About Design Associates Kaua`i
Though we are small design office, we do a lot. We can help you realize your project right from before the start with pre-purchase consultation,and master-planning of your site. We can take your ideas and dreams from conceptual to stamped construction documents, ready for submittal to the County. We are Designers - not Architects or Engineers, but frequently call upon the services of the local Architectural and Engineering Community and Design Professionals to address specific project needs; Surveyors, Civil-, Septic-, Structural-, Soils- and Architectural- Engineers, as they arise. After County approval of your project, we can also provide post-design services such as construction observation to ensure the product looks like the plans. This can be particularly helpful for clients who live off-island.
Design Associates Staff
Rodney J. Pascua
Aloha, my name is Rodney Pascua. I was born and raised on Kaua'i and have been lucky enough to have a job I love - Residential Design. Although I grew up on the dry west side, over the years I have lived in many parts of this lovely island and have come to know firsthand the ever changing moods and many micro-climates of Kaua'i.
As a young man, I was privileged to have the opportunity to first apprentice, and later partner with, L. Charles Stevens, a renown artistic architect strongly influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright. Although I have no formal architectural education, the 18 years I spent being mentored and then working side by side with Charles designing houses is the solid real-world foundation of my design career that now spans three decades. Today, I now have hundreds of satisfied clients of my own and am blessed to be working with a growing team of diverse and talented people.
In my younger days, I loved to compete in triathlons. Today, if I am not in the office or out at a job site, I am often with my wife, Jan, walking the beaches, hiking the many mountains, or exploring jungle trails to photograph wildflowers of Kaua'i. I also enjoy 'going for a walk' solo, out on the links.