Commercial Architecture / Retail Design

• Get help from a qualified interior designer providing any required professional insurances.
• Feel 100% confident about your new space thanks to a certified architect (in France: “DPLG, DE or HMONP”) or interior designer specialised in commercial architecture and retail design.
• Delegate all mandatory administrative duties for your architectural projects to your designer: building permit (“permis de construire”), prior declaration of work (“déclaration préalable de travaux”), etc.
• Trust your B2B architect/B2B interior designer to support you through all stages of your commercial design project, from definition of needs to work supervision: store/boutique (clothing, grocery, bakery, bookstore, perfumery, jewelry, florist, optician), leisure space, franchise, hotel, restaurant, coffee shop, medical centre or clinic…

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• Create an interior design that reflects your brand identity and business values, and that meets your functional needs & people goals (customer welcome desk, employee wellbeing…).
• Visualise the planned renovation or new design before any implementation thanks to sketches produced by your B2B designer/architect.
• If needed, take advantage of your commercial space redesign project to rethink the coherence between the interior design, the visual identity of your brand. The architect / interior designer can collaborate with a graphic designer to offer you a new graphic charter: logo, storefront graphics, visual print…
• Get the right price thanks to your commercial architect: suppliers, craftsmen, construction companies are contacted for best quotes.
• Redesign your office, headquarters, coworking space or conference centre using our office design services.

Step 1: Meeting your designer - Project draft

• During this first meeting, you will share your needs and expectations for your commercial space architecture with your architect, whether you are looking to renovate a shop, hotel, restaurant or any other type of public space.
• You will share info with the professional designer about your personal taste, and more importantly, about your expectations in terms of space features and layout: safety or health standards, customer/employee flow, sale flow, access to supply.
• Based on this info, they will be able to analyse your needs and constraints in order to create a space in line with your business and your brand.
• During this first meeting, the architect also evaluates the potential of the initial space, with ups (light, space reorganisation opportunities) and downs (load bearing walls, cables/connections constraints, construction regulations & standards). You will get some ideas about the layout and decoration on the spot.
• At the end of the meeting, you will work together on defining next steps and the scope of the commercial design mission.
• Multiple conversations may be required before moving on to the next step. Once you have agreed on a concept, you can decide to move forward with design specifications (see Step 2). You’ll receive a mission contract showing fees and project steps.

Step 2: Specifying your commercial project

The second step aims to granularly define all the details of your commercial design project.

• Based on a description of the existing space and taking into account the needs expressed in Step 1, the architect/commercial designer shares options using sketches.
• Once you select a project, the B2B architect will draft specifications, including information about any technical component in the project: floor plans, electrical plans, section plans, 3D views…
• They will take care of any applications needed for building permits with relevant public bodies: city councils, disability organisations, safety commissions, administrative offices.
• The architect will then select furniture and materials (tiles, floorings, fittings).
• Once specifications are ready, you’ll get the estimated cost for your project.

At this stage, you can decide to keep working with the same architect/designer for the execution step. They will then supervise the construction works on site and keep you updated.

Step 3: Supervising the construction works in your professional space

• Based on granular specification work done earlier, the architect contacts partner companies and suppliers in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, selected according to your needs and matching each part of the project (masonry, coatings, plumbing). You will be able to see the different quotes and understand it.
• Your interior designer will supervise all stakeholders working on site (builders, craftsmen…).
• They carry out quality and compliance controls. Meetings on site will be organised so you can follow progress.
• While design works are ongoing, they refine the choice of furniture and decoration.
• Once works are completed, the architect adds some final touches before the opening or reopening of your shop, showroom, coffee shop/restaurant or hotel.

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