Archinect - News 2024-05-04T03:58:46-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150177850/la-based-bunch-design-tackles-socal-s-adu-market-with-bunchadu LA-based Bunch Design tackles SoCal's ADU market with BunchADU Sean Joyner 2020-01-08T19:13:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d261a9d0d7e53d05890d81f5ac944abd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>LA-based design firm, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149995650/bunch-design" target="_blank">Bunch Design</a>, led by husband and wife team Bo Sundius and Hisako Ichiki, have launched BunchADU, which focuses on custom and pre-designed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/218076/adu" target="_blank">Accessory Dwelling Units</a> (ADUs). In response to the new demand for ADUs in California, BunchADU aims to design spaces that feel large and open.<br></p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9a/9aacf71e4dd26da9d1c96c29d67664d5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9a/9aacf71e4dd26da9d1c96c29d67664d5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b2/b28b8f97f4f63e7cd8365bb5c726a56f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b2/b28b8f97f4f63e7cd8365bb5c726a56f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Echo Park ADU.</figcaption></figure></figure><p>"The sense of expansive space, careful use of light and color, moving partitions and high ceilings, all make the spaces feel large even when most of our ADU designs are under 800 square feet. The result is that the people who live and work in these small homes never feel like they are in a small space," said Bunch co-owner Hisako Ichiki about the firm's approach.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/36f074315b89e90d96213a34d6bdcbd3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/36f074315b89e90d96213a34d6bdcbd3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a8/a8946533e11b49fcdb1757ba7abf4fce.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a8/a8946533e11b49fcdb1757ba7abf4fce.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Highland Park ADU.</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The duo have experienced the impact of ADUs first hand after they built one on their own property for parents who needed care. The result is a structure that gives back to the family and works as a means of added support as the family grows. Moreover, Sundius and Ichiki have sought to streamlin...</p>