Studio Bricolage operates as a workshop of designers from all different disciplines to have opportunity to stretch its scope
from architecture and interiors to lighting, landscape, product, event, exhibition, and graphic design.
The studio also fosters strategic partnerships with other architectural firms with different expertise in order to encompass a broad range and scale of projects.
We believe in the power of design to define the identity of a person, organization, city, anything. We develop strategic and cohesive branding through innovative design, in print, web, packaging, interiors and architecture. We enable our clients to differentiate themselves through creative marketing solutions embedded in all aspects of their business. We can create a cohesive link between client/customer interactions and the physical and visual experience of the built space. It is a collaborative work consisting of graphic, web, architecture, interior, AV, and package design.
The French word "Bricolage" describes a person able to transform everyday objects and materials into innovative matters...
In 2010, Leslie Wilson, Principal of Bricolage, pioneered A:FOGA (After Frank O. Gehry Architects), an architect alumni co-op.
Her vision united architects who had once contributed to Frank O. Gehry Architects, fostering a platform for resource exchange and synergistic partnerships.
From its modest inception with 13 founding firms in 2010, the co-op has flourished to encompass a robust community of 138 members. This diverse collective comprises architecture firms, furniture fabricators, art consultants, developers, project managers, professors, and artists.
Together, A:FOGA has embarked on a myriad of collaborative endeavors, spanning from intimate single-family residences to expansive developmental undertakings.
Membership within our co-op grants firms the agility to scale their operations from a solo endeavor to a thriving studio of a hundred staff members, precisely when such expansion is warranted.
A:FOGA staunchly believes that this collaborative model is the beacon guiding the future of architectural practice.
A:FOGA Art & Design Co-Op
Leslie Y. Wilson received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. Shortly after graduation, she joined Architectural Research Office in New York City. In 1996, she acted as an Associate Director of Store Design for Prescriptives/Estee Lauder. While she was with the company and later as a consultant, she worked on creating new brand identities for various Estee Lauder companies such as Prescriptives, Bobby Brown and Tommy Hilfiger Cosmetics. She also worked with MR Architecture and Anderson/Schwartz Architects, as Project Designer for numerous civic, commercial and residential projects. She relocated to Santa Monica, California to join Van Tilburg, Banvard and Soderbergh, and shifted gears to work on large scale multi-family housing projects such as Westwood Palazzo and Palazzo Park La Brea. Later, she joined Frank O.Gehry Architects and worked as a Project Architect of the new FOG office facility and the building it resides in Los Angeles, California. As an Associate, she also worked on many recent projects of the firm such as Art Gallery of Ontario, Brighton Housing Development, Brooklyn Housing Development and Beekman Tower in New York City. As a senior project manager with Jones Lang LaSalle/ Project Development Services, she managed numerous high profile projects for major national hospitality and corporate clients including Host Hotels and Resorts, Hyatt Development, T.Rowe Price and Charles Schwab.
Jim M. Wilson, AIA
Principal
jwilson@bricolageinc.com
James M. Wilson is a native Californian and a third generation craftsman. His intuitive understanding of natural and cultural environmental contexts of 'California living' is vividly evident throughout hiswork. Shortly after receiving a Bachelor of Architecture at Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc), he joined progressive California firms and worked on various high-end residential and retail projects. In1988, he started his first solo venture 'Design Intervention' to explore innovative designs that focused on enhancing the authentic California life style in the tradition of Richard Neutra and Roudolph Schindler. Years later, he joined Benton, Park Candereva to work as a Project Manager and broaden his scope to multi-family residential projects. He was later invited to join the firm as a partner. In 1997, He joined Van Tilburg, Banvard and Soderberg, as an Associate, he has managed many of their large multi-family residential projects such as Palazzo Park La Brea, Villa Azure, Alexan Savoy, and The Marlow Apartments in Hollywood, ranging from 60 to 2500 units. He moved to Cuningham Group to lead their housing studio and expanded the firm's housing portfolio to include high-rise residential and hospitality developments. He joined WWCOT Architects to nurture their young housing studio in 2008. The firm just completed construction of a108-unit Senior Housing development in Reseda, CA and design of 130-unit senior housing development in Covina, CA.
Scott A. Natvig
Principal
snatvig@bricolageinc.com
Scott A. Natvig is a licensed architect who received his Master of Architecture Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design, a Bachelor of Architecture, and Bachelor of Environmental design at the University of Minnesota.
Before founding Scott Andrew Natvig Design (S.A.N.D) in 2001, Scott worked for the offices of Frank Gehry, Cambridge Seven Architects, Architectural Alliance, Cuningham Group and Mulfinger, Susanka and Mahady. He has worked on teams responsible for projects as diverse as several Oceanariums in Japan, Dublin, and the US Virgin Islands, a Museum of Biodiversity in Panama, a high-rise housing project in Bangkok as well as a variety of commercial and residential projects in California, Arizona, the US Virgin Islands, Minnesota, and New York.
He has been on several design teams that have placed as finalists for competitions including, the National Art Museum of China, the Fukushima Aquarium in Japan, and the Charlotte Amalie Waterfront project in St Thomas, USVI. Most recently, Scott teamed up with some former colleagues at Fer Studio and Torgen Johnson Design to win the Solana Beach Train Station Development Project.
Scott was also a professor of Architectural Design for several years at the Boston Architectural College, and has been published in Harvard Magazine.
Jennifer Termini
Associate | FFE Manager
jtermini@bricolageinc.com
Jennifer Termini is an esteemed interior designer and creative visionary best known for creating unique and beautifully texturized interiors with a keen eye for incorporating a multitude of abstract, organic shaped elements into otherwise traditionally geometric environments. Over the past 15 years, with acclaimed, award winning design and architectural firms such as Koncept Design Group*, Creative Resource Associates**, Gin Wong Associates, Warren Sheets Design and Concepts 4, she has transformed numerous hotel lobbies, ballrooms, meeting spaces, pre-function areas, concierge lounges, bars and restaurants into warm, inviting respites. In addition to upscale, full service hotels, Jennifer has designed select corporate offices, condominium towers, sorority environments and private residences for high-profile clientele.
Termini received her B.A. in Interior Design / Environmental Studies from the California State University of Long Beach. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Hoda Omidvar
Designer
homidvar@bricolageinc.com
Hoda Omidvar received her Master's of Architecture at Parson's The New School in New York City. She has worked with numerous interior design firms including SWInteriors and DLZ Interiors in Los Angeles.
Madison Elkins
Studio Manager | Executive Assistant
melkins@bricolageinc.com
Madison Elkins has worked in various creative fields including fashion design, retail store design, and residential interior design in Los Angeles, New York and Europe.
Loretta Contreras
Business Manager
accounting@bricolageinc.com
