Jeanne Schultz Design Studio

08/11/2023

The Beehive: a boutique hotel experience nestled in the natural beauty of Fredericksburg. This hotel concept is a nod to the formal composition of a beehive, opening and closing to serve as light filters, shading structure, a guardrail, and thresholds.

The oxidised metal panels conform to a contrasting hexagonal wood building envelope. In the back, the hive unfolds to give way to views of the creek, and a sweet hot tub.

Design: Lynette Masai, Jeanne Schultz, Salma Yahya
Technical Support: Michael DiCarlo

10/09/2023

Very excited to share the work we’ve been creating for the Maasai community in Kenya. This project aims to create safe and sanitary living environments for women and their children, and to empower the residents by enabling them to build vernacular style homes with innovative techniques.

The buildings retain traditional form with extrusions for water control, latrines for all homes, community spaces, and spatial configuration which reflects the cultural way of movement through space.

We studied cultural patterns of behavior and longstanding traditions to ensure a culturally sensitive plan, and look forward to engaging the community further.

Great work by Lynette Masai and Salma Yahya.

Commissioned by Edna Lenku, First Lady Kajiado & Olkejuado Foundation

30/06/2023

The Treehouse, a concept in collaboration with and designed with AWG architecture.

Big thanks to the team.
Design: Salma Yahya, Lynette Masai, Jeanne Schultz, Adam Gates
Visuals: Salma Yahya

30/06/2023

[View facing the river] The Treehouse, a concept in collaboration with and designed with AWG architecture.

Big thanks to the team.
Design: Salma Yahya, Lynette Masai, Jeanne Schultz, Adam Gates
Visuals: Salma Yahya

30/06/2023

The Treehouse, a concept in collaboration with and designed with AWG architecture.

Big thanks to the team.
Design: Salma Yahya, Lynette Masai, Jeanne Schultz, Adam Gates
Visuals: Salma Yahya

Jeanne Schultz Design Studio is an award-winning international design atelier based in Barcelona, Spain with offices in Austin, Texas, USA and Lagos, Nigeria. The firm’s worldly presence combined with a high level of design agency, hybridization of ideas and an eye for elevating the everyday resul...

31/05/2023

Many people ask how JSDS first got involved in the Lagos architecture scene. It all started in 2014 with this temporary exhibition structure, commissioned by the famous performance artist and co-managed by the late and great Burns Effiom.

The structure was designed to utilize local bamboo and showcase a series of artists, curated by Ines Valle and .

It was an absolute honor to participate in this project, and from here, create forever dear contacts in Lagos, which I consider my second home.

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21/04/2023

More AI magic for a project in Kenya serving the Maasai community. We were approached by a local leader to help reimagine more efficient building techniques and sanitary systems while honoring the vernacular language and cultural customs. Largely still a nomadic community, the Maasai live in clusters. The goal is to build 1000 homes that empower the Maasai, with a focus on elevating the lives of women and children. More on this soon!

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