An Introduction to my Practice

Nazim Nice, NCARB LEED AP [Principal Architect]

Registration & Affiliations

Registered in the State of Washington
Registered in the State of Illinois
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) certificate, which signifies that I have met the profession’s most objective standards of competence.
LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional) by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council).

Education

Carnegie Mellon University, BArch
Salutorian & Andrew Carnegie Scholar

Founded

Motionspace Architecture + Design PLLC was founded in 2006

Background

After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, I worked for the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics in Pittsburgh. I then moved to Columbus, Ohio to work on national and international health care and sports and entertainment facilities. During this time I also taught a second year studio at the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University. Working in the studio on smaller projects made me realize my passion centered around residential projects. In 2000, I returned to Seattle near where I grew up on Mercer Island and worked for a small residential firm. In 2006, I founded Motionspace Architecture + Design PLLC. In 2008, the firm moved to our current offices on Western Avenue.

Firm Description

Motionspace Architecture + Design is a small and thriving design company located in Seattle, Washington. We strive to provide responsive service and high quality design by working closely with our clients, listening to their needs, and understanding their goals. Your desires are incredibly important to us and we believe they help make a project special by giving it its own unique and soulful character. We are experienced at listening to your goals and transforming them through the design process into a thoughtful solution that not only works functionally but is also well proportioned, well detailed, and appropriate for the context.

In my practice we focus on doing two things well: providing high quality design and a high level of service.

High Quality Design

I built the foundation of the firm on delivering good design. We start the design process by listening to your needs, then help to identify the problems to be solved. Design is a process which can lead you down many roads. We try to find the right one for you that meets your needs but also delivers something more. While solving programmatic and functional requirements is fundamental to the design process, we always strive to transcend the basics by creating design that is both experiential and sensory. By using space, light, color, detail and material, we craft designs that provide a rich and layered experience, appropriate for the time, the place, and the particular client.

High Level of Service

Design projects are incredibly challenging and often personal undertakings. Whether it’s a living environment or work environment, all our clients are highly invested in their projects. When you hire Motionspace, we commit to being highly accessible to you when you need to discuss your project. We also take pride in developing complete design documents and specifications. Well drawn and well detailed design documents help to clearly communicate the design intent to our clients, building departments, and contractors.