OUR WORKING PROCESS CONTINUUM

Every client with whom we have worked – individual, family, group or organization – has a past, a present, and a future, each of which informs our work. 

We study the client’s history to gain an understanding of the origins for their activities, and initial or previous goals.  We value comparative projects that can serve as relevant precedents for the prospective work at hand. We also follow our own curiosity, looking for the extraordinary and/or the incongruous with respect to what has been reported. 

Through interviews and work sessions, review of written and graphic documents, and direct observation, we take particular care in the formulation of a program to incorporate the client’s aspirations as well as their requirements.  Our subsequent process of budget and construction system evaluation takes all our findings into account.  At the same time, we continually test-fit physical configurations suggested by the assembled information – our ultimate role as architects is not the collection or analysis of material, but rather its synthesis into physical form.

We both inquire about, and project, scenarios for our clients’ future needs, beyond their currently stated program, and pursue design strategies that can expand or adapt within reasonable limits to accommodate them. Louis I Kahn famously stated that ‘there is no such thing as the architecture of the future - because if you can think of it now it’s the architecture of now’. However, when it comes to construction economics and the future growth of any client entity, the consideration of adaptability is a priority for us in the design process. The ultimate beneficiary is you, our client.