What You Bring to the Facility Planning Process

Beware the architect who has all the answers, or the client who has none.

You will have a smoother planning process if you spend the time to understand how each space in your planned building should function, Burke says.You will have a smoother planning process if you spend the time to understand how each space in your planned building should function, Burke says.One of the more underappreciated aspects of the relationship between architect and client is just how symbiotic it is. Another is that two skills of critical importance to the planning process are very often reversed — it is the client who needs to impart vital information, and the architect who needs to listen.

Because we specialize in the planning, design and construction of sports and recreation facilities, our clients — whether colleges, secondary schools or private recreation providers — have a lot in common. Having said that, some clients are more engaged in the planning process than others, and some have a greater understanding of how much hinges on their answers to the hundreds of questions that they’ll be asked during the design of their planned building.

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