Studio Bikin in Kuala Lumpur was founded by Farah Azizan and Adela Askandar in 2012 to provide services such as spatial planning, architectural design, interior design, landscape, furniture and product design, place branding as well as styling.
“The word ‘bikin’ means ‘make’, because we emphasise the idea of crafting instead of seeing it as a business. This perspective makes our approach more holistic, as we see architecture as a process rather than a building only.
“It is also a term that contractors are using, so we thought it would be a nice name for our firm,” says director Adela.
“We are doers because we enjoy executing our projects as much as designing them … We look into the climatic conditions, the client’s needs, the materials and how we then put the building together as a part of our working process.”