pre-design:
Prior to any actual design work, my job is to gather information in order to define the “problem” at hand. In an initial meeting, I listen carefully to the needs of my Client and begin to establish a program, which lists each space the design will incorporate. I visit the site in order to observe unique characteristics, opportunities, and/or challenges which the landscape (or streetscape) may have to offer.
Renovations, restorations and additions often require that the existing building be documented in a set of “As-Built” drawings, which are a necessary reference point upon which the design will be built.