Design
THAT
Established Process
Collaboration stands as a cornerstone of the design process. We engage in close partnership with fellow design team members to craft design strategies through in-house charrettes and informal work sessions. Through effective communication, the design intent is adeptly conveyed by the team, ensuring efficiency and accuracy. The process involves a constant exchange of design options, an openness to alternative ideas, and the seamless integration of shared expertise across all design phases.
Conveying the distinctive elements of a design represents a nuanced phase in ensuring client comprehension and approval of the design direction. I actively involve the client team, soliciting their feedback at pivotal milestones. This process effectively bridges the divide between the designer’s vision and the client’s expectations, resulting in a final product that resonates. The overarching objective is to validate that the design solution impeccably fulfills the client’s requirements.
The ultimate goal of any construction project extends beyond captivating presentation graphics. We aspire to bring to life a structure that seamlessly integrates with and contributes distinctively to its environment. Through valuable collaborations with stakeholders, we ensure satisfaction for clients, donors, and the community. The result is an exceptional building that harmoniously blends with its context, providing a unifying and engaging experience.
Collaboration stands as a cornerstone of the design process. We engage in close partnership with fellow design team members to craft design strategies through in-house charrettes and informal work sessions. Through effective communication, the design intent is adeptly conveyed by the team, ensuring efficiency and accuracy. The process involves a constant exchange of design options, an openness to alternative ideas, and the seamless integration of shared expertise across all design phases.
The Business
of Architecture
In the world of building design, architects serve as the creative force behind turning visions into reality. Beyond being mere planners or designers, architects are the ultimate problem solvers, visionaries, and collaborators. While they are often associated with creating aesthetically pleasing spaces, their most fundamental role is to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone who occupies these spaces. This commitment to safety is a primary reason why a license is a requirement for practicing as an architect—licensed architects are entrusted with the responsibility of safeguarding users within the built environment.
What truly sets architects apart, however, is their innate ability to consider the holistic picture. Before a single blueprint is drawn, architects are key team players tasked with understanding the full scope of a project and building the consensus required to propel every phase forward.
Architects possess a wide-ranging skillset that extends well beyond aesthetics. They are masters at simplifying complexity, managing expectations, and navigating the delicate terrain of consensus building among diverse stakeholders. This multifaceted role, often overshadowed by the notion of creating aesthetically pleasing spaces, is an essential part of an architect’s daily work.
The early engagement of an architect with expertise in consensus building is a seamless marriage of skills that keeps the focus squarely on the ultimate objective—An ultimate goal with focus on making a change to the
built environment. An architect strives to assist their clients in achieving realistic, and efficient results by assisting in the important stage of garnering consensus to most effectively create change through community effort.
In construction, architects are known as the visionaries behind building design. They go beyond drafting and design, encompassing roles as problem solvers, artists, engineers, and community builders.
In today’s rapidly evolving world, where technology and design intersect to shape our environments, we find that the term ‘architect’ extends naturally into technology and computer-based contexts. These ‘technology architects’ or ‘systems architects’ follow the same principles of wholistic thinking, creative problem-solving, and visionary design. They, too, understand that a system must seamlessly interface with its environment and users.
This evolution of the term "Architect" is unsurprising as architects in construction have long embodied the qualities consistently applied today to all definitions of an "architect" across various industries. They don’t merely build structures; they design spaces that integrate seamlessly with surroundings, meet diverse
stakeholder needs, and prioritize safety, accessibility, and functionality.
In essence, the traditional architect from the construction industry is the timeless embodiment of all definitions of the word ‘architect.’ They have always been, and continue to be, the pioneers of comprehensive design, considering not just individual structures, but how those structures fit into the grand tapestry of our built world and enhance the lives of its inhabitants. The convergence of these definitions is not only unsurprising but also a testament to the enduring relevance and adaptability of the architect’s role at all stages the planning process.
