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ABOUT US
Bunch Design was founded in 2010. From the start they have focused on residential architecture working on tricky sites for non-millionaires, trying to bring space and delight to normal folks. They have worked on countless home remodels and new builds; and since the state law changed in 2017 they have constructed over 30 ground up ADU’s. Over 90% of their projects designed are built, a rare statistic. They do this through good due diligence, thoughtful design, and client care.
Bunch Design believes that Form Follows Space, meaning that we focus on volume and the interior spaces first. We build up a narrative of sequences: space and use, storyboarding, Hollywood style, as we go. You spend 90% of your time inside your house. Make it count. We have an interest in making small spaces feel large. You perceive space, but you can mess with perception. We seek lightness in our approach with simple materials.
We put a strong emphasis on the inventive use of materials, the qualities of light, use of structure, and the relationship between the space and its users. We consider these issues to be more important than working in a particular style and hope that each project will be an original interpretation of client, site, brief and budget.
Bunch does not specialize in a particular style, but rather considers our specialization as bringing quality ideas and spatial experiences to each project. For us, design is a collaboration between many disciplines, experts, and craftsmen all coming together to make a clear idea and dream a reality. This is the genesis of our company’s name. We hope there is a project that can bring you into our group.
Hisako Ichiki
Design Lead
Hisako was born in the ancient city of Kamakura and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1998. Her experiences growing up in Japan relive in her warm and simple design style, a style that is both unique and surprisingly compatible with Los Angeles' lifestyle and design needs. Whether her design is large, medium, or something so small that it can fit inside the palm of your hand, Hisako is committed to making ideas that are simple, effective and unheard of.
Hisako graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in Policy Management from Keio University in Tokyo Japan and in 2001 with Masters of Architecture from SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture). Since giving her thesis “Serendip(city)” at SCI-Arc on public space and art she has been investigating the relationship between creativity and found space. Hisako has taught Architecture Studios at UCLA and SCI-Arc.
Publications
Published ‘extra ordinary’ by Hisako Ichiki and Takao Umehara, Rockport Publishers, 2005
Published ‘Children’s Architecture Workshop’ by Hisako Ichiki, Public Access Press, SCI-Arc, 2002
Natacha Schnider, AIA, LEED GA
Project Architect
Natacha is a licensed architect and maker from Switzerland. Growing up, she was influenced by the region’s emphasis on craftsmanship, the use of honest materials, and a deep connection to nature—values that continue to shape her work today.
She earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, studying a year in Copenhagen before returning to California to graduate in 2016. Before joining Bunch in 2025, she worked on projects across all scales, ranging from furniture design to large mixed-use developments.
Bo Sundius, AIA
Architect, Design Lead
Bo grew up on a farm outside Nashville. He likes to credit his early design aspirations to the fact that he could fish from the living room of the family house. After college he was called west to Los Angeles where he met Hisako at SCI-Arc. A literature major before studying architecture, Bo is interested in the narrative power of places. He sees design as a woven relationship between people, space and their actions. When brought together in a thoughtful and beautiful way, the new relationships can be fluid, visceral and electrically charged.
Bo graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Brown University in Rhode Island and in 2001 with a Masters of Architecture from SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) where he won a National AIA Merit Award. He is a licensed architect in the state of California and has worked for Jerde, Gensler and Roto Architects before founding Bunch Design.
Yue (Luna) Luo
Designer
Luna is a spatial enthusiast weaving narratives between different cultures and scales. Born in Chongqing, her early fascination with vertical megastructures emerged from the city’s mountainous chaos and layered cultural hybridity. Later, Beijing’s hutongs reshaped her gaze toward horizontal social tapestries, while Suzhou’s gardens taught her to frame human connections through winding corridors and whispered vistas.
She holds a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture from Tsinghua University and a Master’s from UCLA. She also briefly worked in Beijing and Suzhou for a year. Immersion in Los Angeles’ dispersed suburban landscapes redirected her focus toward micro-dwellings and domestic narratives. Her academic samples oscillate between speculative urban interventions and tactile housing studies, questioning how design can amplify marginalized communities within hyper-dense cities. Here in Los Angeles density, a totally new story, she seeks architectures that translate cultural collisions into empathetic, human-scaled stories.
Naho Tsutsui
Designer
Naho was born and grew up in Japan. Because of her father’s job, her family moved around the country quite often and even abroad. These relocations taught her importance of a home, especially that of her personal room to be always welcoming and comfortable.
Naho graduated from St. Margaret’s Junior College in Japan and studied Horticulture in Sparsholt College Hampshire in England. After working for several years in Tokyo, she moved to Los Angeles and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from SCI-Arc where she first met Hisako and interned at Bunch. She briefly worked with a friend to design Japanese restaurants in Los Angeles before joining Bunch in 2014.