Our Story
How Lumarae came to be
Lumarae was founded in Petaling Jaya with a straightforward observation: most homes and offices in the Klang Valley are not undersized — they are under-planned. Furniture sits too far from walls. Circulation paths cross awkwardly. Rooms that measure generously on paper feel crowded once occupied.
The studio began as a response to that gap — a practice focused entirely on the documentation stage, before procurement and construction decisions are locked in. The work sits between an architect's measured drawing and a decorator's mood board: it is spatial thinking translated into plans you can act on.
Over time the scope widened from residential layouts to include commercial interiors — offices, retail environments, and hospitality spaces — where the same principles apply with greater operational consequence. The studio now works across both sectors, with a particular focus on Bandar Sunway and the broader Petaling Jaya corridor.
Our Mission
What we are here to do
The mission is precise: produce layout documentation that is accurate enough to inform the next decision, whoever makes it. That might be a homeowner rearranging a living area, a business owner briefing a contractor, or a project manager handing work to an architect for further development.
Lumarae does not manufacture atmosphere or sell a look. The work is spatial reasoning made legible — how a room circulates, where furniture sits relative to light sources and walls, and how small calibrations change the way a space reads when occupied.
8+
Years of layout practice
340+
Studies completed
3
Study types available
MY
Malaysia-based, Klang Valley
The Team
People behind the plans
Nadia Rahman
Founder, Lead Planner
Nadia holds a degree in spatial design from UTM and has spent eight years producing layout documentation for residential and commercial clients across Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya.
Azri Tan
Commercial Planner
Azri focuses on office and hospitality layouts, bringing a background in facilities management that shapes how the studio approaches circulation and operational adjacencies in workplace studies.
Syarifah Lim
Documentation Coordinator
Syarifah manages the production of final study documents, ensuring that every plan set and written narrative meets Lumarae's output standards before handover to clients.
Our Standards
How the work is held
Dimensional accuracy
All plans are drawn to scale from on-site measurements. No spatial assumptions are carried through to a final document without verification.
Scoped engagements
Each study is agreed in writing before work begins, with a clear statement of deliverables, revision rounds, and timeline. No scope is extended without a prior conversation.
Client data handling
Floor measurements, site photographs, and property details are held securely and are not shared with third parties. See our Privacy Policy for full details.
Revision process
Revisions are handled through a documented feedback round, not open-ended discussion. This keeps the study on track and the output coherent.
Handover-ready format
Deliverables are formatted so another professional — architect, contractor, or interior designer — can receive and work from them without additional translation.
Scope transparency
The studio is clear about what layout planning does not cover: structural advice, building code compliance, and procurement decisions remain with qualified specialists.
What We Know
Space planning in the Malaysian context
Residential properties across the Klang Valley — terrace houses, condominiums, and semi-detached units — share a set of spatial challenges that recur regardless of address. Living areas that receive furniture in standard configurations often feel enclosed even when the square footage suggests otherwise. The cause is typically not the room size; it is the relationship between furniture depth, wall setback, and the movement path through the space.
Lumarae's floor-planning work addresses this directly. A Single-Plan Layout Study examines one zone — a living room, a primary bedroom, an open-plan kitchen-dining area — and produces two alternative arrangements with written notes explaining what each one achieves and where it makes trade-offs. The client receives a document, not a conversation. That document can be taken to a furniture supplier, a contractor, or left on the shelf until a renovation is ready to proceed.
For commercial interiors — offices in Petaling Jaya's technology corridor, retail units in Bandar Sunway, hospitality spaces along the LRT corridor — the considerations differ in degree rather than kind. Circulation must accommodate higher volumes and comply with workplace expectations. The Commercial Space-Planning Workshop is structured accordingly: the on-site session explores how the space is currently used as well as how it is laid out, and the output document is prepared for review by operations and procurement teams.
The studio's approach to optimisation is practical rather than theoretical. Furniture is placed where it serves movement, not where it photographs well. Wall proximity is considered in terms of the space it creates between pieces, not the impression a single piece makes in isolation. These are small calibrations, but in a 900 square foot apartment or a 2,000 square foot office, they change how the space reads when occupied.
See which study fits your space
Three studies, clearly scoped and priced. A short conversation will confirm which one is appropriate.
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