Areas of Focus
Food & Beverage
Food and beverage spaces prioritize operational flow, equipment placement, ventilation, and compliance, coordinating with vendors and inspectors to maintain safe, efficient, high-throughput service conditions.
Franchises
Franchise rollouts rely on converting brand standards into repeatable, adaptable modules, using consistent materials and unified approvals to keep expansion predictable, efficient, and aligned across markets.
Education
Educational environments emerge from studying movement and learning patterns, organizing safe, focused spaces with durable, adaptable infrastructure that supports long-term shifts in technology and enrollment.
Mercantile
Retail spaces are organized around customer flow, staff needs, and merchandising cycles, with clear sightlines and flexible zones while addressing compliance and logistics for efficient, on-schedule operations.
Tenant Improvement
Offices
Office environments are planned around workflow, communication, and environmental factors, creating focused and collaborative zones with stable lighting and acoustics that adapt as organizations evolve.
Showrooms
Showroom environments are crafted by studying customer behavior and brand cues, using clear sightlines, controlled lighting, and flexible displays while resolving infrastructure early to ensure smooth, adaptable operations.
Warehouses
Warehouse layouts are shaped through analysis of storage needs, circulation, and loading, coordinating structural and safety factors to streamline picking, packing, and distribution under heavy, evolving demand.
Roark Design offers a wide variety of services including:
Roark Design delivers architecture grounded in technical precision and scalability. From conceptual design through construction documentation, every project is led with discipline. We balance program requirements with regulatory compliance, site-specific conditions, and material behavior. Execution is embedded from the start.
Architectural Design
Roark delivers architecture grounded in performance, spatial clarity, and technical precision. From conceptual design through construction documents, every project is led with discipline. We balance program requirements with regulatory compliance, site-specific conditions, and material behavior. Execution is embedded from the start.
Interior Design and Spacial Planning
We design interiors that serve operational demands and human use equally. Programming, flow, and identity are resolved without relying on trend. Detail and systems coordination are tackled head-on as a driver.
Franchise System Development
Roark develops franchise standards and prototypes for consistency, scalability, and regional adaptation. We create standards that preserve a brand’s identity across multiple formats and geographies. Rollout strategies are optimized for speed, construction feasibility, and local code compliance. Most importantly, we design and plan around the franchise’s core values.
Construction Brand Guides
We tailor construction-ready brand manuals that align design intent and execution. These guides eliminate ambiguity across GC, fabricator, and vendor teams. Specifications cover spatial standards, finish systems, material tolerances, signage integration, and infrastructure requirements. The result is brand coherence with fewer revisions and reduced risk.
Feasibility and Site Evaluation
We evaluate sites with architectural, operational, and entitlement lenses. Assessments address constructability, access, zoning, utilities, and brand fit. Recommendations are delivered as actionable data, not theoretical studies.
Schematic Prototyping and Rollout Adaptation
Roark develops architectural prototypes that serve as adaptable baselines for repeat deployment. Each is constructed to account for local modification without eroding brand or functionality. Prototypes evolve with feedback loops from real-world performance, not static design ideals.
Program Management
Roark coordinates across consultants, contractors, and client-side stakeholders to keep projects on track and within scope. We align design, budget, and schedule through controlled documentation and oversight. Program-level engagement ensures that multiple sites or phases remain consistent in performance and execution.
Permitting and Entitlements
We manage zoning, code analysis, and jurisdictional approvals with front-loaded precision. Each submission is tailored to local authority requirements, minimizing delay and rework. Our permitting strategy is embedded within project phasing, not tacked on after design completion.
Contact Info
Roark Design
One Towne Square, Suite 1470
Southfield, MI 48076
Email: Info@roark-design.com