Design is a collaborative endeavor between Architect and Client. The projects that shine will be the ones where the clients play an active role in co-creating the spaces. Molly begins by getting to know the client and the site. She has developed an Architectural Program Questionnaire designed to understand clients’ passions and dislikes, habits and hobbies. The goal is to create a space that is reflective of its user, whether this is a home, a garden, a school, a hospital or an urban space.
An Architectural Program is developed for the project. Spaces, adjacencies, sizes, engineering systems and architectural stylistic inclinations are defined. A Pinterest page or mood board is developed. We do a site analysis and then, develop 2 different options for how the distribution of the spaces could work on the site. The concept is to explore and harness the potential of the site. From this initial presentation and client feedback, we then develop the final Schematic Design Drawings.