Jda Co

jda co. is a studio-based design practice that specialises in a range of complex project types in australia and overseas. based in brisbane, we have built a reputation for innovative, collaborative projects with a strong emphasis on design, research, advocacy and policy. we focus on undertaking projects that present an opportunity to turn problems into enjoyable challenges. in our approach to architecture, we believe that the discipline is by its very nature an empirical anthropology, where the making of architecture is directly linked to its social processes and material culture. this said, our practice of architecture relies heavily on qualitative research that privileges no single research methodology over another in establishing an interpretive field of inquiry that can be easily transposed between architecture and anthropology. we focus on what can be described as architectural bricolage, the french term for ‘weaving’ or ‘quilt making’ whereby a bricoleur is a person who