SWG STUDIO

SWG STUDIO, IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN FOCUSED STUDIO OF THE PARTNERS SANTOSO BUDIMAN AND GREG ROYCE IN MELBOURNE. THE STUDIO WAS FOUNDED IN THE LATE 2009 TO FORM A COMMITTED TEAM WITH THE PASSION AND DESIRE TO BE A STUDIO THAT OFFERS DYNAMIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN BUILDING, INTERIOR AND OBJECT. THIS RANGES FROM PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HERITAGE OVERLAY AS WELL AS NEW BUILD TO MULTI-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, THIS INCLUDES HOSPITALITY, RETAIL AND OFFICE INTERIOR PROJECTS.
AS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE STUDIO AND TRAINED AS AN ARCHITECT, SANTOSO IS INVOLVED IN EVERY PROJECT FROM THE START TO THE FINAL STAGE. USING HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL WHILE WORKING ON EACH PROJECT, HE FINDS A UNIQUE SET OF CONDITIONS THAT CAN BE ENHANCED, EMBODIED AND EXTENDED THROUGH A PROCESS OF DESIGN THAT ACHIEVES THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
BEFORE PARTNERING SWG STUDIO, WHILE IN THE WORKPLACE AT LOVELL CHEN ARCHITECTS AND HERITAGE CONSULTANTS, SANTOSO WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS. THERE WAS PARTICULAR FOCUS ON HERITAGE LISTED PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR MAJOR INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY AND RMIT MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA.
IN LATE 2011, HE ALSO ASSISTED LOVELL CHEN ARCHITECTS FOR THEIR NEW OFFICE FIT OUT AT THEIR NEW PREMISES.
SANTOSO PRIDES HIMSELF ON BEING A HARD WORKING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE INDIVIDUAL AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO EXPLORE NEW IDEAS IN THE DESIGN FIELD FROM ARCHITECTURE TO ART.
WITH HIS PASSION FOR ART, SANTOSO ALSO BEGAN A CAREER IN FINE ARTS IN 2003 AND WAS REPRESENTED BY A GALLERY IN AUCKLAND WHICH SOLD A NUMBER OF HIS WORKS. HE HAS ALSO HAD SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND HAS SOLD HIS WORK IN MELBOURNE SINCE THEN.