Reimagined Home

Bay Area

A home that adapts to your new life chapter.

I help families turn their home into a space that fits their new life chapter — in weeks, without renovations.

Minimal interior

Interior opening to garden
About

Design for Health & Pleasure

I believe good design supports healthier bodies, calmer minds, stronger relationships, and more joyful lives.

I transform homes and adaptable living spaces to support life's transitions — from welcoming a baby and raising children to beginning a new chapter, like buying a new home.

I have a PhD in Architecture. For 25 years, I've worked on research and projects across Europe, Japan, and the US, exploring the relationship between space and neuroscience — neuroarchitecture. I've designed and built homes, schools, libraries, and furniture.

The spaces we inhabit affect how we move, eat, relate, sleep, and age.

Let me treat your space to favor your life.

01

Elegance

Refined simplicity. Spaces that breathe — where every choice is intentional and nothing is superfluous.

02

Economy

Purposeful use of what is already there. Every element earns its place through function and beauty.

03

Ecology

Harmony between space and self. Choices that are conscious of material, longevity, and life.

"Your home, transformed for a longer, better life."
Kitchen with color
Minimal living room
Bookshelf and terrace
Pink room

Your home is either supporting your health — or working against it.

Light, circulation, visual rest, and spatial flow all affect how you sleep, focus, and feel. This is the foundation of every diagnosis.

A well-designed space doesn't just function — it gives you pleasure.

Calm, sensoriality, beauty, and joy are not luxuries. They are the conditions that make a home worth living in.

How I work

Good design starts by listening—to the space, and to you.

Free

First Conversation

  • A 30-minute conversation about what's changing in your life, what's not working at home right now, and whether I can help.
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For growing & changing families

Reimagined Home

  • I turn your home into one that fits your life — in weeks, without renovations.
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For buying or settling into a new home

Imagine Home

  • I help you see the possibilities in a home you're considering or have just moved into, and how it could work for the life you want to live there.
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Ongoing support

Space Therapy

For past clients — a seasonal check-in to help your home keep up with your life.

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What clients say

"Dr. Marta helped me re-envision the use of my home's quirky compact footprint to give it a more calm and airy feel that has really improved the way we live in my home. She worked with me to identify and amplify the things I loved about it, while giving me concrete, workable ways to improve it. Best of all, she developed and implemented a plan to move my toddler out of my room and into my older child's bedroom without crowding anyone! The room actually feels more spacious and easier to keep organized. The joy I feel when I walk in the door is priceless."

— Lisa Newstrom, Fremont CA

"I was impressed with the way that Marta instantly connected with the vibe of the house as soon as she entered. We needed advice on kitchen redesign. Before the consultation, we simply thought the issue was making more efficient use of our small space. Marta opened up the possibilities of integrating the kitchen with the overall flow of the house, not only making better use of the space but also creating a sense of continuity. Highly recommended!"

— Mary Gomes, Berkeley

"Marta transformed my home in a single design visit! She found a simple, elegant, and affordable way to turn my unfinished basement into a home office and guest room, and gave me practical ideas for every other space, from my toddler's room to the living room and bedrooms. After that visit, I realized Marta is really a space coach. I decided to treat myself and continue working with her over the next few months."

— Isabel Carreras Baquer, Berkeley

"Dr. Marta is warm, lively, and knowledgeable. Her expertise and philosophical approach comes through in her suggestions. She helped our home feel more put together, relaxing, and fit our vision. Totally recommend her services!"

— Gisela Garcia, Oakland

"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

"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

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A global perspective

A global perspective

Dr. Marta with her designed H-Shelves Dr. Marta

Practice

  • Learning Environment Design Advisor, HABITABLE Studio — Berkeley, CA
  • Architectural Designer, OMA / Rem Koolhaas (Pritzker Prize) Rotterdam · Rothschild Bank London · Córdoba Congress Center
  • Project Director, Lahoz Lopez Arquitectos — Madrid San Gil Abad School, Cuenca · José Mª del Moral, Ciudad Real

Education

  • PhD in Architecture
  • Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM)
  • UC Berkeley, California
  • Sciences Po, Paris

Recognition

  • Rothschild Bank London — First Prize · OMA team
  • University Library, UPM Madrid — First Prize
  • LUCIA Research Center, Valladolid — First Prize

Research

  • Neuroarchitecture: space, brain, and wellbeing — Spain & United States
  • Longevity & space: how design extends quality of life
  • Elegance and transformability in small spaces — Japan

Transformable Shelves

Modular · Adaptable

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.

Custom Furniture →

Designed for your home and your life.

Transformable Shelves configuration 1 Transformable Shelves configuration 2

Blog

"What is your home doing to your body?"
Warm wood interior

Contact

Tell me about your space.

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.

hello@drmarta.design

+1 530 507 8896

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Photography: Bokey Grant, Tony Endievari, Cierto, h03, Saint Remy, Maynard