M1
Discover
Life Brief, site intelligence, aspirations and constraints.
A documented, human-centred project brief you can hold us to for the rest of the project.
Where the idea demands
exceptional care.
Practice 04 · Special Projects
MIYAAR takes on a small number of design-intensive commissions each year — pavilions, restoration, adaptive reuse, cultural work and unusual technical challenges — where the problem justifies research, prototyping and a bespoke delivery strategy.
01What this covers
Ideal for
- Restoration of heritage or ancestral property
- Adaptive reuse of an existing structure
- Pavilions, installations and temporary architecture
- Cultural, community and institutional spaces
- Technically unusual or structurally difficult sites
- Commissions requiring prototyping or fabrication research
What we do
- Research, precedent study and concept development
- Specialist and consultant coordination
- Prototypes, mock-ups and fabrication studies
- Material testing and performance verification
- A delivery strategy written for this project alone
- Fabrication and execution oversight
What you receive
- A documented research and concept position
- Resolved specialist information
- Physical prototypes before commitment
- A project-specific delivery and risk strategy
- Fabrication oversight and quality verification
- A fully documented final outcome
02Where this sits in the process
All ten stagesM2
Define
Spatial programme, concept direction and investment range.
An approved design direction with aligned expectations on scope and investment.
M4
Detail & De-risk
GFC drawings, BOQ, specifications, samples and long leads.
Buildable information, an itemised BOQ, and a written register of known risks.
M7
Validate
Testing, commissioning, finishes review and snag resolution.
A complete, functional and independently verified result.
03Questions we are asked
Straight answers,
before you ask.
What makes a project a Special Project?
The problem, not the budget. When a commission needs genuine research, an unusual structural or material solution, prototyping before commitment, or a delivery method that does not yet exist, it is a Special Project. We take only a few each year so they receive the attention they require.
Do you restore old or ancestral houses?
Selectively. Restoration demands structural assessment, honest material archaeology and a clear philosophical position on what is preserved, what is replaced and what is deliberately new. We take it on where the building justifies that care and the client shares that patience.
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