Matador
—Architecture firm based in Belgium. Support for the complete redesign of its showcase website.
Project Information
- Showcase website
- Sanity
- Front-end Development
- Back-end Development
- Thomas Van Herck - Coast agency Branding & Design
- Félix Riffont Development
- Performance80/100
- Accessibility95/100
- Good Practices100/100
- SEO Score91/100
Context
Matador is a Belgian architecture studio whose portfolio spans a wide range of typologies, scales, and sensibilities. When Coast Agency asked Otomoro to collaborate on the redesign, the art direction was already established. Coast Agency had defined the visual language. What remained was to build something capable of carrying that vision technically, and to do so with rigor.
Process
An architecture firm’s showcase website is not simply a gallery. It is a professional tool, evaluated by potential clients, competition juries, collaborators, and institutions. For Matador, the previous website could no longer evolve with the firm. It gave the team no real autonomy to update, publish, or develop content without relying on external intervention.
Working within an established art direction requires a certain discipline. The visual decisions had already been made; Otomoro’s role was to translate them into a functional system without losing anything in that artistic translation.
Result
The design called for visual restraint punctuated by subtle animations. Each project is documented through photographs and categorized by typology, making it readable both for open browsing and for targeted research.
The new website provides Matador with a platform capable of supporting the firm’s growth rather than constraining it. Publications, competitions, and collaborative projects now have visibility that reflects their importance. The team can manage its content independently. And the studio’s architectural thinking—its positions, thematic interests, and scope—is finally represented with the clarity it deserves.
Working within an established art direction requires a certain discipline. The visual decisions had already been made; Otomoro’s role was to translate them into a functional system without losing anything in that artistic translation.
Tech stack
- Sanity
- Vercel
