Consulting + Disaster Recovery

IDEA Studio × Workshop LLC. partners with nonprofits, municipalities, and mission-driven developers on housing, resilience, and environmental design initiatives requiring integrated planning, technical coordination, and implementation support.

Work includes phased housing systems, resilience planning, prototype development, compliance frameworks, and community-centered design strategies.

Coordinating housing repair, resource distribution, and community recovery following a major disaster event. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike + Harvey, widespread residential damage created an urgent need for coordinated housing repair, resource allocation, and community-based recovery strategies.

Scope

• Coordination of housing repair efforts across affected properties

• Procurement and allocation of construction materials

• Collaboration with volunteers, contractors, and community stakeholders

• Support for homeowners navigating recovery processes

Key Contributions

• Coordinated over $475,000 in materials and repairs

• Established workflows for efficient resource distribution

• Supported on-the-ground implementation of housing recovery

• Bridged gaps between community needs and available resources

Outcomes

• Enabled timely repairs for multiple households

• Strengthened community recovery capacity

• Informed ongoing work in resilient housing and disaster preparedness

  + response strategies

Public-facing educational materials developed to support resilient rebuilding, environmental stewardship, and accessible disaster recovery strategies.

Summer 2018, “Resilient Landscaping: Water Management for Single Family Homes”,

Developed through two demonstration homes, as a community education resource focused on stormwater management, resilient landscapes, rain gardens, drainage strategies, and native planting systems for Houston-area homes.

Monthly Advisory Engagements

Ongoing advisory support for active projects requiring coordination between design, construction, policy, and implementation. Scoped individually.

Typical engagement ranges:

Entry -> $4,500

Standard -> $5,500

Expanded Scope -> $6,500

Typical Scope Includes

• Site monitoring + field observation

• Builder and stakeholder coordination

• Compliance + guideline advisory

• Design implementation support

• Monitoring documentation + reporting

Additional Services (scoped seperately)

Typical Engagement Range:

• Plan as builts + minor modifications -> $1,500 - $3,500+

• Elevation + interior studies -> $2,500 - $5,000+

• Housing prototypes -> $5,000 - $15,000+

• Systems + guideline development -> $7,500 - $25,000+

Final pricing is determined by scope, complexity, deliverables, timeline, and coordination requirements.

Optional Add Ons

• Additional site visits

• Intensive review cycles

• Fast-track deliverables

• Technical Reports

• Research + Development

• Grant deliverables