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Studio doctrine

What we remove, on purpose

Structure thin enough to disappear
Steel columns drawn to 60 mm so the roof seems to float, not press down on the room.
Plans that curve instead of corner
A continuous glass perimeter lets daylight wrap the visitor rather than meet them at a wall.
One white, held to its own ramp
Every surface stays within a six-step silver-grey scale — no warm tint allowed to creep in.
Shadow used as the only ornament
Soft grey gradients across the floor do the work that mouldings and colour would in other buildings.
This is the SANAA White Lightness design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full SANAA White Lightness guide → designbycurio.com/learn/sanaa-sejima-white