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S/TUDIO  U/NDER  M/ANUFACTURE- 5811 keith ave. oakland california 94618 - 510.658.6590

Studio Under Manufacture was founded in 2002, in an effort to merge disciplines of architecture and design alongside emerging methods of making and management techniques necessary to implement unique solutions.

Studio Under Manufacture is an award winning architecture, design and fabrication consulting firm that draws on a broad set of disciplines to create architectural elements that are both visual and interactive. Our projects reflect a wide spectrum of knowledge from architects, artists, graphic designers, computational mathematicians, manufacturers and museum curators.

Technology informed by aesthetics, social awareness, craft and program specific goals is a positive medium of communication and design that enables and inspires multiple interests to collaborate from diverse viewpoints. With our unique resource of an in-house design studio and workshop with full digital milling capabilities, we experiment with and deploy new methods of prototyping and production that enrich the process of translating ideas into their tactile, physical counterparts.

andreAndre Caradec

With a background of architecture, engineering, fabrication and digital media, his experience serves to productively question the relationships between design, technology and economy. He is currently an adjunct professor of the California College of the Arts Architecture Department where he is implementing digital fabrication techniques within the design curriculum. Andre Caradec received a Bachelor of Architecture from Tulane University school of Architecture and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University.
robertRobert Fukuda
Licensed California architect - Robert has over 15 years of professional experience including 10 years of Project Management and construction administration. His management experience ranges from building types including multi-family, accessible, and affordable housing, woman’s shelters, a meditation center, aircraft hangars, industrial warehouses, and institutional centers. Robert Fukuda holds a Master of Architecture from Tulane University school of Architecture and is a registered Architect in the State of California.
andris zobsAndris Zobs
Andris draws on diverse hands-on experience in custom home construction and woodwork, traditional boatbuilding, and marine research vessels to ensure our projects are technically sound, well crafted and efficiently deployed. Andris Zobs has his masters of Architecture from California College of Arts and Crafts.
pigman1Matthew Mackie Pigman
Licensed California Contractor - Matthew has 20 years of construction experience. He apprenticed in historical renovation on Martha’s Vineyard, MA, Boat building in South Africa, and a national fine wood working company building interiors of corporate boardrooms, law firms, banks and churches. Moving to San Francisco at the turn of the century he has mainly focused on managing modernist adaptations to Victorian Structures. He is the “full back” and draws on his diverse construction experience to drive projects to completion. He is key in finding solutions where complex design collides with the needs of practicality and schedule.