# Studio Rooh

> Founder-led interior design studio in Dubai, UAE. We design offices, retail, hospitality and residential spaces, starting with how people use the space. Also offers Independent Technical Advisory for projects that already have a design.

- Website: https://www.studiorooh.co/
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Contact: +971 58 553 9321 (phone and WhatsApp), supriya@studiorooh.co
- Founder: Supriya Pawar, Founder & Design Principal
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studio_rooh_/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/studioroohdubai

## About
Rooh means spirit (روح in Arabic and Urdu, आत्मा in Hindi). Every organisation has its own values, culture and people. Studio Rooh learns about these first, then plans the space, chooses the materials and shapes how it feels to use.

## Founder
Supriya Pawar is an architect and interior designer, an IIT Kharagpur graduate, with over ten years of experience in India, Singapore and the Middle East, including Space Matrix and Spencer. She has led more than 500,000 sq ft of commercial interiors and is directly involved in every Studio Rooh project.
Credentials: LEED Green Associate, IGBC Accredited Professional, Estidama PQP.

## Track record
- 500,000+ sq ft of commercial interiors designed
- 15+ projects across workplace, hospitality, retail and residential
- 10+ years of experience
- Cities: Dubai, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore
(Figures include the founder's work at previous design firms.)

## Services
1. Workplace strategy: how teams work, headcount and desk ratios, technical needs (power, data, AV/IT, HVAC, lighting, acoustics, fire and life safety), wellbeing, flexibility, budget and timeline
2. Planning and concept design
3. Design development
4. Design documentation
5. Tender and value engineering
6. Site-stage design support
7. Independent Technical Advisory: for clients who already have a design and need help with documentation, consultant coordination, tender, value engineering, site reviews and snagging

## Who we work with
- Clients and occupiers (corporate offices, retail, hospitality, residential)
- Fit-out contractors and PMC firms: as extra design capacity or a specialist design partner, coordinating with MEP, FLS, AV/IT and specialist consultants
- Developers and landlords

## Selected projects
- MakeMyTrip, Dubai: travel, 2,000 sq ft, project and design management, design build (Studio Rooh project)
- Servier, Dubai: pharmaceutical, 8,000 sq ft, agile workplace based on salutogenic principles
- Senwan, Dubai: family office, 2,000 sq ft, references to Yemeni stone architecture and Saudi colours
- Northern Trust, Pune: BFSI, 200,000 sq ft, multi-sensory workplace, award winning
- Kafnu, Mumbai: coworking and living, 200,000 sq ft, concept design
- K Raheja Lobby, Hyderabad: real estate, 20,000 sq ft, concept design
- Brookfield Business Centre, Mumbai: coworking, 20,000 sq ft, design and build

## Awards
- International Property Awards: Best Office Interior, Asia Pacific (India). Northern Trust, Pune.

## Client testimonials
- "You did an amazing job and took us through a journey with so much ease. This is what true professionalism is." Vidyani, Servier
- "Her eye for detail, standing her ground with contractors and ability to get her way are qualities I have admired. Great talent, would love to work with her again." Sanjeev T, Northern Trust