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We are a San Francisco company that strives to keep curiosity alive. We believe that you can learn from many kinds of people and that many people can learn from you. Our team's diversity of ideas, cultures and life experiences make us the best partners for our imaginative clients.

We work with architects, designers and other client-facing firms to create efficient decisions and exquisite implementation. With our software, architects and designers collaborate with their clients to make decisions quickly while keeping the rest of their teams, including contractors, on the same page. In addition to exquisite designs and handcrafted workmanship, our high-quality renders from our Design/Render/Build branch facilitate efficient decision-making for our customers and their clients.


Our Story

We are a designer-friendly company assisting architects and designers

About Us

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Our focus is always on finding the best people to work with. Our bar is high, but you look ready to take on the challenge.

Small team. Big hearts.

Sarah served as Panafold's founding CEO and remains a strong supporter. She is a director of digital transformation at Halliburton.

Sarah Queen

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Kit Halvorsen (1990-2021).
As CEO, Kit shaped the core business as well as Panafold's ongoing inclusive culture to "Keep Curiosity Alive."

Kit Halvorsen

As CEO, Kit shaped the core business as well as Panafold's ongoing inclusive culture to "Keep Curiosity Alive."

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Meg Withgott is the Co-founder of Panafold. Dr. Withgott co-founded the motion gaming company ePlanet, and led research efforts on media and computation at Xerox PARC, Interval Research and Sun Labs. She is a director at Golden Seeds, a network fostering diversity in technology startups, and has served as a council member at Barnard College (President's Advisory Council in Technology) and Harvard Divinity School (HDS Dean’s Council). An inventor with 17 US patents, she earned a Ph.D. in linguistics, and her publications are in EE, CS, and the humanities.

Quote on building for the future: How we design our relationship to computers will not hinge on whether or not we add gesture or voice, bots or artificial intelligence, although all these elements clearly matter. Instead, the profound aspect is how our design shapes the culture we’re a part of.

Meg Withgott

Meg believes design can help neighborhoods + businesses thrive. A research leader at Xerox PARC, Sun and Interval, she also co-founded EPlanet.

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Product Lead, Software Engineering

Alejandro Miguel Navarrete is the Product Lead, Software Engineer at Panafold. He studied Computer Science at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).

He is from the San Fernando Valley and has a passion for technology. His interests include building new technologies with web and mobile development. He also enjoys playing volleyball, hanging out with friends, and being close to family.

Alejandro Navarrete

Alejandro Miguel Navarrete is the Product Lead, Software Engineer at Panafold. He studied Computer Science at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).

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Laura has over 15 years of experience in bringing interior and exterior spaces to life. Her passion for design has been enhanced by training in contemporary digital design and fabrication technologies. She recently completed an intensive Master of Advanced Design, Digital Crafts program at the CCA in addition having earned a Master of Design, Architecture at the Univ. of Buenos Aires. She envisions built spaces in our future as organic systems more than machine-like; soft but safe, comfortable and sustainably efficient. Laura has served as a photographer and lecturer in Modern Architecture and Muralism. She loves traveling, contemporary design, and practices modern dance.

Laura De La Torre

Laura has over 15 years of experience in bringing interior and exterior spaces to life.

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She has experience in building and making prototypes using varied techniques and materials ranging from casting concrete to welding steel. She believes that as a designer, it is essential to communicate not only through sketches but also in three dimensions with real materials—letting the objects come to life. 

Between two and three dimensional renderings, Wut conveys vivid stories. She enjoys traveling and exploring new things. With a keen interest in design and technology, she believes a new world can be created.

Wut Yee Htwe

Wut has experience in building and making prototypes using varied techniques and materials ranging from casting concrete to welding steel.

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Karol Horr is a Junior Designer at Panafold. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Community Design from the University of San Francisco and has recently received a Masters of Architecture from California College of the Arts.

He is half Iranian and half Filipino and was born and raised in Iran. He loved seeing his father practice architecture since childhood and he has been always excited and passionate about starting his architecture career.

His interests stem from various design-research techniques and iterative transformations of output to explore meaningful opportunities to provide innovative, project-specific design solutions that holistically integrate environmental, social, economic, and political factors.

Outside architecture he loves traveling, camping, and spending time with his family and his dog.

Karol Horr

Karol Horr is a Junior Designer at Panafold. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Community Design from the University of San Francisco and has recently received a Masters of Architecture from California College of the Arts.

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Zainab Ali is a software engineer at Panafold. After majoring in Information Systems from George Mason University, she discovered a curiosity and ever-growing interest in the world of programming. She is passionate about enriching the lives of others and loves doing so through coding. Something that inspires her is that with practice and patience, anyone can make a difference through coding and the tools they provide others. Outside of software engineering, she loves creating art, going weightlifting, and playing with her pet bearded dragon.

Zainab Ali

Zainab Ali is a software engineer at Panafold and received her degree in Information Systems from George Mason University.

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Valeria is passionate about technology and learning new skills. She loves taking on new challenges and problem solving.  She is originally from Mexico and immigrated to San Francisco when she was 5. Her interests include web development and robotics. She also enjoys reading,  building legos and spending time with her family.

Valeria Reynoso

Valeria is passionate about technology and learning new skills. She loves taking on new challenges and problem solving.

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Vishakh is a Design Intern at Panafold. He is currently doing his Master in Architecture from the California College of the Arts. Vishakh believes in design-oriented thinking to strengthen society and his community. He considers design can have a positive impact on the world. Vishakh wants to build the future with a sustainability mindset.

Vishakh Surti

Vishakh is a Design Intern at Panafold. He is currently doing his Master in Architecture from the California College of the Arts.

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We are a studio focused on technology and design. We began serving the architectural & interior design industry in 2016. 

We are an accomplished staff trained in architecture, interior, furniture, fashion and industrial design, as well as UI/UX and software design and engineering.We are always looking to learn something new and willing to share and teach what we know. 


Who are we?

We design everything from software tools to custom mailboxes. We ask that our team always be learning and that we all develop a nuanced understanding of sustainability.

Our strengths in both software and design set us apart, as does our emphasis on diversity.


Our process