Leadership

  • Stephanie Tan

    Director, Spacefabrik

    Stephanie is practicing and licensed architect in the Philippines. She is educated in Germany and trained as an Architect in London.

    She has worked for Foster + Partners, London designing multi-billion projects located in Melbourne, Rabat Morocco and Hong Kong.

    Stephanie Tan-Branquinho completed her Masters of Architecture at the DIA, Bauhaus in Dessau Germany where she focused on algorithmic methods, biomimetics and theories that bring sociology, anthropology, psychology and critical theory into the understanding of architectural spaces and processes. She graduated with highest honors with her paper on “Diaspora Space” where wrote about finding identity through space and architecture .

    She then moved to Berlin and worked for HSH Architekten in Berlin and later to London for Sir Norman Foster | Foster + Partners where she worked on several multi-billion dollar projects such as Bab Al Bahr in Morroco; West Kowloon Train Terminal, Hong Kong; Sama Dubai Towers in Melbourne.

    Since moving back to Manila, she set up SpaceFabrik as Principal Architect which specializes in Recreation, Entertainment, Gaming, Hospitality, Offices and Bespoke Residences. Spacefabrik works hand-in-hand with Clients in developing their Business from concept, user data and analysis, construction, operations and end-user experience. Since 2014, the company has built approximately 200,00sqm of Prime Real Estate with over Php6 Billion worth of Construction Projects.

    From 2021 - 2022 she was the Dean of Architecture of Enderun Colleges and helped craft the Architecture Programme and its mission and vision.

    Stephanie’s expertise is in crafting and developing Real Estate Portfolios, Property Management, Operations and Project delivery from concept to completion.

    Stephanie holds Portuguese and Filipino Citizenship.

  • João Branquinho

    Business Development, Spacefabrik LDA

    Joao is a Portuguese citizen that has been living in the Philippines since 2009. He is the founder of Brankinho Trading which imports and distributes Wine and Spirits in the Philippines.

    Joao has worked in Xerox Dublin, Ireland, IBM in Erfurt, Germany and Bloomberg in London, UK.

    His international experience has contributed to his global views and approach to business and entrepreneurship.

Legal

Clara da Costa

Attorney at Law, with over 10 years experience in Immigration and Citizenship with hundreds of successful applications lodged for the Golden Visa.

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association, Graduate of Labor Law – Catolica Law School

  • Graduate of Registries and Notarial Practice - Autonoma Law School

  • United Nations Law and Justice Research Institute, Legal Adviser 2011

  • Private Lawyer since 2009

  • Pioneer in Golden Visa since 2012

Architecture & Design

SpaceFabrik is an Architecture and Design office located in Manila built on providing comprehensive services to our Clients from Concept to Project completion.  

We  understand  our client’s vision in depth. From concept, aesthetics, operations, cost  efficiency and overall long term project success. 

We thoroughly analyze issues and go through intelligent and meaningful discourse to come up with innovative and creative solutions.

We build on the strength of our Team’s experience in design, teaching, research, project management, documentation and construction technology. 

Our projects are a result of design collaborations which are influenced by local and international knowledge, research, and technology as well as understanding the importance of interdisciplinary strategies

We aim to create Architecture which understands the poetics of place and Space that exists within, throughout and beyond its boundaries. We seek to create Spaces and Places that weave rich and complex underlying Fabrics. Architecture that tells a narrative between space, fabric, user and experience

Architect James C. Tan

President, Spacefabrik Inc.

A graduate of Xavier School and the University of Santo Tomas, Ar. James Tan has over 50 years of experience in Architecture, Construction and Building. In the early 1990s, he led the team of Henry Sy as General Manager of SM CHINA in business development, land acquisition, design and construction of a 400 hectare property located in Fujien, China. He has also worked with some of the biggest developers in the Philippines as well as with bespoke projects throughout his career.

Ar. James is instrumental in the culture and quality of delivery of Spacefabrik as the most senior member of the team.