HER FINAL STUDIO PROJECT. CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE BEST GRADUATED ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT, SHE RECEIVED THE HONOUR TO PRESENT HER WORK IN ‘PUBLIC EXPOSE’, AN OFFICIAL EVENT THAT HELD EACH YEAR BY THE UNIVERSITY.

AFTER GRADUATED, SHE WORKED AT ONE BIG ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT WHICH FOCUSED MORE ON URBAN PLANNING. DRIVEN BY THE PASSION OF MORE DETAIL AND ACTUAL ARCHITECTURAL WORKS, SHE RESIGNED IN 2007 AND JOINED ONE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT WHICH FOCUSED MORE IN BUILDING DESIGN. FINALLY AT THE END OF 2008, TOGETHER WITH DON PIETO, THEY SET UP THEIR OWN PRACTICE UNDER THE NAME OF [2+P] ARCHITECTS, WHICH MEANS ‘TWO PRINCIPAL’. IN 2013, THEY CHANGED THEIR OFFICE NAME AS DON PIETO + HENNY SUWARDI ARCHITECTS, WHICH THEN SIMPLIFIED AS DP+HS ARCHITECTS.

IN TERM OF DESIGN, SHE OFTEN PUT MUCH ATTENTION ON PRELIMINARY CONCEPT AND IN THE USE OF WIDE RANGE FINISHING MATERIALS, AS WELL AS AMBIENCE OF SPACE. SHE BELIEVES THAT GOOD DESIGN CONCEPT REFLECTED WELL IN THE FINISHED MATERIAL, DETAILING, AND SPACE AMBIENCE.

EARNED HER BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE AT TARUMANAGARA UNIVERSITY IN JAKARTA

EARNED HER BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE AT PELITA HARAPAN UNIVERSITY IN KARAWACI