Can a space feel familiar the moment you step inside? Kreuzberg-based architecture and interior design studio Anjoradesigns apartments, dining spaces, and interiors situated between Berlin and Mallorca, with a sensitive eye for materials, light, and the people who will ultimately inhabit these places. Anjora was founded in 2025 by architect Joana Schröder, after her first independent projects, including several renovations and interior concepts in Mallorca. From that grew the desire for a studio of her own, one that would represent a clear design perspective. Although women have always shaped the field of architecture, leadership roles often remain less visible and inaccessible. Anjora sees itself quite consciously as a female-led studio, where young female architects and designers can take on responsibility, help shape ideas, and actively influence the spaces they work on. The studio works collaboratively, with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths. Its projects range from carefully planned micro apartments to larger residential renovations and restaurant concepts. Small spaces, in particular, continue to interest the team.
In Berlin, Anjora shows how an increased quality of life can emerge from thoughtful floor plans and interiors. Rather than introducing as much new material as possible, the studio is interested in developing what is already there through precise interventions. What conditions already shape a place, and how they can be sharpened rather than overwritten. That attitude carries through into the choice of materials. Stainless steel and oak create an appealing balance between clarity and warmth, order and softness. Light, which plays a central role in Anjora’s projects, is treated not as an accessory but as a material in its own right. While the Berlin projects often feel bolder and more colorful, the spaces in Mallorca tend to be calmer and strongly informed by the island’s traditional materials. Anjora’s connection to Mallorca is a personal one: Joana’s parents live there, and their home, Finca Anjora, was one of the studio’s first projects and the inspiration for its name. Since then, numerous renovations and interior projects have followed there, developed together with the studio’s local partner office. Between Berlin and Mallorca, Anjora creates spaces that are allowed to look different, but always grow out of what already exists. The result is a body of work that feels intuitive, built to last, and both new and familiar.
Text: Emma Zylla / Photos: Anjora
Anjora, Fidicinstr.13a, 10965 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
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