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The Design Process Preliminary Planning
The first step in any design project is defining your needs. First, analyze your needs and
list requirements such as room sizes, style, number of stories, lot size and any other
applicable conditions. Our free design workbook will offer you
the opportunity to list this information in a question and answer format. After listing
your requirements a priority list must be made. A realistic budget must be known before
proceeding in the design process. A preliminary assessment must be done to see if your
design ideas are feasible. If they are not, your priority list can help you decide on what
to modify or eliminate.
Arrangement of spaces
When your requirements fall within your budget, you can move to the arrangement of spaces.
Preliminary layouts should consider the property that the home is to be built.
Environmental conditions such as climate, orientation, and terrain may affect the
positioning of the rooms. Circulation must be considered in your arrangement. How will
your family and guests move within the space? Use scenarios that represent your everyday
living to ensure that the spaces flow freely. We provide our clients with what is called a
bubble diagram. This graphic helps us brainstorm the arrangement very
quickly with the client. Early consideration of the arrangement of spaces will help
eliminate future design problems and ultimately make the home more functional.
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 Creation of floor plan & elevations
After successfully arranging your requirements, we will begin to develop the floor plan
and elevations. In the beginning, the plan and elevations will have little detail. The
drawings will show the arrangement of walls, location of doors and windows and roof shape.
Development of construction documents
When everyone is in agreement on the floor plan and elevations, we will proceed forward
with construction documents. This process involves us finishing the plan package with most
of the designing done. There are some areas that we will need to contact the client for
consultation.
Review of final drawings
A final review is done to clear up any last minute details before the plan package is
duplicated.
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Fees and time period
We price custom design on a project-by-project bases. After initial contact with the
client, we will prepare a detailed proposal outlining cost, final product, and the time
period. Before we start, you will have a complete understanding of what you will receive
and when it will take place.Long distance design
Many of our projects are designed and completed with long distance clients. We use the
Internet, email, fax, and phone to communicate. We have become very good at communicating
design ideas over a long distance. We have designed homes for clients from all over the
United States and Europe.
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