Fundamentals

Hardwick Studio Fundamentals:

Imagine

Clients are going to live, work, play in this space. Maybe sleep, eat, entertain in this space. Who knows, maybe their child will take her first steps in this space. Or maybe write a best-selling novel. Or maybe they’ll love cooking dinner or doing the laundry. And that little oasis in the backyard, it is just that. Construction can be messy. The design process can be organizing.

Design Green … so nobody knows

It doesn’t have to cost more, it doesn’t have to look different, it doesn’t even have to be visible. It’s about looking at a building or a room as a system. It’s realizing design includes dreaming about ideas, but also construction and budgets. It’s just good architecture.

Add Value

How do you use the space most efficiently? How do you get more storage space? How do you maximize the return on investment? Light? Light? Light? Proportions? Historic details? Each project has its own potential – find it.

Options

Give them. From designs to scheduling to budgets, each project – each client – is different. In the end, it’s the process of design that creates a great project. So, provide design options (there is no right answer), work hours that fit busy work schedules, find solutions that fit different budgets.

Planning

Curve balls, detours, permitting, and bank accounts.  Not often is it possible to do all the dream renovations at one time.  So plan accordingly and make sure what is put in today works with plans for the future.  And in the same vein, design for livable construction – showering at the gym, washing dishes in the tub, and eating take out every night with your 3 year old gets old quickly!