As an Ottawa-based architectural practice, we take on projects of any type, and we focus strongly on the human scale. We design for the individual user, and strive to have their involvement and personality reflected in the end product. We bring this approach to all projects: residential, commercial, hospitality, artistic, objects, writing, graffiti, installations, research, and furniture. By working at an intimate scale we focus on the intricacies of the design as well as the broad strokes, in order to have an immediate and tangible impact on the quality of each person’s experience. Our goal is to bring rigour and craft back into an exploratory design process, and ultimately to build exciting projects that exceed our clients’ expectations and fulfill us as architects.
We believe that sustainability is a fundamental quality that all projects must embrace; it should be considered an opportunity rather than a limitation. We believe that creativity can be applied to all things; promoting and nurturing it through the entirety of the design process is essential. We believe that the narrative procession through space and attention to its craft augments one’s appreciation and experience of the work over time.
Rebecca Fernando
Architect, Co-Founder
Bex co-founded PLOTNONPLOT so she could work in a collective steeped in all forms of discourse and analysis while positively influencing her hometown. She is a strong proponent of traditional drawing techniques as a rudiment to the architect’s craft as well as a tool for communication, and she loves to ruminate and unravel the motifs and spirit of any task at any scale.
Grant Oikawa
Architect, Co-Founder
Grant Oikawa is a Beach Boys fan who is a founding architect at PLOTNONPLOT, in that order.
Having been immersed in Architecture and Design for the last 20+ years, he has a wealth of experience in projects of all sizes, and a keen eye for detail. Grant has designed, fabricated and installed components for a wide variety of projects including millwork, desks, tables, storage units, doors, dividers, shelving and equipment. Grant’s desire in starting PLOTNONPLOT is to incorporate that same level of detail and craft into the design of every project.
Tim Derkatch
Architectural Technologist
Tim brings his eye for detailing and a proficiency in document control to our team at PLOTNONPLOT. His broad experience in commercial and residential architecture allows him to implement creative, cross-disciplinary solutions throughout the project.
He thoughtfully delivers technical solutions to support the design integrity of PLOTNONPLOT’s work.