Who We Are

Who We Are

Sophie Valla Architects (SVA) is a socially engaged architecture studio based in Amsterdam. The office works across scales, collaborating with residents, municipalities, housing associations, and private developers to create meaningful and inclusive built environments.

SVA is driven by a strong circular and social vision. The team, led by architect Sophie Valla, approaches each project with a commitment to sustainability, reusing and renovating existing structures wherever possible, and favoring bio-based and recycled materials. Their work integrates natural systems—such as water cycles, biodiversity, and energy flows—into the design process from the very start.

At its core, the studio translates complex ambitions into feasible, innovative spatial strategies. Whether it’s reimagining social housing, transforming public space, or designing climate-resilient neighborhoods, SVA works closely with a multidisciplinary network of ecologists, landscape designers, and energy experts to ensure projects are both visionary and viable.

By combining research and co-creation, Sophie Valla Architects contributes to a more equitable built environment.

Sophie Valla Architects (SVA) is a socially engaged architecture studio based in Amsterdam. The office works across scales, collaborating with residents, municipalities, housing associations, and private developers to create meaningful and inclusive built environments.

SVA is driven by a strong circular and social vision. The team, led by architect Sophie Valla, approaches each project with a commitment to sustainability, reusing and renovating existing structures wherever possible, and favoring bio-based and recycled materials. Their work integrates natural systems—such as water cycles, biodiversity, and energy flows—into the design process from the very start.

At its core, the studio translates complex ambitions into feasible, innovative spatial strategies. Whether it’s reimagining social housing, transforming public space, or designing climate-resilient neighborhoods, SVA works closely with a multidisciplinary network of ecologists, landscape designers, and energy experts to ensure projects are both visionary and viable.

By combining research and co-creation, Sophie Valla Architects contributes to a more equitable built environment.

Sophie Valla Architects (SVA) is a socially engaged architecture studio based in Amsterdam. The office works across scales, collaborating with residents, municipalities, housing associations, and private developers to create meaningful and inclusive built environments.

SVA is driven by a strong circular and social vision. The team, led by architect Sophie Valla, approaches each project with a commitment to sustainability, reusing and renovating existing structures wherever possible, and favoring bio-based and recycled materials. Their work integrates natural systems—such as water cycles, biodiversity, and energy flows—into the design process from the very start.

At its core, the studio translates complex ambitions into feasible, innovative spatial strategies. Whether it’s reimagining social housing, transforming public space, or designing climate-resilient neighborhoods, SVA works closely with a multidisciplinary network of ecologists, landscape designers, and energy experts to ensure projects are both visionary and viable.

By combining research and co-creation, Sophie Valla Architects contributes to a more equitable built environment.

Sophie Valla Architects (SVA) is a socially engaged architecture studio based in Amsterdam. The office works across scales, collaborating with residents, municipalities, housing associations, and private developers to create meaningful and inclusive built environments.

SVA is driven by a strong circular and social vision. The team, led by architect Sophie Valla, approaches each project with a commitment to sustainability, reusing and renovating existing structures wherever possible, and favoring bio-based and recycled materials. Their work integrates natural systems—such as water cycles, biodiversity, and energy flows—into the design process from the very start.

At its core, the studio translates complex ambitions into feasible, innovative spatial strategies. Whether it’s reimagining social housing, transforming public space, or designing climate-resilient neighborhoods, SVA works closely with a multidisciplinary network of ecologists, landscape designers, and energy experts to ensure projects are both visionary and viable.

By combining research and co-creation, Sophie Valla Architects contributes to a more equitable built environment.

Innovative

High Performances materials

Transformation

Co-creation

Adaptation

Circularity

Circularity

Circularity

Nature

Sophie Valla

Founder, Principal Architect

Founder, Principal Architect

Sophie Valla is the founding architect of Sophie Valla Architects, a practice recognized for its innovative approach to housing projects.


Her work has received multiple accolades, including a nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Award for GO Buiksloterham in 2022.



Sophie Valla is the founding architect of Sophie Valla Architects, a practice recognized for its innovative approach to housing projects.


Her work has received multiple accolades, including a nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Award for GO Buiksloterham in 2022.

Sophie Valla is the founding architect of Sophie Valla Architects, a practice recognized for its innovative approach to housing projects.

Her work has received multiple accolades, including a nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Award for GO Buiksloterham in 2022.

30+

30+

Successful projects

Successful projects

20+

20+

Years of experience

Years of experience

Our Vision

Our Vision

We believe that the spaces we inhabit should be capable of evolving alongside people, their communities, and their environment.

They must adapt to both individual and collective needs while fostering creativity, transformation, and continuous evolution — in harmony with both people and nature.

Our Mission

Our Mission

We create innovative living spaces that foster connection and enable transformation.

“We care deeply about circular design and the integration of nature..”

“We care deeply about circular design and the integration of nature..”

“We care deeply about circular design and the integration of nature..”

Our Services

Our Services

We design spaces for people, guided by three core principles: co-creation, innovation, and transformation.

We design spaces for people, guided by three core principles: co-creation, innovation, and transformation.

  1. Participative Design

We believe the best projects emerge when people are part of the process.

Our co-creation approach invites residents, users, and stakeholders to actively shape their environments — aligning individual needs with a vision for shared spaces.This collaborative method fosters trust, ownership, and social cohesion, making each project more inclusive and rooted in its context.Through workshops, design sessions, we cultivate ongoing dialogue.

  1. innovation

We guide clients in selecting the most advanced and circular solutions for both new construction and the revitalization of existing structures.

Each design enhances energy performance, prioritizing bio-based materials and reused components.Working closely with ecologists and landscape architects, we develop a vision that integrates flora and fauna within the built environment.The result is optimized spaces that create lasting value, evolve over time, and generate a long-term positive impact.

  1. Transformation & Adaptive space

We specialize in breathing new life into existing sites and structures.Our approach goes beyond renovation —

it’s about reimagining underused or aging buildings as resilient, adaptable environments.

Through careful analysis of each site’s environmental, social, and economic potential, we shape creative spatial solutions for new programs.Following circular principles and testing experimental prototypes, we transform objets trouvés into vibrant spaces

A strategic eco-system

A strategic eco-system

A strategic eco-system

Process
Process

Our studio has many years of experience managing and coordinating complex, multidisciplinary projects through all phases of the process.Our involvement ensures fluid communication among all stakeholders, seamless team integration, and smooth project progression — always respecting strict timelines and financial constraints.

Our studio has many years of experience managing and coordinating complex, multidisciplinary projects through all phases of the process.Our involvement ensures fluid communication among all stakeholders, seamless team integration, and smooth project progression — always respecting strict timelines and financial constraints.

BIM
BIM

Through long-standing collaborations with BIM management specialists, each project benefits from advanced digital coordination, precise modeling, and smooth integration across all disciplines.

Through long-standing collaborations with BIM management specialists, each project benefits from advanced digital coordination, precise modeling, and smooth integration across all disciplines.

A multidisciplinary team

The studio relies on a strong network of trusted partners and experts — including contractors, landscape architects, ecologists, building physicists, and structural engineers.
This multidisciplinary foundation ensures that every aspect — from technical performance to environmental integration — is addressed with precision, coherence, and expertise.

The studio relies on a strong network of trusted partners and experts — including contractors, landscape architects, ecologists, building physicists, and structural engineers.
This multidisciplinary foundation ensures that every aspect — from technical performance to environmental integration — is addressed with precision, coherence, and expertise.

Our clients

Our clients

Our work

Our work

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