CAPR!CORNUS was founded in 2016 and after an
intensive research of the market and the business
environment started its operations in April 2018.
The company works with an all-encompassing, challenging
and unique dynamism in project development, through
a holistic approach to projects and with over 30 years of
international experience, the team is well equipped to
handle large scale developments on the Island such as
hotels and apartment blocks, to new single housing and
retail complexes.
The firm specialise in creating iconic buildings which
address several challenges in geography, function and
scale. The strength lays in designing for complex and
challenging sites - addressing environmental, societal and
economical issues.
The firms understanding of context goes towards an
open, highly subjective interpretation of all accessible
facts, figures and emotions. With their focus on quality
CAPR!CORNUS develops contemporary architecture
and engineering which creates a new context within the
environment of the new project. Each project undergoes
an in depth analysis which results in the presentation of
several solutions to the client.
How CAPR!CORNUS works
The firm designs and develops projects for their clients
as well as for the on portfolio. The clients share the
highest level of architectural ambition which enables
CAPR!CORNUS to create an architecture or development
with the highest demand in each part of the journey. These
projects then ensure a deep satisfaction of the client with
all : design, function, ecology and profitability.
Identity
In today’s world, especially among young people, more
and more are identifying with the digital environment
which is replacing the real one. In most of the design-work
of CAPR!CORNUS, the firm tries to create or uphold the
Identity of a place, and this, requires a deep understanding
of the history and culture. This how identity is created.
Doreen is a child of Seychelles. Born and raised in the
country, having served in the National Youth service for
2 years, she also studied at the Seychelles Polytechnic,
and has worked for one of the best known companies
on a Management level. She has been running her own
business for more than 10 years and she looks at each
new project with this cultural background, paired with her
experience of having lived in Zimbabwe and Mauritius. All
new projects undergo a serious discussion in the firm to
ensure that the ‘Identity’ is not just a hollow phrase but is
filled with the right approach from the first line on drawn
in the design phase. Her input is essential for the success
of each project.
Successful transformation is located somewhere between
the past and the future. For CAPR!CORNUS this leads to a
process of analyzing existing structures and function and
with this result in developing future needs and desires.
The potential for innovation then can be found in the
present.
Michael has extensive international experience in
architecture, engineering and project development,
having worked as an architect in Dubai and in Germany
by holding a Professorship for Architecture at the same
time. He understands the delicate specifics of Architecture,
finance, ecology and engineering required to take the
client’s dream idea from the mere sketch to the finished
building.
Transformation
CAPR!CORNUS are translating the culture and history of
architecture and engineering into the language of the 21st
Century with the unique urban, ecological and economical
research they carry out, as well as providing definitive
advice on the ways that the challenging and energetic
terrain of the islands can be used to the clients advantage.A Dialogue between the Old and the New
Imagine a complete dinner and kitchen area built outside
the main building of a house combined with a 28 metre
long and 2 metre wide pool - this is an extension which
will be completed in 2019 by CAPR!CORNUS that has
incorporated the tradition of creole architecture with a
modern twist. The creole-Seychellois architecture, with its
cantilevered roofs and supported by wonderful slim, black
steel columns provide shading, featuring large terraces;
depicting a life that happens outside, of which has become
an eclectic part of the history and identity of Seychelles and
should be preserved.“We are trying with each of our projects to translate the
culture, history and identity of a place into the language of
our century. It’s about the dialogue between the new and the
old which ensures the Identity of both”ABSOLUTE