ABOUT MODEL SPACE
A thinking studio built around people, purpose, and the realities of building.
Model Space is a behavior-driven architecture and interior design studio based in the Philippines.
We bring together research, planning, architecture, interiors, materials, technical development, and project realization to create spaces that improve how people live, work, heal, gather, and grow.
Spaces that mean something.
THE MODEL SPACE STORY
We began by designing spaces. We grew by understanding the lives behind them.
Model Space began with a shared belief that design should be more than visual expression.
Every project introduced us to different people, industries, communities, and ways of living. Homes taught us about rituals and relationships. Workplaces taught us about culture and collaboration. Hospitality projects taught us about care, memory, and experience. Commercial spaces taught us how design supports operations, identity, and growth.
Over time, our work evolved from solving spatial requirements to understanding the behavior, meaning, and purpose behind them.
Today, Model Space works across architecture, interior design, planning, branding, technical development, and project realization through one connected design process.
#MODELSPACESTORY
Across homes, workplaces, hospitality, retail, healthcare, commercial spaces, and developments in the Philippines and abroad.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Design should improve the way everyday life is experience
We believe architecture should begin with people, not trends.
We study how people move, work, rest, gather, heal, and grow before deciding what a space should become.
We believe every project deserves its own idea, shaped by its users, context, culture, and ambitions.
We believe beauty should support function, materials should age with dignity, and meaningful concepts should remain intact through technical development and construction.
That is why our work is guided by three connected responsibilities.
EMOTIONALLY MEANINGFUL
Spaces should express identity, memory, culture, and aspiration.
BEHAVIORALLY INTELLIGENT
Planning should support real movement, relationships, routines, and operations.
REALISTICALLY BUILDABLE
Ideas should be resolved with technical discipline, budget awareness, and material understanding.
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
Design is collaborative, but never directionless.
Every project involves many voices.
Our responsibility is to listen carefully, identify what matters most, and translate different requirements into one clear design direction.
We involve clients and stakeholders throughout the process, especially when decisions affect operations, cost, technical performance, or previously approved design intent.
This openness allows concerns to be addressed earlier, reduces last-minute changes, and helps everyone understand the reasoning behind the project.
This reflects how your team works during walkthroughs and stakeholder reviews.
LISTEN • ALIGN • RESOLVE • DELIVER
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
HOW WE PRACTICE
Good design depends on trust
CLARITY
We explain the reasoning, implications, and priorities behind important decisions.
COLLABORATION
Clients, users, consultants, and stakeholders are involved at the moments their input matters most.
ACCOUNTABILITY
We take responsibility for design intent, coordination, documentation, and the commitments within our scope.
CONTINUITY
We connect concept, technical development, material decisions, and construction so the finished space remains faithful to its purpose.
THE FOUNDERS
Two perspectives,
one shared design philosophy
Model Space was founded by architects Norvim Mallari and Aimee Richelle Mallari.
Their combined practice brings together strategy, planning, architecture, interiors, materials, lighting, technical development, and the practical realities of construction.
Norvim leads the strategic, planning, technical, and project-realization dimensions of the practice.
Aimee leads design direction, spatial experience, interiors, materials, lighting, and visual storytelling.
Together, they guide a collaborative studio that moves between research and intuition, concept and execution, meaning and reality.
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT & SOLE DIRECTOR
Norvim leads the studio’s design strategy, environmental planning, technical direction, project coordination, and connection between concept and construction. His work focuses on translating complex project requirements into clear, purposeful, and buildable design systems.
Core credentials
- Registered & Licensed Architect & Environmental Planner
Safety Officer 3, DOLE
- Certified, Authorized Managing Officer
Society of Philippine Electrotechnical Constructors and Suppliers, Inc., - Certified, Construction Occupational Safety & Health
Department of Labor and Employment
Leadership and affiliations
- 26th Chapter President, UAP Makati CBD
- LT 8th/9th Chapter President, BNI ZEAL Chapter
Education
University of Santo Tomas
Candidate, MS Construction, Management
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Certified, Authorized Managing Officer
Society of Philippine Electrotechnical Constructors and Suppliers, Inc.,
Certified, Construction Occupational Safety & Health
Department of Labor and Employment
CHIEF DESIGN ARCHITECT
Aimee leads the studio’s design direction, interior architecture, material language, lighting, styling, and visual storytelling.
Core credentials
- Registered & Licensed Architect
- Registered & Licensed Environmental Planner
affiliations
- Member, UAP Makati CBD Chapter
- Member, PIEP NCR Chapter
Education
University of Santo Tomas
Diploma in Interior Design
Interior Design Institute
Certified Interior Stylist (Advanced & Luxury)
SoFA Design Institute
Certified Event Stylist
SoFA Design Institute
Certified Lighting Designer
SoFA Design Institute
THE studio
Design is a collective practice
Model Space is shaped by architects, designers, apprentices, planners, coordinators, technical professionals, and project partners who bring different perspectives to every project.
We work through open discussion, focused critique, continuous learning, and shared responsibility.
Every member of the studio is encouraged to understand not only what is being designed, but why each decision matters.
Different roles. Shared standards. One design direction.
How we grow
QUESTION DEEPLY
We look beyond the immediate request to understand the larger problem.
DESIGN WITH PURPOSE
Every move should support the people, experience, and objectives of the project.
REVIEW OPENLY
Good ideas become stronger through discussion, testing, and constructive critique.
BUILD RESPONSIBLY
Design decisions should account for resources, materials, implementation, and long-term use.
Every meaningful space begins with a better question
Tell us what you are building, who it is for, and what you hope it will make possible.
We will help you translate that vision into a space people can experience, remember, and use well.