How it all starts...
Then, together with a team of architects, planning consultants and other specialist designers, the project starts to evolve from initial thoughts into something more considered until the optimum product starts to come alive.
See how initial hand drawn sketches start to turn into a more developed concept.
Design development of 87 Blackwell Lane, Greenwich.
Design by DSDHA Architects. Hand sketches by Rory Downes.
Comprehensive dialogues with planning consultants, council planning officers, local politicians, neighbours, and other local stake holders, ensures that all aspects of the proposed building is considerate to the local area.
Design by Aros Architects.
Using materials that are aesthetically sympathetic to the neighbourhood, greatly helps to ensure its success, as well as adding value to the surrounding streets.
Below are three examples of the design evolution and lifecycle of a project.
Ferris Road SE22 - a disused urban car park where fly-tipping and abandoned stolen vehicles were dumped...to a vibrant, modern development that has completely transformed the look of the street…
1. Disused car park
2. Initial 3D massing concepts
3. Finalised 3D image of proposed development
4. The finished built development
Blackwall Lane SE10…from a car servicing centre with forecourt parking, redeveloped into a modern mixed-use office residential building in Greenwich..
1. Garage forecourt
2. Initial concept drawings from various angles
3. Initial concept drawings from various angles
4. Final approved building
Wingfield Mews SE15 – previously a former metals warehouse that has been redeveloped into 6 semi-detached luxury mews houses in Peckham Rye.
1. The original old warehouse
2. Initial 3D concept
3. Amended 3D design
4. The finished product