Site visits or architect “field trips” are vital to the design process. Here are four types of site visits that we do here at Hayne. TYPE ONE: Pre-Design Meeting The site is important…. like very important…. At the beginning of every project, we meet on-site to review where the project is physically located and hear…
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Software Spotlight: Revit 2024 & Toposolids…
As you know, we recently updated our Revit software to the 2024 version (see our Twin Motion and Twin Motion versus Enscape posts) and one of the new features is Toposolids. What is a toposolid? Well, it’s a topo surface that is solid of course! Ha! Creating & Modifying the Toposolid Surface Creating & modifying…
the Hayne Way: Site Visits nearing Completion
Site visits are crucial to ensuring that our designs come to life in the real world. We typically schedule our site visits during the construction phase weekly, but depending on project size and location, sometimes we settle for every other week, or even once a month. These visits aim to track project progress, schedule, address…
Project Spotlight: Linwood Guesthouse
A JOURNEY FROM SKETCH TO 3D. All projects begin the same way here at Hayne, with some yellow trace paper and a pencil. From there, by identifying the project restrictions, Robbin Hayne will use layers and layers of trace (most of which end up crumpled on the office floor) to work through the design process…