THE STUDIO
RQ STUDIO
RQ Studio embraces the role of art and design in the living and working spaces we create. A place to dream and build. Fueled by each of the principal’s distinct and shared passions, the business questions the traditional and aims to create projects that are elegant and timeless.
Rachel is a fine Artist who has a graduate degree in Civil Engineering, and Marq is a Landscape Architect whose interests include real estate and business.
THE STUDIO
RQ STUDIO
RQ Studio embraces the role of art and design in the living and working spaces we create. A place to dream and build. Fueled by each of the principal’s distinct and shared passions, the business questions the traditional and aims to create projects that are elegant and timeless.
Rachel is a fine Artist who has a graduate degree in Civil Engineering, and Marq is a Landscape Architect whose interests include real estate and business.
ABOUT US
RACHEL TRUSCOTT
Rachel has a hungry mind: She loves creative expression (art) and knowledge.
Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she developed an early interest in art. Her art portfolio won her a full scholarship to college. Despite this opportunity, she was intrigued with the field of Landscape Architecture because it hybridizes art, ecology, and psychology into one. She earned her bachelors degree in that. She practiced for a few years and then went to graduate school for Civil Engineering, because she saw that there was more to the picture than what she was taught to see. She was on her way to completing her PhD when she endured a life altering experience.
Rachel realized that in life, the chances we have to pursue our passions are limited. Her underlying consistent passion was always art. She is now a full-time artist but enjoys “borrowing” knowledge she gained in previous fields to create art. When she conceptualizes a piece she first dreams up what it will be, then she gathers potential materials to be used. Each material is tested and pushed to its limit. This process sometimes inspires a new design, utilizing what the materials can accomplish successfully. She is most satisfied when she maximizes the potential of her medium. Given this approach, trying to categorize Rachel is too limiting; she is a conundrum.
View Rachel’s artwork at RachelTruscott.com.
Rachel Truscott
Principal
Email | Rachel@RQ-Studio.com
ABOUT US
RACHEL TRUSCOTT
Rachel has a hungry mind: She loves creative expression (art) and knowledge.
Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she developed an early interest in art. Her art portfolio won her a full scholarship to college. Despite this opportunity, she was intrigued with the field of Landscape Architecture because it hybridizes art, ecology, and psychology into one. She earned her bachelors degree in that. She practiced for a few years and then went to graduate school for Civil Engineering, because she saw that there was more to the picture than what she was taught to see. She was on her way to completing her PhD when she endured a life altering experience.
Rachel realized that in life, the chances we have to pursue our passions are limited. Her underlying consistent passion was always art. She is now a full-time artist but enjoys “borrowing” knowledge she gained in previous fields to create art. When she conceptualizes a piece she first dreams up what it will be, then she gathers potential materials to be used. Each material is tested and pushed to its limit. This process sometimes inspires a new design, utilizing what the materials can accomplish successfully. She is most satisfied when she maximizes the potential of her medium. Given this approach, trying to categorize Rachel is too limiting; she is a conundrum.
View Rachel’s artwork at RachelTruscott.com.
Rachel Truscott
Principal
Email | Rachel@RQ-Studio.com
MARQ TRUSCOTT
Marq has always loved to build things. In high school he studied drafting and architecture before settling on the major of Landscape Architecture in college. After earning his bachelor’s degree, Marq began his study of real estate and land development which continues to this day.
Marq has practiced landscape architecture for over 35 years and is licensed in the states of California and Nevada. He is a volunteer leader, and in those capacities educates key decision makers on the value of good design. Marq recently completed a two-year term as Chair of Urban Land Institute – Sacramento, which is an organization of diverse individual members who seek to provide leadership for fostering responsible land use in the region. He also shares his expert insight to students, emerging professionals, and colleagues alike, and routinely lectures within the landscape architecture program at University of California, Davis. Active in the community, Marq has served on various performing and visual arts boards, Community Advisory Panels, Parks and Recreation Commissions and Planning Commissions.
Marq thrives on complicated projects that are highly political. He is comfortable speaking within board rooms or in front of hundreds of concerned neighbors. Marq enjoys the collaborative processes involved with integrated project delivery methods, and believes that a successful project is elegantly designed, highly constructible, and looks great ten years later.
Marq Truscott, FASLA
Principal
Email | Marq@RQ-Studio.com
Landscape Architect
CA 2883
NV 257
WI 819-14
MARQ TRUSCOTT
Marq has always loved to build things. In high school he studied drafting and architecture before settling on the major of Landscape Architecture in college. After earning his bachelor’s degree, Marq began his study of real estate and land development which continues to this day.
Marq has practiced landscape architecture for over 35 years and is licensed in the states of California and Nevada. He is a volunteer leader, and in those capacities educates key decision makers on the value of good design. Marq recently completed a two-year term as Chair of Urban Land Institute – Sacramento, which is an organization of diverse individual members who seek to provide leadership for fostering responsible land use in the region. He also shares his expert insight to students, emerging professionals, and colleagues alike, and routinely lectures within the landscape architecture program at University of California, Davis. Active in the community, Marq has served on various performing and visual arts boards, Community Advisory Panels, Parks and Recreation Commissions and Planning Commissions.
Marq thrives on complicated projects that are highly political. He is comfortable speaking within board rooms or in front of hundreds of concerned neighbors. Marq enjoys the collaborative processes involved with integrated project delivery methods, and believes that a successful project is elegantly designed, highly constructible, and looks great ten years later.
RQ STUDIO
2030 21st Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
6015 W. Washington Boulevard
Wauwatosa, WI 53213