DOA·S specializes in generating pragmatic architectural solutions for small-scale comprehensive projects that aim towards unique built interior and exterior environments. We believe that architecture should be tactile and physically felt through the eyes and body - void of sterile spaces.
The practice prioritizes collaboration with industry professionals and talented builders in order to produce thoughtfully crafted architectural works: from tangible/personable objects to habitable spaces.
Each project is considered entirely and given a common architectural language so that a reoccurring theme is present throughout its landscape, interiors, and furniture.
DOA·S maintains its presence through all phases of the project - from conceptual design up to construction completion, to maintain a collaborative presence with the entire project team, and ensure client’s goals are fulfilled.
Diego is a registered Architect with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC). His education is comprised of a Bachelors of Environmental Design from the School of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, and a Masters of Architecture from the University of British Columbia.
Diego’s early architectural career was mentored by architect Fook Weng Chan who humbly led dozens of significant west-coast architectural projects as an associate with TBP (Thompson Berwick Pratt) and his own boutique architectural practice (FWC Architecture & Urban Design)
Diego's accumulated professional experience includes projects in institutional (museum) buildings, artist workshops, custom residential, multi family mixed use residential, social housing, adaptive re-use, custom interior office, large office buildings, site analysis, master planning and feasibility studies.
