Capabilities

Your trusted experts.

Studio Lourdes is a design and architecture consultancy specializing in retail environments, hospitality spaces, and workplace settings. We offer a comprehensive range of services, from technical architectural expertise, including construction documentation and administration, to innovative creative solutions such as store design, conceptual brand activations, and dynamic workspaces. Our approach seamlessly blends functionality and aesthetics to create spaces that engage and inspire.

Let’s figure out how we can help your brand grow.

WHAT can we do?

  1. Real Estate Checklists

  2. Brand Activations 

  3. Event Playbooks

  4. Fixture Design & Development

  5. Brand Creative Guidelines

  6. Brand Retail Standards

  7. Construction Documents Prototypes

  1. Real Estate Checklists

What is it?

We’ll guide the real estate team, helping you locate potential properties faster and more efficiently, and we’ll help negotiate the lease agreement.

Services

Develop a check list based on the client’s requirements for a built environment​.

  • square footage min. & max. ​

  • preferred shape & orientation of property / space​

  • frontage min. & max. ​

  • MEP requirements ​

  • signage requirements

2. Brand Activations

What is it?

From pop-ups, exhibition booths to seasonal & holiday shops, brand activations are captivating destinations for discovery. Make a splashy introduction, attract new fans to your existing base, or test new products & ideas.

Services

Design, develop & manage the construction of highly sensorial & narrative-driven physical brand experience​.

  • design concept

  • brand creative guidelines 

  • customer experience / journey

  • space planning

  • bespoke design

  • 3D model & renderings

  • design development

  • construction documentation

  • project management & oversight

3. Event Playbooks

What is it?

For retail events, it’s a useful tool for agencies & in-house event teams. Playbooks provide guidelines & rules based on your lease agreement and individual needs, efficiently & effectively coordinating communication between vendors.

Services

Develop a playbook for events within the retail
environment.

  • space programming ​

  • dos & don’ts​

  • architectural references: floor, egress & ceiling plans ​

  • fixtures & equipment ​

  • preferred vendors

  • need to knows: delivery guides, transportation, parking, etc.

4. Fixture Design & Development

What is it?

Retail, Hospitality and Workplace experts understand the importance of a fixture suite that looks beautiful and performs, too. In addition to bespoke designs, we create “fixture bibles”, which are sets of standards & guidelines that ensure successful roll-out programs across multiple locations and formats.

Services

Custom fixture design, development & documentation.

  • new fixture concepts

  • sketches, construction drawings & details, 3D models

  • finish & material specifications ​

  • manage millwork vendors & installation​

  • layout prototypes

  • merchandising diagrams

5. Brand Creative Guidelines

What is it?

These guidelines ensure a cohesive brand identity that’s both beautiful and aligned with your mission, values and ethos. This work is essential to building brand awareness and establishing trust with your customer, client or end user.

Services

Develop a book that establishes a brand foundation, including both brand strategy and visual language​.

  • key differentiators ​/ brand positioning

  • core values & brand pillars​

  • business objectives & goals

  • brand personality & tone of voice

  • visual identity: look & feel, color, materiality​, imagery direction

  • application examples

6. Brand Standards

What is it?

Building on your brand creative guidelines, the standards establish best practices for applying your brand strategy & visual language to the physical setting. The standards ensure efficient coordination & alignment among in-house teams, consultants & vendors.

Services

Develop a book that outlines applications of key brand or company principles to various types of physical spaces

  • design concept / narrative

    interior design look & feel : color & materiality, patterns & textures, shapes, architectural gestures & details

  • storefront and façade design

  • customery journey & experience

  • lighting & technology

  • signage & wayfinding room standards: fitting rooms, restrooms & back of house, treatment rooms, conference, office, etc.

7. Construction Documents Prototypes

What is it?

Creating & documenting prototypes establishes a reference for your ideal project, which is crucial to a successful and efficient roll-out program.

Services

Develop a drawing package that establishes ideal conditions, with interior and exterior considerations, across various formats. 

  • real estate / property considerations

  • ideal layouts / configurations

  • construction drawings development: architectural details, furnishings & finish schedules, lighting schedules, door & hardware schedules, A/V schedules, MEP standards & specs

  • construction buildout schedules​

SERVICES menu 

DESIGN CONCEPT

  • concept development; design narrative

  • customer journey & experience

  • look & feel

  • key shapes, architectural gestures & details

  • color & materiality; patterns & textures 

BRAND CREATIVE GUIDELINES

  • key differentiators

  • core values

  • brand pillars

  • aesthetic principles

  • target customer

  • business goals

  • application to interiors & architecture 

SPACE PLANNING

  • prototype layouts; zoning & adjacencies

  • real estate checklist 

BESPOKE DESIGN

  • furniture

  • fixtures

  • lighting

  • millwork

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

  • lighting design

  • fixture design & standards

  • visual merchandising & product display
    technology integration

  • signage & wayfinding

  • storefront design

  • restroom standards

  • fitting room standards

  • MEP standards

  • FF&E specifications

  • 3D models & renderings

  • activation / event playbook

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION

  • architectural details

  • furniture, finish & equipment schedules

  • fixture plan & details
    lighting plan & details

  • audio / visual specs & schedules

  • MEP standards & specs

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & OVERSIGHT

  • due diligence (feasibility studies, test fits)

  • space survey & site visits

  • GC bid coordination

  • project permitting

  • construction administration

  • budget & project timeline maintenance