About us
Arkt Haus is a design studio that operates in multiplicity—of form, of meaning, of presence. Each piece exists as both object and proposition, where design becomes a field in which space, perception, and narrative continuously renegotiate one another.
Forms emerge through tension: minimal yet assertive, geometric yet unstable, grounded yet drifting toward the oneiric. Function is not abandoned, but displaced—absorbed into a broader sculptural intention. Guided by the idea of anima, every object carries an internal charge, an aura that exceeds its material condition.
Wood and metal articulate a dialogue between warmth and resistance, the organic and the constructed. Rooted in architectural thinking, the work engages with the Japanese concept of Ma—not as emptiness, but as a charged interval, where absence becomes presence and meaning resides in what is left unsaid.
Our Team
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Charlotte Krelle
Co-Founder, Interior Architect and Designer
Charlotte studied Interior Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, before joining the American Academy in Paris. She then graduated from École Camondo with a Master's degree in Interior Architecture and Design, and has been working with French architect Thierry Lemaire. Charlotte speaks French and English.
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Laura Matsuzaki
Co-Founder, Interior Architect and Designer
Laura has a double degree in Art and Architecture, having studied Architecture at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, in São Paulo, Brazil, and the Haute école d'Art et Design in Geneva, Switzerland. She then obtained a Master Degree from École Camondo in Paris, France. After graduating, Laura worked with French designer Emma Donnersberg in Paris. In order to provide an Art Advisory service, Laura obtained a certificate in Art Advisory and Contemporary Art at Christie’s education. Laura speaks French, English and Portuguese.
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