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Wernacular Architects

Wernecular is an architecture and design studio exploring how contemporary expression can meaningfully merge with local culture. Our name, blending “W” (from three founders) and “vernacular,” reflects our mission to redefine contextual design through a personal lens. We approach architecture as a dialogue between memory, culture, and environment, creating work that is distinctive yet rooted in place. Buildings and furnitures are more than functional—they carry impressions and memories, connecting people to their surroundings. Inspired by Zumthor, who calls architecture a container of atmosphere, and Pallasmaa, who emphasises embodied experience, we see place as alive through perception, memory, and movement. Our work revives cultural roots and everyday authenticity. Rather than following universal templates, we create architecture that responds to nature, society, and individual experience, harmonising with its environment and resonating with human emotion.