Installation / Paths + access
Where do people enter, walk and pause? Bring those daily movements into the first inquiry.
Open the inquiryLet the place lead the plan.
Think about the areas you move through, spend time in and look out onto. Choose the work and the use you want to discuss.
Talk about your space
Read your outdoor space.
Start with a question.
Choose installation for a defined change, or design-build to discuss planning and building together.
Talk about your spaceA useful place to begin.
Installation / Gathering
Consider where people spend time, sit and move between the house and outdoor space. Start with how it should be used.
Open the inquiryInstallation / Planting
Describe the area, what is there now and what you would like to change.
Open the inquiryDesign-build / Paths + access
Where do people enter, walk and pause? Bring those daily movements into the first inquiry.
Open the inquiryDesign-build / Gathering
Consider where people spend time, sit and move between the house and outdoor space. Start with how it should be used.
Open the inquiryDesign-build / Planting
Describe the area, what is there now and what you would like to change.
Open the inquiryAn outdoor-space question
Begin with how the outdoor space is used and the question you want to discuss.
Open the inquiryInstallation / Not sure yet
Begin with how the outdoor space is used and the question you want to discuss.
Open the inquiryDesign-build / Not sure yet
Begin with how the outdoor space is used and the question you want to discuss.
Open the inquiryName the change before the solution.
A useful inquiry describes the part of the space and what you want from it. It does not need to prescribe a construction method or a finished design.
A defined installation
Mention what exists, what you want to keep and the area you want to change.
Planning and building together
Describe how the parts of the space should relate, as well as the individual changes.
A material meets a daily use.
The surface underfoot is only one part of the question. How you arrive, move through and pause in the space gives the material a purpose.
Prepare your first inquiryTell us what happens here
Describe a typical walk through the space or a time when people gather.
Mention known constraints
Include anything already known that affects the question, without guessing at a technical solution.
The next step can be a few words.
Choose a question above, or begin with the change you want to discuss in your own words.
Talk about your space