About The Studio
Process
A home is a personal space-- and while you want a home that can be sold if the need arises, you also want a home that speaks to YOU: your family, your lifestyle, your interests, your tastes. Blue J Design Studio designs homes, renovations, and/or additions, where you belong through a homeowner & architect collaborative design process that includes design charrettes with both parties, meetings at each drawing phase, 3D modeling in later phases for better understanding of the spaces, and adequate communication.
Depending on your needs, you may or may not follow all of the steps. The exact process will be defined on a project by project basis as some projects may need more or less drawings and meetings.
Step One
The first step is the comprehensive interview process. In this step, you are interviewed via online forms, phone calls, or virtual/in-person meetings. The intent is to capture the following and to make sure Blue J Design Studio LLC is a good fit for your project:
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Project type
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Project budget
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Project timeline
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Project program (Spaces and spatial requirements)
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Site Requirements
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Sustainable Features and Construction
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Style of project and associated tastes
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Lifestyle
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Current Needs and Future Needs
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Concerns
Step Two
If the project is a fit for both parties and the upfront step two design fee is paid, then the second step is the most fun part of the process- the collaborative design process.
The collaborative design process begins with a meeting (virtual or in-person) that we call in the architecture world "a design charrette." Blue J Design Studio LLC and you will sit down with paper and pens and sketch up broad design ideas.
Following the design charrette, more detailed plans and elevations will be developed from the information gained at the charrette, and the refined drawings will be communicated with you in a follow-up meeting. These drawings are called the schematic design drawings.
Step Three
After the schematic design drawings are approved by you and the step three design fee is paid, then the project progresses to the design development and construction document phases.
The design development phase is where the drawings are refined further and 3D images are generated to spur any additional design conversations. A collaborative meeting will conclude this phase.
The construction documents will then be generated following approval of the design development drawings. The construction documents will include specifications as well as construction drawings. You will meet with our team interior designer to pick out finishes prior to completion of construction documents in order to create a complete set of documents that will give you the most accurate bids.