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02 · First paid service · $2,500 fixed fee
Spatial Study.
Plans that explain what could change and why.
Define the question.
The study develops the question identified during the Foreword Consultation. It may concern a few adjoining rooms or require looking across an entire floor because circulation, privacy and service spaces are connected.
The fixed fee is $2,500, with delivery targeted for about one week from the agreed start date. The study area, drawings, review and any refinement are defined in the proposal. Scope, fixed fee and delivery date are confirmed before work begins.
How the study develops.
Existing conditions
The relevant rooms, openings, levels, visible systems and significant materials are measured and recorded. Their relationship to daylight and the exterior informs the existing-condition plan.
Layout options
Proposed arrangements are tested through daily activities: arriving home, cooking, gathering, getting ready or finding privacy. A change in one room is considered for its effect on the rest of the house. The alternatives are working studies used to arrive at a recommended spatial direction, with the reasoning made clear.
Review and refinement
The review explains the options and invites questions. One defined round of refinement addresses feedback within the agreed premise and scope. A change to the central question or study area is discussed before additional work begins.
The completed study.
The plan and the reasoning behind it.
The exact package is defined in the proposal. A study typically includes:
- A measured existing-condition plan for the agreed study area.
- A proposed plan with key dimensions, room relationships and furniture or fixtures where needed to explain use.
- An account of the planning decisions and meaningful alternatives considered.
- Qualities to preserve, known constraints and unresolved technical questions.
- Recommended next steps and preliminary construction and investment considerations.
Additional sections, elevations or other drawings are included when identified in the scope.
A Home for a Marriage.
A client Spatial Study.
The question was how to create a primary suite that could support different schedules without overbuilding.
The study compared a reconfiguration with an addition. Locating the suite toward the back of the house offered privacy; retaining an adjacent room allowed its use to change over time.
After the study.
What happens after the study?
The study can conclude the engagement, inform phased work, or support further development with another qualified professional. Selected projects may continue into a Re-Authored Home commission under a separate proposal.
Can the plans be used for permitting or construction?
The study establishes a spatial direction. Further development and verification are required before permitting or construction. Permit and construction documents, engineering, formal code or zoning analysis, detailed systems design, final selections and construction administration are outside the study unless separately identified in the proposal.
Does it include a construction price?
The study considers construction implications and investment alignment. That preliminary information is not a bid or an itemized estimate. Reliable pricing requires a developed scope, verified conditions and input from the professionals and trades who would perform the work.
Introduce your home.
New projects begin with a complimentary Foreword Consultation. If a Spatial Study is appropriate, its scope and fixed fee are agreed before paid work begins.