SONAR is the space and showroom of NAVE and stuhl, located on the twelfth floor of Edificio El Girón — a 1978 modernist landmark in Quito, Ecuador. Compact in plan and elevated above the city, SONAR was designed and remodeled by NAVE & stuhl not only to present furniture, but to extend the brand’s spatial and material language into architecture itself. Here, objects and interior operate as a single gesture.

The intervention was guided by reduction. Previous finishes were removed to reveal raw concrete, while new steel elements were introduced — not as decoration, but as visual structure, establishing a direct dialogue with the pieces on display. Glass, shadow, and natural light complete a restrained palette where each object is given room to breathe. The space is not a backdrop; it is an active part of the discourse — framing, counterbalancing, and amplifying the presence of the furniture.

SONAR functions both as a showroom and as a place of encounter. It hosts presentations, listening sessions, small exhibitions, and visits that bring people into close proximity with design. It is a space meant to be inhabited slowly — to touch, observe, and understand that NAVE is not only designing objects, but the environments that hold them.