ABOUT US
TYPHOON is a San Francisco-based design studio that provides architectural design and construction advisory services for various projects, including custom homes, communal spaces, and remodels. Our mission is to create thoughtful, well-considered, and artful spaces that enhance design and functionality for our clients and uplift our communities. We approach each project with a design-build mentality. We embrace a design-build approach to every project, with our clients and contractors as our partners.
Our studio design process rests in the clear-eyed center of a complex set of factors: client vision, site potential, and stakeholder demands, as well as budget constraints and builder partnerships. Our work is grounded in principles of resilience and ecology. By guiding each project through the storm of complexity, we give rise to lasting products and livable spaces.
Most of our current work comes from residential building and remodeling, but we are interested in taking on community-based projects as well. We are especially intent on endeavors that increase housing density (such as ADUs), help build and maintain communities, and provide affordable ways to provide much-needed housing for all in San Francisco and the wider Bay Area.
ALEXANDRA SPAUTZ WATERSON, PRINCIPAL, ARCHITECT, ARTIST
Alex was born in the Bay Area and raised by a biologist and a mechanic. From an early age she learned to see the world at multiple scales: from the huge web of social and environmental ecologies, down to the minute details in small structures.
With each unique design project, she works to infuse the overarching design concept into the key details. She finds the most joy in creative and collaborative design processes, and as a passionate environmentalist, she provides sustainable and innovative ideas for projects of every scale and budget.
Alex holds a B.A. in Art from UCLA and a M.Arch from California College of the Arts. Her professional experience ranges from urban design to cultural and institutional projects, to residential design. After many years of experience in early-concept design projects, Alex's experience in construction where she saw ideas come to life, has inspired her to focus on medium and small-scale design projects.
Alex is a licensed architect in the state of Washington and is working toward licensure in the state of California.
21015317 - Washington License
COLLABORATORS:
HALEY WATERSON, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Haley is a landscape architect and Principal at Plural. Haley was drawn to landscape architecture for its power to function as a medium for activism and is committed to social and environmental justice through designing and planning sustainable urban environments. She is inspired by cities, particularly the complexities of their social, political, and ecological systems, which create challenges and enrich design.
SANTIAGO CUEVAS, CARPENTER
Santiago is an amazing craftsperson, who has built homes from the inside out over the last fifteen plus years. He can do it all. We look to him for a depth of knowledge on all things construction, especially constructability and detailing.
More on Santiago soon!