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Single-source accountability
One contract covers design and construction. No gap between architect and contractor — no blame-shifting, no programme slippage.
—The studio · Est. 2019
The studio that stays.
ARCSPACEX is an architecture and interiors practice that does its own builds. Founded in Hyderabad in 2019; working in Bengaluru and Chennai now. Two principals, one studio name on every contract.
What we don't do: hand the drawings off to a contractor and hope. The team that draws the first line is on site at the last switch. That's the only operating principle we couldn't compromise on.
—The studio in motion
ARCSPACEX · Studio reel · Hyderabad · Bengaluru · Chennai
The way we work
Drawn with the BOQ open.
Designing with the cost sheet open changes the conversation. MEP gets coordinated before the joinery is approved. Acoustics gets argued about before the wallpaper does. Material lead times get negotiated into the concept, not after it.
The work that survives this discipline is calmer in the room. Fewer dramatic gestures, more rooms that operate at the level the client paid for. That's the brief we hold ourselves to.
Two principals. Three studios. One name on every contract.
02From brief to handover
Four stages.
One team all the way through.
A linear handover (architect to contractor to a snag list nobody owns) is how most fit-outs lose their brief. We collapse that chain — the team that drew the first line is on site at the last switch.
stage / 01brief locked
01 · Stage
Understand. Brief before drawing.
Listening sessions with the client team. Workplace strategy work where it's warranted. The output is a brief you can argue with before any line is drawn.
- Duration
- 1–2 weeks
- Output
- Spatial brief + programme study
- Tools
- Workshops · interviews
- Sign-off
- Brief locked
stage / 02concept approved
02 · Stage
Conceptualize. Spatial logic, then material.
Bubble diagrams, sightline tests, acoustic zoning. Concepts shaped against the budget so the version you approve is the version we can build.
- Duration
- 2–3 weeks
- Output
- Concept book + zoning plan
- Tools
- AutoCAD · Revit
- Sign-off
- Concept approved
stage / 03GFC released
03 · Stage
Design. Every millimetre, drawn.
A buildable set — joinery details, MEP coordination, photoreal renders, material samples on your desk. The cost sheet stays open through every revision.
- Duration
- 3–5 weeks
- Output
- GFC drawings + BOQ
- Tools
- V-Ray · SketchUp · Revit
- Sign-off
- GFC released
stage / 04snag-free
04 · Stage
Deliver. On programme. To the standard.
In-house PMC, in-house workshop, one vendor list, one programme. Weekly walk with a written report. The project lead who took your first call takes your last one.
- Duration
- 8–20 weeks
- Output
- Built space + as-builts
- Tools
- On-site PMC team
- Sign-off
- Snag-free handover
05Why ARCSPACEX
Five reasons clients choose us.
02
Architecture-first thinking
We solve the spatial problem before the aesthetic one. Every layout is planned for circulation, acoustics and activity before materials are chosen.
03
Precision execution
BOQ-aligned delivery, in-house MEP coordination, and a zero-snagging QA standard at every handover.
04
Speed without compromise
Integrated delivery means concurrent design and construction — shortening the programme without transferring risk to the client.
05
Proven at every scale
From 9,500 sq ft single-floor fit-outs to 100,000 sq ft campus builds — same rigour, same team, same standard.
08Engagement model
Three ways to work together.
01
Design + Build
Single contract. End-to-end accountability.
One contract covers concept, drawings and execution. The same studio that draws the first line stays on the project until handover.
Best for fit-outs 10,000 sq ft and up.
02
Design only
Concept, drawings, specification.
You bring the contractor; we bring the discipline. Concept book, GFC drawings, BOQ alignment, on-site coordination as advisor.
Best when you have a panel contractor.
03
Strategic advisory
Brief, programme, feasibility.
Pre-design support: workplace strategy, programme studies, feasibility, site selection input. We help you lock the brief before drawings start.
Best for large-format or multi-site rollouts.
06The founders
Two principals.
On every job — and every site.
01
Principal & Design Director
Arun.
Arun runs design — concept through detail. He starts every brief by drawing the way people will move through the space, not the way it will photograph. Workplace strategy, biophilic integration, and large-format design-build are where he's spent the last decade.
arun@arcspacex.com02
Principal & Project Director
Abhijith.
Abhijith runs the build. Programme, vendors, on-site QA. The number that keeps him up is the gap between the render and the room — his job is to keep it close to zero. He carries a tape measure to every walk-through.
abhijith@arcspacex.com07Disciplines & studios
What we practice.
- Architecture01
- Interiors02
- Workplaces03
Where we operate.
- Hyderabad · HQStudio
- BengaluruStudio
- ChennaiStudio