Owner-side
Design management
Outline Docs directs and manages design for developers and corporate real estate teams, from project definition through construction and turnover.
Services
Services are tailored to each project.
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Establish the brief, priorities, and operational requirements. Define consultant scopes and assemble the design team.
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Evaluate proposals against project objectives, cost, schedule, and operational requirements. Resolve competing requirements, establish clear approval responsibilities, and make or recommend decisions within agreed authority.
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Assess procurement choices, substitutions, and construction changes, and follow approved decisions through implementation.
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Establish shared design, technical, and furniture requirements, with clear provisions for project-specific exceptions.
Illustrative engagements
Examples of how we can support a project
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A multifamily developer without an internal design team needs direction on unit layouts and amenity priorities. Outline Docs integrates leasing, operational, and budget requirements, directs the consultants, and obtains owner approval where required.
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A proposed finish substitution reduces initial cost. Outline Docs assesses its appearance, durability, maintenance, and replacement costs, then recommends whether the savings justify the change. Outline Docs follows the approved decision through procurement and installation.
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Office teams are independently specifying meeting-room layouts, furniture, and technology. Outline Docs establishes shared requirements, evaluates where local conditions warrant exceptions, and incorporates lessons from each completed location.
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Establish shared design, technical, and furniture requirements, with clear provisions for project-specific exceptions.
Background
Outline Docs was founded by Neda Pourshakouri, a New York-licensed architect with more than 20 years of experience across multifamily, mixed-use, headquarters, and workplace projects.
Her background includes senior owner-side design and delivery roles at Brookfield Properties and Citadel, and architectural roles at SHoP Architects and Foster + Partners.