Designing without limits

Structures where we work, live, and play.

“Design is thinking made visual.”

— Saul Bass

 

What we do.

Flexible planning: Meticulous planning is essential to ensure that the design is fully integrated into the natural environment, as well as providing a clear path from construction through the life cycle of the project. You are not forced into a rigid set of plans and documents. All of the project factors are considered and a customized approach is created that considers; Building codes, requirements as promulgated by local government, level of trade expertise, and your budget.

Design integration. A structure that is integrated into the natural environment will bring richness to our way of life, and cultivate mutual respect and trust with all of our terrestrial neighbors.

A property integrated design will also widen our field of view, allowing us to explore our relationship with the spaces where we work, live, and play.

Green building: In the age we live in, the use of resources is an important consideration. Green building rating systems are slow, difficult to get, and expensive. You don’t need a complex set of government rules & standards to design a structure that uses resources in a conservative and efficient way throughout the life cycle of the structure. We just use common sense.

Design philosophy: Our design process is governed by certain principals that change with the design parameters. Designing a concrete footing requires function without form. When designing any visible structural element, form follows function. But when we think about spaces where we work, live, and play, form and function always follows awareness. The spaces we live in should always make us feel good.

 

Make it stand out.

Ebullient living through unlimited thinking: Design solutions present themselves in endless variety. We are not afraid of ideas that may require an unconventional approach to solve structural, mechanical, or spatial problems. At SHD we don’t see obstacles, we see right through them.

 

“As we consume bad design, we become desensitized to its deleterious effect in our lives.”

— Sam Hamblet