COMPANY / PROCESS
How we work
From architectural intent to a useful working plan.
Independent photographic reference. Image credits.
01 / FIELD NOTES
01 / Read the site and the intention
Read the site and the intention
Begin with the owner’s purpose, the architect’s current information and the parts of the site that need assessment. Discuss access, retained fabric and the relationship to neighboring property. A reference photograph can express an ambition; it cannot establish the conditions of another building.
Record what is known and who will resolve the remaining questions. Agree the appointments needed for design, surveys and relevant approvals before presenting an assumption as a buildable solution.
02 / FIELD NOTES
02 / Resolve decisions in their working order
Resolve decisions in their working order
Connect the scope to the information it depends on. Openings influence structure, service routes influence ceilings and finish selections influence substrates. Review those relationships with the appointed people while there is still time to compare options.
Use a decision schedule for samples, detail reviews and owner selections. Identify the drawing revision behind an order and record any agreed change with its effect on adjoining work, cost and sequence. A sample approval should say what it approves, rather than imply acceptance of every concealed layer.
03 / FIELD NOTES
03 / Leave a useful account of the work
Leave a useful account of the work
Agree how site questions, reviewed details and changes reach the people responsible. Keep superseded information distinguishable from the current record. Short, location-specific notes are more useful than an unstructured collection of photographs.
Plan completion information alongside the work: installed products, care requirements, relevant checks and remaining actions. The actual appointment determines the deliverables. The aim is a record the owner can use after the construction conversation has ended, without inventing a completion promise or performance result.
A considered beginning.
Bring the architectural intention, current drawings and the details you want to resolve. Identify what is already agreed and which questions need the appointed design team.