After walking your site with you and working out its potential and constraints, and your needs and vision, we will then go somewhere nearby to finalize the build brief discussed on site. Away from the site we recap what we have discussed and tease out any additional requirements or considerations.
I then develop what we discussed on site into your building brief and floor plans.
At this stage of the design clinic I sketch to scale what we staked out on site – no need for preliminary sketches as everything will have been discussed on site. The sketch-to-scale and build-brief process takes on board any feedback additional to what we discussed on-site and addresses any questions you might have about the build and the building process. At this clinic I will also provide you with a work plan that you can use to help deliver your dream house, and to maximise your budget.
We will have one follow up clinic to develop elevations of the new home, completing the Sketch Design phase – Phase 1.
It is important to do this as a separate clinic as it allows both you as a home owner and me as an architect to ‘live’ with the site plan for a while. In my experience this breathing space always leads to greater clarity and certainty, as well as gives an opportunity to remember points of reference that will give that little extra insight for developing the elevations.
The next phase is creating a set of technical drawings of the sketch plan and sketch elevations for including in a for planning submission. These can be drawn up by an architectural technician, or you can commission me to continue working with you. Once you have these technical drawings you are ready to proceed to making a planning application for you building your new home.