New projects are exciting to begin, but can quickly feel overwhelming. At DSGW, our team of professionals utilizes a proven process to guide you through your project, ensuring that it is completed well and to your standards.
We collaborate, communicate, and design the places that make communities home. Whether architectural planning, architectural design, interior design, or construction administration services, everything is always done with creativity, enthusiasm, and steadfast dedication.
We first provide a clear understanding of what you need through an evaluation of:
The outcome will be a Facility Program, which establishes needs and provides guidelines when exploring design options.
Next, we use the Facility Program (see above) as a roadmap to explore how existing facilities do or do not comply to understand the programs influence on them, or to highlight the need for a new space.
We will move onto an on-site design charrette with the project’s stakeholders, who will be armed with knowledge and understanding of their operations. A graphic brainstorming session, the charrette is an informal, hands-on graphic exercise where participants apply all their gained knowledge through a series of steps to:
The outcome will be a series of design options exploring potential solutions to the Facility Program.
No matter what service you need from DSGW, we keep our philosophies at the forefront of all we do.
Our design process creates spaces that integrate health and wellbeing into every project -- whether new construction or remodeling your office space.
Green design creates calming and healthy environments that elevate the daily lives of employees and visitors.
We base our designs off of credible research and our own key-learnings in an effort to achieve the best possible outcomes.
By this phase, the stakeholders understand their options and have created numerous potential design concepts, which now need to be evaluated for their viability.
We evaluate each option based on factors such as construction, life cycle, operation, and maintenance costs, project timeline, and community support. This process uses everything from previous steps to decide on a preferred design option, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The goal of this phase is to discard, revise, and refine the options into one cohesive final design.
Bringing groups with varied backgrounds together as one
Different ideas and perspectives need focus. Master planning brings all participants together in a positive, constructive relationship.
Identifying what changes will keep you competitive
Reviewing and understanding area demographics, trends, and service delivery innovations helps you plan and prepare for the future.
Assisting with budgeting and spending decisions
Master planning weighs the impact of financial decisions before they are made, so administrators can get the most for their building budget.
Provide foresight and help the project proceed smoothly
Whether it’s keeping your facility open during construction, or planning for future development, master planning identifies challenges before they happen and assists in smart growth.