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Stage
1: Schematic Design
Can
we build up? Do we spread out? Do we step down with the block?
Where is the pedestrian and vehicle access? These questions and
others are schematic design questions. The best solutions are
most often available through consultation with your Architect.
By using an Architect's training and experience, you can usually
improve your original concepts.
Your Architect considers orientation, massing,
circulation, energy efficiency, furnishing and siting. Once these
things are decided, you will be able to prepare a preliminary
building budget, and your Architect can help. The Archicentre
Renovator Report or New Home Report is a form of schematic design.
It is not uncommon for an Architect to save thousands
of dollars in improving loose designs - for example, combining
all that's required into a smaller, more effective space, thereby
dispensing with unnecessary building costs. Even the reduction
of around 10m2 of space will result in several thousands
dollars savings
Typical Builder's Schematic Plan
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Typical Architect's Schematic Plan
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Examples of Schematic Design Drawings
STAGE
2: Design Development
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