Methodology
How we get
from site to stone.
Site → Brief → Concept → Documentation → Delivery
01
Site before brief
We spend the first two weeks on site before we take a client meeting about program. Light studies, soil reports, the sound of the wind through what's already growing there — the constraints that matter most are rarely the ones written down.
02
One direction, tested hard
We do not present three concepts and let the client pick. We commit to a single massing direction internally, then spend weeks trying to break it — against budget, against structure, against the client's stated priorities — until it either survives or we start again.
03
Drawings a builder can trust
Our construction arm sits at the documentation table, not downstream of it. Every detail is drawn by someone who has poured concrete or hung a door, which is the only way we know to keep a tolerance honest on paper.
04
The same eyes, start to finish
The architect who designs a stair is on site the week it is formed. We have never handed a project to a separate delivery team, and we do not intend to start.