ARCHIPARTI

archiparti empowers one-person design firm. From corporates, small teams to one person firms, the world is changing - Gig Economy, Workation, Remote teams - there has been a macro shift towards a new way of work, they are enabling designers in the traditional design and build industry to go independent, focus on creativity, design anytime anywhere, with quality and efficiency. The result is a much more streamlined and efficient project management process for SME project owners, affordable price ... and a much more individualized and interesting physical world. They are the largest SME interior design tech company in HK, with over 1,200 international designers registered, as independent designers or small firms. As of September 2016, they have approximately US$1.5 million project value. Facilitated by technology, they transform the traditional design and build industry to meet the rising new generation of architects / designers’ needs and behavior. They bring a new ecosystem to the industry by (i) delivering digital project management tool to handle task assigning, progress tracking, construction budget estimation and other tedious admin works, so they can focus on the creative part; (ii) building a community to connect them with their local partner contractors, industry partners, project owners, teammates to assist production, so their business can be easy and flexible; (iii) offering a 2-layer marketplace for them to connect with other independent architects / designers to form teams and to match with SME project owners, so they can run as one person design firm. (iv) Establishing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and digital support, so standard and expectations with project owners can be aligned. They are a one-stop solution for both designers and SME project owners on professional affordable design service. With the relatively higher frequency than other traditional business in the industry, they are able to learn, adjust and grow quickly.