Commercial · Hospitality
Hotel TUI Blue Santa Martha
A hotel reimagined as a village within the landscape of Banda Abou, connected by hofi-like gardens rather than a single resort building.
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Architecture · Interiors · Consultancy
Every great space begins with a conversation.
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A Studio Built on Three Disciplines
A studio built on three disciplines, and a single intent — to build for the place.
Studio Diseñá is a multidisciplinary practice working across architecture, interior design and strategic consultancy. From our atelier in Willemstad, we have delivered 120+ projects across Curaçao and Bonaire — and are expanding into Aruba from 2026.
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Discipline · One
Architecture
Creating monolithic structures that respond to the environment — site-specific, sustainable, and quietly timeless in form.
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Discipline · Two
Interior Design
Curation of spaces that bridge the gap between human experience and the architectural shell, built from tactile, natural materials.
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Discipline · Three
Consultancy
Strategic advisory for luxury developments — protecting architectural integrity from initial master-planning through to final delivery.
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Selected Works
Selected Projects
A small set of recent works — residential, commercial and hospitality — that best describe how we think about place.
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Development · Residential
Hofi Oasis
Ten villas and three apartments around a 2,000 m² private nature area — indoor-outdoor living, refined.
Commercial · Hospitality
Hotel Centraal
A twenty-room budget hotel in Bonaire redesigned around one principle: make every design decision matter.
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A small studio,
A small studio,
by design.
The numbers reflect the philosophy. Twelve hands, three islands, and a portfolio shaped by what we choose not to take on — as much as by what we do.
Projects
120 +
Delivered across the Dutch Caribbean since 2022.
Islands
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Curaçao and Bonaire delivered — expanding into Aruba from 2026.
Disciplines
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Architecture, interiors, consultancy and bespoke furniture.
Hands
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A deliberately small team — every project is principal-led.
“We don’t design for the portfolio. We design for the place.”
Shawn Zimmerman
Founder & Architectural Designer, Studio Diseñá
From the Journal
All Insights
The Weight of Light: using natural illumination as a building material.
Exploring how the intense Caribbean sun dictates the structural language of our newest coastal residential projects.
On Volcanic Stone: weight, weathering, and the local quarry.
What it means to build from the ground that built the island — a material study from Casa del Mar.
Principal-led: why every drawing leaves the same desk.
A note on scale, ownership and why the studio will stay at twelve hands.
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Currently accepting commissions · 2026 — 2027
Ready to start a project?
Let’s build something enduring.
Whether it’s a private residence or a commercial landmark, we bring vision and architectural precision to every square meter. Initial consultations are confidential and obligation-free.