BERETUN is a spatial design studio working between performance environments, public art, interiors and built form.

The practice operates between storytelling and construction — not as metaphor, but as a working condition. Space is understood as something staged: capable of holding tension, directing attention, and shaping experience.

Trained in architecture and shaped through work in theatres, galleries and cultural precincts, founder and principal designer Aaron C Barton brings construction and experience into alignment. Projects range from hand-built objects and temporary interventions to larger civic gestures, grounded in a consistent approach: to treat space as an active participant in the experience it contains.

BERETUN draws upon professional experience to bring rigour — systems, coordination and material logic. A background in production design brings responsiveness — experimentation, collaboration and dramaturgic depth. BERETUN operates at the intersection of these disciplines, developing work that is both conceptually legible and deliverable within project conditions.

Aaron holds a Master of Architecture (UQ, 2023) and a Bachelor of Architectural Design (UQ, 2020) and is not a registered architect.

Australian Institute of Architects (QLD) Medallion Recipient
Board of Architects QLD Student Prize Recipient
Helpmann Award Nominee (Best Scenic Design)