Design
Architects are concerned with the functional as well as the sensory, from balanced natural light and views to proportional relationships and circulation from space to another. This aesthetic orientation adds an important dimension to the built environment, allowing for a better use of space, a more cohesive overall affect, and, not surprisingly, higher resale values.
The design process usually begins with client and architect discussing needs, desires, and constraints in detail. From these discussions, diagrams and/or ideas emerge which the architect then translates into drawings and occasionally models. The drawings typically start small and increase in size as the project goes through successive rounds of design. The first drawings are rarely "it", the perfect design. Therefore, design procedure is a give and take between architect and owner as ideas are discussed, changed, and refined. The design phase can be swift or lengthy, depending on the project, the owner, and the timetable. As an architect, I cannot stress the importance of leaving adequate time for design. It is easy change walls and move windows on paper; it is not so easy once the project is under construction.
The design process usually begins with client and architect discussing needs, desires, and constraints in detail. From these discussions, diagrams and/or ideas emerge which the architect then translates into drawings and occasionally models. The drawings typically start small and increase in size as the project goes through successive rounds of design. The first drawings are rarely "it", the perfect design. Therefore, design procedure is a give and take between architect and owner as ideas are discussed, changed, and refined. The design phase can be swift or lengthy, depending on the project, the owner, and the timetable. As an architect, I cannot stress the importance of leaving adequate time for design. It is easy change walls and move windows on paper; it is not so easy once the project is under construction.
