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A design studio for the spaces people use every day.
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ar.qi designs is a Philippines-based studio working on houses, interiors, kitchens and commercial spaces, from the first conversation to the finished room.
We are a design-first practice. Our attention goes into planning, proportion, light and material, and into the details that make a space work day after day. When a project calls for it, we carry the design through documentation and construction as a design + build studio.
Philosophy
Considered in every detail.
01
Listen before drawing
Every project starts with how people will use the space: routines, operations, storage, the moments that matter. The design follows from that understanding.
02
Restraint
We prefer a few well-made decisions to many competing ones. Calm spaces are easier to live and work in, and they last longer.
03
Material honesty
Materials are chosen for their character, their performance in a tropical climate and the way they age, and used where they make sense.
04
Responsibility to the end
Design intent is easily lost between drawing and site. We stay involved through documentation and construction to protect it.
Process
How we work.
The same five stages apply to a kitchen, a house or a restaurant. The scale changes; the care does not.
- 01
Discovery & Consultation
We listen first: how you live or operate, what the space must do, your budget and your timeline.
- Initial conversation and site visit
- Review of the brief, budget and constraints
- Scope and fee proposal
- 02
Concept & Planning
Layouts, spatial ideas and an overall design direction, explored in sketches, plans and early 3D studies.
- Space planning options
- Concept direction and references
- Early 3D visualization
- 03
Design Development
The approved concept is refined into a complete design, with materials, lighting and joinery resolved.
- Material and finish selection
- Lighting and joinery design
- Detailed 3D views for approval
- 04
Documentation & Coordination
Drawings and schedules precise enough to price and build from, coordinated with engineers and specialists.
- Construction drawings and schedules
- Coordination with consultants
- Support with permits and approvals
- 05
Execution & Delivery
Construction is coordinated and reviewed on site until the space is complete and handed over.
- Contractor and supplier coordination
- Site reviews and quality checks
- Handover and defects review
People
The studio.
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Founder & Principal Designer
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Credentials
Professional practice.
Professional registrations and memberships will be listed here once they have been verified.
Where Philippine law requires plans or documents to be signed and sealed, that work is carried out by, or in coordination with, duly registered and licensed professionals.
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