Studio

Piller Studio is an architecture practice based in Kézdivásárhely (Târgu Secuiesc), Romania. We design houses, community and public buildings, and restore old buildings across the Háromszék region.

Every project starts from its place: the plot, the street, the scale of the neighbouring houses, the materials and colours of the region. We work with contemporary tools, but we see traditional forms and crafts as the best starting point.

We believe that before renovating an old house you have to get to know it: we survey it, research it, look for old photographs — and only then do we start drawing.

Gál Zoltán is an architect and the founder of Piller Studio. Most of his work ties him to Kézdivásárhely and its surroundings: the houses of its historic centre, the future of the main square and the built heritage of the surrounding villages.

As a designer he is equally at home with modern tools and traditional forms — but when he has to choose, the spirit of the place decides.