design through participation

Design shapedby people.

Nassau, The Bahamas · 25°04′n 77°20′w · --:--:--
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Good design begins with the people who will use it. We bring their experience into the process, so each place is shaped by the life it needs to support.

Sectional axonometric showing the Exuma tower floors, circulation core, louvres, control cab and foundations.
01 — how we work

The right people.In the room.

We bring the people who will use, operate and maintain a building into the design process early. Their knowledge helps define the brief, test decisions and expose what a drawing alone cannot.

Workshops, shared reviews and site conversations keep those decisions open to scrutiny. The result is a design shaped by how the place will actually work.

the worked example

Aviation puts that method under pressure. A live airside brings authorities, airlines, security, customs, concessionaires and ground handling into one process. Phasing must allow construction and daily operations to coexist. Each decision has to hold up across those different needs.

Revit model view of the Exuma terminal roof framing and column arrangement.

Exuma terminal — reviewing the linked structural model in Revit.

Option 2 masterplan showing independent villas around a shared Island Club.

Outer Point Cay — testing alternative arrangements of buildings, paths and shared spaces.

Full drawing sheet showing two building sections with floor levels, stairs, retail spaces, doors and windows.

Old City Market — carrying the design into plans, sections and schedules.

Construction view beneath the Exuma terminal canopy, showing columns, roof framing and masonry.

Exuma terminal — the building taking shape on site, August 2026.

A practice builtaround the work.

Based in Nassau, Alexiou + Associates works across architecture, interiors and masterplanning. Our perspective is shaped by nearly five decades of practice in The Bahamas.

We bring the same attention to airport infrastructure, shared landscapes and individual buildings: understand the setting, resolve the brief, and make the experience clear.

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03 — capability

Tools that makethe work possible.

We use digital models to examine how the parts of a building fit together. Plans, sections and schedules carry those decisions into the drawing set.

models + drawings
design studies
Revit model view of the Exuma terminal roof framing and column arrangement.
Exuma terminal — linked structural model in Revit
04 — sectors
Travellers unloading luggage and walking towards North Eleuthera International Airport at sunset — design visualisation.

aviation

Live airside, phased construction and multi-authority coordination. Places designed around people and operations.

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Detailed pen-and-watercolour masterplan study of Abaco Beach Resort, focusing on the hotels, convention centre, pools and marina edge.

masterplanning

Movement, land use and infrastructure considered together. A shared framework for decisions over time.

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A family returning home and neighbours using the paved frontage of the proposed Fairway Close townhouses.

residential

Homes shaped by the people who live in them. Clear plans and a careful relationship between inside and out.

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Guests swimming, reading and moving between the pool deck and bar at the proposed Abaco Beach Resort.

hospitality

Places to arrive, gather and stay. Architecture considered with guests, operators and the people who maintain it.

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