The studio — established 2016

A room is finished when there is nothing left to remove — only then does the light have room to work.

STANZA is a spatial design practice of eight — architects, stylists and a resident carpenter — working across residential, hospitality and cultural interiors. We take a small number of projects each year and see each from first sketch to the day the client shelves their first book.

How we work

01

Listen

We start with how you actually live — the routines, the light you chase, the objects you refuse to hide.

02

Plan

One editorial pass on the plan: what to say, what to cut, where the eye should rest before it moves on.

03

Make

Our carpenter builds the fixed pieces in-house, so the joinery answers to the room, not a catalogue.

04

Hand over

We style the first day and then leave — a good room should keep making sense long after we’ve gone.

The people

The people — 4 of us

Roh Kim

Sena Park

Ji-an Moon

Tae Yun

Press & awards

Korea Interior Award — Gold

2024

Wallpaper* — Design Directory

2023

Dezeen — Interior of the Year, shortlist

2022