Studio
Pieri + Associates Architects is a San Juan based design studio offering architectural, engineering, and sustainable design consulting services. Founded in 2003, by Vincent Pieri, our practice focus is on delivering compelling, ecologically principled projects of all scales for commercial, cleanroom manufacturing, laboratory, and logistical facilities, urban design, and master planning projects.
Design Approach
At the heart of PIERI Architects approach is to first understand your vision and appreciate how it interweaves people, place, and program. We seek to balance the natural tension between ecological first principles, design requirements, budget, and schedule. This proven approach consistently delivers high-performance architecture that enhances value, profitability, and quality of life while staying on time and on budget.
Collaboration
Our multi-disciplinary team of architects, engineers, permits, and specialists has over 20 years of experience in growing trust-based collaborative relationships between client, designers, and builder so essential to guiding our clients through the challenging process of realizing their vision.
Sustainability
With an ethos of practicing principled design in service of growing a healthier tomorrow, our aim is to design and deliver elegant, practical, ecologically principled architecture and urban environments that meet your expectations, responsibly utilize resources, and honor the larger community and commons.
Local Expertise with Global Reach
As a small firm with big project experience, we combine deep local knowledge with a global perspective. This ensures that your design reflects your specific requirements while respecting and celebrating the unique local context.
Client Focus
We limit our project volume, ensuring your project gets the attention it deserves. Our focused approach fosters collaboration, design excellence, and exceptional outcomes.
Integrated Architectural and Industrial Design
We prioritize design excellence, informing aesthetics with functionality to create spaces and structures that are as visually compelling as they are operationally practical.
Streamlined Workflow for Cost and Time Savings
We aim to identify and address 80% of project risks in the first 20% of the process, reducing redesign, controlling costs, defining permit requirements.
Sustainability Beyond Compliance
Our Low-Impact Design (LID) strategies go beyond meeting regulations, delivering future-ready designs that reduce environmental impact while enhancing operational value.
Substantial Life-Cycle Value
Our energy and water-efficient designs on average save clients 30-50% on utilities and reduce long-term maintenance costs, with even greater savings possible through renewable systems integration.
Expertise in Cleanroom Design
Our team has designed over 250,000 square feet of cleanroom, laboratory, gowning, and logistical support facilities including “Controlled not Classified”, ISO 7, and ISO 5 Biosafe facilities meeting cGMP requirements.
Expertise in Modular and Off-Site Construction
Deep knowledge of advanced construction techniques allow us to deliver faster, cost-efficient projects with uncompromising quality, ensuring scalability and adaptability to your needs.
Team-Oriented Collaboration
Strong working relationships and clear lines of communication with our client, project team, contractors and suppliers ensure seamless execution, minimizing delays and maximizing quality.
Successful Design-Build and CM at Risk Projects
By integrating contractors early, we enhance constructability, reduce change orders, and streamline the transition from design to construction, delivering projects efficiently and economically.
Local Expertise with Global Reach
As a small firm with big project experience, we combine deep local knowledge with a global perspective. This ensures that your design reflects your specific requirements while respecting and celebrating the unique local context.
Client Focus
We limit our project volume, ensuring your project gets the attention it deserves. Our focused approach fosters collaboration, design excellence, and exceptional outcomes.
Integrated Architectural and Industrial Design
We prioritize design excellence, informing aesthetics with functionality to create spaces and structures that are as visually compelling as they are operationally practical.
Streamlined Workflow for Cost and Time Savings
We aim to identify and address 80% of project risks in the first 20% of the process, reducing redesign, controlling costs, defining permit requirements.
Sustainability Beyond Compliance
Our Low-Impact Design (LID) strategies go beyond meeting regulations, delivering future-ready designs that reduce environmental impact while enhancing operational value.
Substantial Life-Cycle Value
Our energy and water-efficient designs on average save clients 30-50% on utilities and reduce long-term maintenance costs, with even greater savings possible through renewable systems integration.
Expertise in Cleanroom Design
Our team has designed over 250,000 square feet of cleanroom, laboratory, gowning, and logistical support facilities including “Controlled not Classified”, ISO 7, and ISO 5 Biosafe facilities meeting cGMP requirements.
Expertise in Modular and Off-Site Construction
Deep knowledge of advanced construction techniques allow us to deliver faster, cost-efficient projects with uncompromising quality, ensuring scalability and adaptability to your needs.
Team-Oriented Collaboration
Strong working relationships and clear lines of communication with our client, project team, contractors and suppliers ensure seamless execution, minimizing delays and maximizing quality.
Successful Design-Build and CM at Risk Projects
By integrating contractors early, we enhance constructability, reduce change orders, and streamline the transition from design to construction, delivering projects efficiently and economically.