Soft Boundaries is a multidisciplinary architecture studio and a design research laboratory crafting concepts and building experiences across the world.
Architectural Design
Our architecture responds to the needs and aspirations of our clients and communities. We give form and meaning to buildings, landscapes, and cities — always balancing internal functions with external demands of the site, climate, and culture.
Interior Design
Soft Boundaries’ interior design solutions utilize space, materials, color, and light as tools to create healthy environments that enhance occupant’s comfort and performance.
Urban Planing
We follow a place-based, integrated systems approach to inform our master plans and urban design strategies. This ensures that our solutions are economically viable while being socially and environmentally responsive.
Soft Boundaries Studio
Soft Boundaries Studio is a team of collaborative, innovative thinkers who enjoy contributing to our dynamic, rewarding studio culture.
Maged S. Guerguis
Founder
Maged is the director and founder of Soft Boundaries. Prior to founding SB, Maged was a senior designer at Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) in Chicago where he designed and developed a broad range of award-winning corporate, mixed-use, and residential projects.
Maged is an Assistant Professor of Design and Structural Technology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design. His current research at UTK focuses on the possibilities of additively-manufactured architecture and the potential impact of this new emerging typology on contemporary design practices.
Awards
AIA Chicago Award For Excellence in Architecture | Divine Detail Award
May 2017
HIVE 50 | Top Design Innovator
September 2017
Architect Magazine | R + D Award
September 2017
Fast Company | World Changing Ideas Award | Finalist
October 2017
Architizer A+ Award
September 2016
Fast Company | Innovation by Design (IBD) Award
September 2016
Best Futura Mega Project: Silver | MIPIM Asia
November 2015
SOM Foundation Travel & Research Award
September 2013
University of Illinois | Alumni Choice Award
November 2013
The Image of Research Award | Honorable Mention
October 2013