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. We 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.

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.

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.

FOUNDERS

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.

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.

MEET OUR TEAM

  • 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.

  • Project Architect

    For Yisi Yu, architecture is not only about form and function, but a living container of lifestyle, memory, and culture. Growing up in China, she developed a deep appreciation for how traditional Chinese architecture harmonizes with nature, embodies cultural values, and shapes the human experience.

    Yisi received her Bachelor of Architecture from Wuhan University and later earned her Master of Architecture from the University of Southern California.  Prior to joining Bunch, she spent more than a decade at design firms such as The Jerde Partnership and 5+design for large scale retail projects.

  • 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.

  • Project Manager

    Christina was born and raised in Southern California, a graduate of both UCLA and SCI-Arc. With a bachelor’s degree in art history and a specialization in the history of architecture, she worked several years as an administrative and marketing assistant at STUDIOS Architecture in Washington DC before deciding to pursue a master’s degree in architecture at SCI-ARC. Space, volume and materiality have always fascinated her. She is particularly interested in how people interact with, inhabit and alter their built environment.

    After attending SCI-Arc, where she met Bo and Hisako, she joined Hisako in working for Osborn Architects in Glendale, California. At Osborn Christina worked on the firm’s residential projects (including the award-winning Meyerhofer Residence in La Canada) as well as several educational projects. After seven years of consulting and completing small projects on her own, she joins Bunch to assist in the Eaton Fire Re-Build effort.

PROJECT HISTORY

Aizawa–Anderson ADU — 2024
Cohen ADU — 2023
Gannon ADU — 2023
Sagucio ADU — 2023
Binegar ADU — 2021
Sanders ADU — 2021
Lincoln ADU — 2019
Echo Park ADU — 2019
Atelier ADU
Grealy ADU — 2023
Bousa ADU — 2021
SMS — 2021
Elysian Cottage — 2012
Nachman — 2023

ADU

Commercial

Small Shop — 2023
Van Leeuwen Culver City — 2015
Van Leeuwen One Santa Fe — 2015
Van Leeuwen Franklin — 2016
Art Ray — 2019
Fullmoon Restaurant — 2021
WUHO Gallery — 2008

Early Work

Creek Hotel — 2002
Serendip City — 2002
Park City House — 2005
Santa Monica Library — 2008
Malibu Lagoon — 2010
Tree People — 2011
Floating Table — 2009
For Sale — 2009
Dimple Pimple — 2002

Residential

Edgewater Residence — 2025
Venice Beach House — 2018
Caplan House — 2022
Pasadena Bungalow — 2010
Elysian House — 2009
Hernandez — 2014
Murphy Remodel — 2021
Zamichow Remodel — 2022
Sasaki Addition — 2021
Comstock — 2017
Cerro Gordo — 2020
Sargent — 2021
Wong Loft — 2018