Our work always begins with openness — to people, to ideas, to possibility — and results in spaces that welcome, empower, and connect.
Our work always begins with openness — to people, to ideas, to possibility — and results in spaces that welcome, empower, and connect.
Initial Project Consultation
Initial Project Consultation
We begin with a conversation to understand your goals, needs, and project scope. This step ensures clarity from the very start and sets the foundation for a collaborative partnership.
We begin with a conversation to understand your goals, needs, and project scope. This step ensures clarity from the very start and sets the foundation for a collaborative partnership.
Visioning
and Discovery
Visioning
and Discovery
Through dialogue, research, and exploration, we uncover the story behind your project. This phase is about listening deeply and capturing the essence of your vision.
Through dialogue, research, and exploration, we uncover the story behind your project. This phase is about listening deeply and capturing the essence of your vision.
Concept Design
Concept
Design
We translate ideas into early design concepts — mood, materiality, and big-picture possibilities come into focus. This is where imagination takes form.
We translate ideas into early design concepts — mood, materiality, and big-picture possibilities come into focus. This is where imagination takes form.
Schematic Design
Schematic Design
The vision is refined into plans, sketches, and layouts that define how the space will function and flow. Each detail begins aligning with the project’s goals.
The vision is refined into plans, sketches, and layouts that define how the space will function and flow. Each detail begins aligning with the project’s goals.
Design Development
Design Development
Together, we refine the chosen direction — from finishes and fixtures to furnishings and lighting. This phase brings clarity, precision, and personality to the design.
Together, we refine the chosen direction — from finishes and fixtures to furnishings and lighting. This phase brings clarity, precision, and personality to the design.
Construction Documents
Construction Documents
We prepare detailed drawings and specifications to guide contractors and ensure every design element is communicated clearly for execution.
We prepare detailed drawings and specifications to guide contractors and ensure every design element is communicated clearly for execution.
Construction Administration
Construction Administration
During construction, we act as your advocate — answering questions, reviewing progress, and ensuring the design vision is carried through with accuracy and care.
Seasoned project leadership from start to finish. We act as client and tenant representatives, serving as liaison to contractors, brokers, and landlords to ensure clarity, advocacy, and accountability.
Post-Occupancy
Post-Occupancy
After completion, we revisit the space to see it fully lived in and experienced. This final step allows us to ensure the design supports you as intended — uplifting, inspiring, and enduring.
Guidance before you commit. We provide experienced tenant representation for clients in-market, helping evaluate potential sites and ensure your space is the right fit before lease or build-out.
We design community spaces, special places, and dwellings that make people feel good, always rooted in the belief that great design transforms lives, together.
We design community spaces, special places, and dwellings that make people feel good, always rooted in the belief that great design transforms lives, together.
OUI is intentionally nimble: a studio built on collaboration, accessibility, and care. Whether guiding large-scale commercial projects or intimate residential spaces, our philosophy remains the same — to create design that is thoughtful, inclusive, and enduring.
OUI is intentionally nimble: a studio built on collaboration, accessibility, and care. Whether guiding large-scale commercial projects or intimate residential spaces, our philosophy remains the same — to create design that is thoughtful, inclusive, and enduring.
Are you ready
to Open, Uplift
& Inspire?”
Let's Talk.
Are you ready
to Open, Uplift
& Inspire?
Let's talk.
