Design Assist Services
Our Design Assist Services are flexible packages that cater to your unique needs and challenges at hand. With a deep background in Architectural and Interior Design, we provide services at all phases of the design process which can be enhanced by our Quick Shift™ strategy sessions, Spatial Audit observation days, and Community Engagement efforts. We like to think of it as peace of mind custom made for your project needs.
Some of our featured projects:
Short-term project assists
We understand that sometimes you simply need an extra pair of eyes (and drafting hands!) If you are an Architectural firm that needs an experienced teammate to push through a deadline or take on an isolated package deliverable OR a Developer who wants to transform an existing or new space and needs a trusted Design Professional, we provide a la carte services for all phases of the design process.
SITE SURVEY
prograMMING
design strategy
test fit
spaceplanning
presentation design
concept developmenT
schematic design
design development
construction documents
construction admin
interior ffe PACKAGES
environmental graphics
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Design is universal and no industry is an island - meaning the established, everyday process for doing something in one industry is the next radical, innovative process in another.
With each new client and project types, we pay attention to operations and building standards and then adapt these ideas to give the next challenge a fresh new solution.
Health + Wellness
Civic + Cultural
w/ Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Dolan Imaging Center (northwell)
Garden City Imaging Center (northwell)
Forest Hills OB Renovation (northwell)
Forest Hills MRI Unit Relocation (northwell)
Radiation Medicine Suite (westchester)
Smithtown Imaging Center (northwell)
w/ Atelier New York Architecture
Chelsea Clinic Relocation (ny presbyterian)
McKeen Kitchen + Dining Renovation (ny presbyterian)
w/ Perkins Eastman Architects
Urology Department (ny presbyterian)
Epidemiology Interior Fit-out (ny presbyterian)
Escalator Infill (ny presbyterian)
Emergency and Dietary Overbuild (Northwell)
Co-Generator Energy Center (northwell)
Corridor Renovations (northwell)
Signage Template/Package, hospital standard (northwell)
w/ Bergen Street Studio
Chelsea Clinic Relocation (ny presbyterian)
McKeen Kitchen + Dining Renovation (ny presbyterian)
w/ LMN Architects
Columbia Theatre Performing Arts Center
City College of San Francisco Performing Arts Center
King Country International Airport Renovation
Washington State Convention Center Conversion
w/ MSS
Annapolis Library (annapolis, md)
Ballentine library (columbia, sc)
Blythewood library (columbia, sc)
Cooper library (columbia, sc)
Greenville Library (greenville, sc)
richland main library (columbia, sc)
Mesquite Library (las vegas, nv)
New Haven Library (new haven, ct)
The New Victory Theatre (new york, ny)
Northeast library (columbia, sc)
Sandhills library (columbia, sc)
Southeast library (columbia, sc)
St Andrews library (columbia, sc)
Wheatley library (columbia, sc)
w/ J Mandle Performance
feast: site-specific theatre set
Retail + Hospitality
w/ Kramer Hutchison
arche soho retail storefront (nyc)
dkny city, multiple shop-in-shops (nyc)
donna karan, midtown flagship (nyc)
narcisco rodriguez, retail storefront (milan, italy)
waterworks, multiple shop-in-shops (nyc)
w/ Amanda Sullivan
Hotel Indigo, nyc location
Commercial + Corporate
vertical co-working space
w/ Watson + Associates
multiple fortune 500 client office renovations (confidential)
bedford stuyvesant restoration corporation
robin hood office renovations
Residential + Multi-use
The Boysen House, South Seattle single family home
w/ Terrence O’Neal Architects
87th street dasny mental health residential facility
199th street dasny mental health residential facility
217th street dasny mental health residential facility
Carpenter HVAC dasny mental health residential facility
Carpenter ROOF dasny mental health residential facility
w/ Bergen Street Studios
Multiple confidential Brownstone Renovations (brooklyn, ny)
Multiple confidential Developer apartment Units (brooklyn, ny)
w/ Richard Cook + Associates
Historic Front Street, South Street Seaport
Praise for our work.
Chelsea Clinic Relocation: test fit and schematic design proposal “The Story Wall”
“Having worked with Valerie on the Clinic Relocation project my experience has left me with nothing but appraisal for her work and managerial capabilities. She managed a diverse design team through tight deadlines and successfully delivered on all sectors of her responsibilities. Her down to earth character in combination with her passionate personal engagement with the project, influenced and inspired us to push through.”
“Valerie is a multi-talented creative, who not only finds solutions to design problems that arise during a project but also has the foresight to predict and avoid situations before they become issues.”