︎Vancouver, Canada
Designing the Vision. Scripting the Reality
Backhaven is a design studio operating at the intersection of spatial art and computational craft. We
create meaningful spatial environments, objects, and experiences.
We believe design is an ever-shifting spectrum, and that the most interesting work lives in the friction between a bold concept and the physical world it has to survive in. Serendipity still has a seat at the table. So does precision.
The Concept
We design temporary structures, public installations, and spatial experiences that live in the space between architecture and art. Every project starts with a question: what should this feel like? From there we develop the narrative, the material language, the atmosphere. We work with artists, collectives, and institutions who want built work that carries an idea, not just a shape.
The Computation
We also write the code. Parametric modelling, custom scripting, and pre-fabrication visualization. The technical side of the practice exists because most ambitious concepts fall apart the moment they meet a fabricator. We step in before that happens. Whether we designed the project or not, we can work with complex concepts and forms.
The Studio
Backhaven is the independent practice of Edward Park, a Registered Architect and spatial artist.
Edward founded Backhaven after years inside the corporate architecture industry, where the distance between a good idea and a built object kept growing. The practice is built on a single conviction: the person who conceived the thing should be the person who scripts it into existence. That continuity is rare, and it changes the quality of the outcome.
Backhaven is sized intentionally. Close involvement on every project is not a selling point. It is the practice model.
Designing the Vision. Scripting the Reality
Backhaven is a design studio operating at the intersection of spatial art and computational craft. We create meaningful spatial environments, objects, and experiences.
We believe design is an ever-shifting spectrum, and that the most interesting work lives in the friction between a bold concept and the physical world it has to survive in. Serendipity still has a seat at the table. So does precision.
The Concept
We design temporary structures, public installations, and spatial experiences that live in the space between architecture and art. Every project starts with a question: what should this feel like? From there we develop the narrative, the material language, the atmosphere. We work with artists, collectives, and institutions who want built work that carries an idea, not just a shape.
The Computation
We also write the code. Parametric modelling, custom scripting, and pre-fabrication visualization. The technical side of the practice exists because most ambitious concepts fall apart the moment they meet a fabricator. We step in before that happens. Whether we designed the project or not, we can work with complex concepts and forms.
The Studio
Backhaven is the independent practice of Edward Park, a Registered Architect and spatial artist.
Edward founded Backhaven after years inside the corporate architecture industry, where the distance between a good idea and a built object kept growing. The practice is built on a single conviction: the person who conceived the thing should be the person who scripts it into existence. That continuity is rare, and it changes the quality of the outcome.
Backhaven is sized intentionally. Close involvement on every project is not a selling point. It is the practice model.