Refusal is often narrated as attitude. In practice it is a sequence of spatial decisions: what not to open, what not to decorate, what not to photograph until the room is ready.

A method before a manifesto

Saying no early protects the plan. It keeps budgets from inventing rooms and keeps the cover from selling a lifestyle that the building cannot hold.

What we cut

Extra corridors, feature walls, and temporary trends. What remains should still feel generous. Refusal is not austerity; it is attention with a longer horizon.