We shape space at an architectural scale, grounded in how people actually experience it

A Practice Shaped by Experience

STUDIO309 was founded on a simple belief: the spaces around us shape how we live.

They influence how we move through a day, how we gather, how we rest, and how we feel within the spaces we inhabit.

Before founding the studio, Jennell worked within multidisciplinary architecture firms in Vancouver. That experience shaped the way STUDIO309 approaches design today: not as decoration, but as part of a larger spatial, architectural, and human experience.

Early in her career, Jennell had the opportunity to work on Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon, a meaningful project that deepened the way she thought about space.

Years later, Jennell and her family came to know the house from the other side, living there during her son’s cancer treatment.

In a state of heightened awareness, shaped by uncertainty, fatigue, and long days, small conditions carried real weight: the noise within a room, the distance to quiet, the ability to orient yourself, and the feeling of being exposed or protected.

Ronald McDonald House made this relationship impossible to ignore. It showed, in an intensified setting, what is also true in everyday life: the spaces around us can either add to what we carry or make daily life feel more manageable.

That understanding continues to inform the work of STUDIO309. Before materials, finishes, or details are resolved, we begin by asking how a space can better support the people who spend time within it.