Good Places Studio is a brand and placemaking studio for hospitality and luxury real estate.
We understand that a place is a living, breathing, shifting thing—whether that place is a hotel, a residence, a development, or the destination it sits in. We’re involved in its complete lifecycle: from the first question of what a place should make people feel, through to the details that bring that feeling to life.
We're part of Good Times Capital, a group that develops, finances, and operates in hospitality and luxury real estate. We work inside the industry we design for, so we know what makes a place work when it opens, and beyond.
The Founders
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Roman has spent more than twenty-five years working across real estate, hospitality and cultural projects. He founded Athena Advisers in 2003, building an international property advisory business working across markets including France, Portugal, Brazil and Turkey, and later founded Harvest Series, bringing together a global community through gatherings, cultural programming and hospitality.
Alongside these businesses, he has been involved in the conception and development of destinations and real-estate projects across Europe and beyond, working at the intersection of investment, development, hospitality and the culture of a place.
Selected Experience
Roman has worked across real estate, hospitality and destination development for more than twenty-five years. He founded Athena Advisers in 2003 and has since worked across projects and markets including the French Alps, Portugal, Brazil, Turkey and Greece.His work has included contributing to the strategy and development concept for destinations including Ponta do Curral in Bahia and Carnaúba in Ceará; advising international investors entering emerging destinations in Portugal; and founding Maison Good Times, which develops residential and hospitality projects in nature-led locations.
In 2018, he founded Harvest Series, an international cultural platform built around gatherings, hospitality and community. He is also an investor and co-founder of the group currently redeveloping the historic Hotel Praia do Sol in Costa da Caparica.
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Naz’s work spans brand building, creative direction, cultural programming, editorial and writing. She began her career in New York at NeueHouse and Mana Contemporary, before co-founding beije, a direct-to-consumer fem-tech brand that grew into a community of more than 300,000 people. She later led brand and creative at Harvest Series, overseeing its brand, editorial direction and creative output across gatherings, publishing, film, podcast and digital.
Her wider practice has included creative and editorial work for brands and cultural institutions including META Foundation and Erimtan Museum, alongside independent work in brand strategy and creative direction. As a writer, she works across features, arts and culture, editorial commissions and books for children.
Across these different forms, her work is concerned with the same thing: how an idea develops a point of view, how that point of view is expressed, and how people come to gather around it.
Selected Experience
NeueHouse / Mana Contemporary / beije / Harvest Series / OMM (Odunpazarı Modern Museum) / SIEDRÉSWriting & editorial
Features / Arts & culture / Books / Magazines / Podcasts
Some of the places
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The Sauna of my grandfather
The island of Salina
Falsterbo
Val d’Isere on a ski lift
The farm in Idiluz
The dining room of Georges Carel
La Fondation Vasarely
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My grandmother’s kitchen
The gazebo where I watched my grandpa play backgammon
My childhood home
Elizabeth St Park, NYC
Strand Bookstore
IFC
The Whale Room, American Museum of Natural History
