Design for Health & Pleasure
Bay Area
Life evolves.
Your space
should too.
Good design starts by listening — to the space, and to you.
Design for Health & Pleasure
Bay Area
Good design starts by listening — to the space, and to you.
Your space should support you, not demand more of you.
I reduce the mental load your home places on you through strategic design consulting. I work with homeowners, architects, and builders to define a clear direction before construction begins—and to ensure the result remains personal throughout.
I study your space, your environment, and your daily life to identify what is truly needed—and to reveal possibilities you may not yet see.
With a PhD in Architecture, research in Japan on small spaces and transformability, and collaboration with Rem Koolhaas, my practice combines rigor, sensitivity, and a precise understanding of how we live.
Refined simplicity. Spaces that breathe — where every choice is intentional and nothing is superfluous.
Purposeful use of what is already there. Every element earns its place through function and beauty.
Harmony between space and self. Choices that are conscious of material, longevity, and life.
"Your home, transformed for a longer, better life."
Light, circulation, visual rest, and spatial flow all affect how you sleep, focus, and feel. This is the foundation of every diagnosis.
Calm, sensoriality, beauty, and joy are not luxuries. They are the conditions that make a home worth living in.
15 minutes · Online
60 minutes · $250
90 minutes · $400
90 minutes — In-Person
Transformability to adapt to your new life
"Marta Rodriguez's expertise of maximizing small spaces is without compare. She understood our project, she was genuine — but more than anything, she brought a passion that not a single other architect had. At one point I said 'Is she moving in with us?' She thinks different."
— Jay Marroquin, Homeowner, Photographer
"Marta stands out immediately. She brings original thinking to every project, finds simple solutions where others see complexity, and approaches space with a rare combination of intelligence and intuition. Working with her is a genuine pleasure."
— Luis Marcos Díaz, Architect Collaborator
"Even as a carpenter with my own solutions, I appreciate how Marta thinks differently. She sees all angles and brings a creativity that surprised me. From the folding door that almost magically transformed a one-bedroom into two, to the organic stairs in the little cottage, her Japanese-influenced approach feels perfectly in tune with the spirit of the Bay Area."
— Jan Sturmann, Carpenter, Berkeley
"Working with Marta brought my home back to life. After my children left, I wasn’t sure how to inhabit it in this new stage. Marta has a unique gift, she understands both people and the architecture itself. She offered simple, imaginative solutions I didn’t know I needed, helping me live in my home in a new way while preserving what matters most. As she says, a good house leaves space to dance."
— Deni Chambers, Business Owner, Kensington CA
Transformable Shelves began as a response to a simple question: what if storage could give something back?
Seven modules, each different. Slide, rotate, reconfigure. Storage, display, seating, room divider, bench, even stairs. The same piece, infinite arrangements.
Inspired by the Japanese Tokonoma — a space of intentional display and quiet beauty. Designed to move with you as life changes.
A global perspective
Contact
Perhaps you're about to buy a home and want to see what it could become before you sign.
Maybe life has shifted — a new person, a new chapter, a new version of yourself — and your space hasn't caught up yet.
Or it could simply be that something isn't working, and you want to live better because of it.
I work with you to understand your space and shape solutions that fit your life.
+1 530 507 8896Photography: Bokey Grant, Tony Endievari, Cierto, h03, Saint Remy, Maynard
