PARENTHESIS STUDIO
The Designers
Between the four partners —
Sujono Lim, Molina Hun, Yanika
Gunawan and Hong Weiming
— the studio has over 40 years
of experience in architecture,
interior, residential, office and
hospitality design projects.
Their diverse backgrounds
allow Parenthesis, which
was founded in 2018, to take
on projects that require
more experimental and
collaborative approaches.
The PhilosoPhy
Each project is contextual.
Parenthesis takes the cultural
context and lifestyle of their
clients and translates it into
a progressive design. It helps
that each partner offers a
different perspective. “It offers
a positive friction, all of which
benefits the vision we have in
mind,” says Sujono. As their
work is based on critical design
thinking, back-end work –
such as 3-D renderings and
documentation – is handled by
an in-house support team. This
leaves the four friends room to
explore and experiment.The Challenge
“It takes some time for clients
to understand (our approach).
We keep our methods fresh,
but at the same time do not
implement a singular way
of dealing with projects. It’s
dynamicandorganic.”