A maintenance plan is a design drawing
Four questions that make material character and future care part of the same decision.
Field notes
What we notice
while making.
Short original notes on rooms, repair, drawings and materials — written for this fictional demonstration.
Draw the constraint first
Why a clear section often begins with the limit a project cannot move.
The useful edge of a courtyard
Thresholds, benches and rain cover turn an empty rectangle into a room people use.
A detail the builder can question
Good coordination creates a precise conversation, not a silent set of instructions.
Begin a project
Bring the question.
We’ll find the shape.
A useful first conversation can start before you have a site, a finished brief or all the answers.
Prepare a project brief