In 2008, when I started as an interior designer at an architecture firm, I developed a concept built around natural materials a client had specifically requested.

That’s where I first came across clay plaster — and its impact on air quality, moisture regulation, and wellbeing. It raised a simple question that stuck with me: why were we never taught this in design school?

It felt like I had found something far beyond aesthetics. Yet I was met with strong resistance from the firm. And for the life of me, I could not understand why.

Years later I began to understand the deeper issieu.
Architecture has been treated as an isolated, highly specialized profession. Spaces are often designed to impress, to reflect the architect rather than serve the people living in them.

Thankfully, that perspective is starting to shift. Neuroarchitecture is becoming more widely recognized.

Clients are more informed and opinionated — as they should be. This is why one of our pillars is education.
Educated people eventually force change.

Architecture is not neutral. The environments we live in shape how we think, feel and function — psychologically, neurologically and biologically.

Today, I combine interior design, environmental awareness and holistic health principles to create spaces that support human wellbeing.
Sanne, Interior Design × Natural Health