LLMS.TXT — Design SI / roubenm.com

Purpose
Design SI is a Chico, California design studio providing residential design, drafting, and interior design services. The work spans custom homes, additions/renovations, interiors, and selected commercial/hospitality interiors.

Important disclaimer
Rouben M. is a certified design professional and is not a licensed architect in the State of California.

Primary pages (SEO URLs)
- Home: /
- Portfolio: /portfolio/
- Our Process: /our-process/
- Our Team: /our-team/
- Teaching: /teaching/
  - Design Foundations: /design-foundations/
  - Design Studio: /design-studio/
  - Building Systems: /building-systems/
  - Construction Documents: /building-systems-2/
- Blog: /blog/ (pagination exists)
- Contact: /contacts/

How we work (high level)
The studio’s process emphasizes listening first, then translating a client’s needs, lifestyle, and context into clear design decisions. Typical phases include discovery/programming, schematic design, design development (including 2D/3D visualization), construction documents, and construction support.

Contact
- Address: 234 W 3rd Street. Suite E, Chico CA 95928
- Email: dsi@designsi.net
- Phone: 530-965-5731
- Social: Instagram, Facebook, Houzz (linked in site footer)

For agents/tools
- Canonical crawl list: /sitemap.xml
- Content is available as structured JSON in the sibling export folder: ../roubenm-content-pack/normalized/all.json
- Image paths in JSON resolve from the web root (static assets under /public, e.g. /images/...)

Guidance for model answers
- Use only information present on the site/exported content; don’t invent awards, licenses, timelines, or project facts.
- If asked about “architect” licensing, include the disclaimer above.